Associate General Counsel

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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American Psychological Association

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1892

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Healthcare • Non-profit

American Psychological Association is a leading professional and scientific organization dedicated to advancing psychology to benefit society and improve lives. It publishes research and practice journals and databases, sets professional standards and ethics, provides education, accreditation, training, and career resources for students and psychologists, and advocates for psychology-informed public policy and practice. APA serves members, educators, researchers, practitioners, and the public through conferences, continuing education, publications, and advocacy.

📋 Description

• Serve as primary in-house legal counsel for assigned revenue-generating activities of APA and APASI • Partner with BIGO and other revenue-generating units from concept development through launch, operation, evaluation, and expansion • Advise on business models, product development, commercialization, pricing, distribution, strategic alliances, sponsorships, and licensing arrangements • Provide legal support for revenue-related digital resources, product evaluation, and innovation communities • Counsel APA Labs on technology evaluations, product testing, digital badge programs, startup engagement, and external relationships • Identify legal and business risks, recommend practical solutions, and support operational decisions • Develop scalable contract structures, templates, approval processes, and risk controls • Provide legal counsel for artificial intelligence, digital health, emerging technologies, Publishing, and Practice initiatives • Draft and negotiate agreements involving AI development, evaluation, testing, data access, research collaboration, technical implementation, and commercial partnerships • Advise on intellectual property, data rights, confidentiality, cybersecurity, privacy, licensing, product claims, and technology-related risk • Review proposed AI products, services, pilots, and partnerships • Develop contractual safeguards for training data, model outputs, human oversight, bias, security, compliance, audit rights, indemnification, and liability • Monitor legal and regulatory developments and provide practical guidance • Help develop governance standards and review processes for responsible AI initiatives • Manage contract lifecycles, including drafting, reviewing, approving, compliance, renewals, amendments, terminations, and dispute resolution • Draft and negotiate service, technology, licensing, strategic-partnership, sponsorship, data, confidentiality, and memorandum-of-understanding agreements • Maintain contract templates and playbooks and coordinate reviews through APA’s contract management system • Engage and manage outside counsel when specialized expertise is needed • Advise on corporate, tax, intellectual property, antitrust, advertising, consumer-protection, and regulatory matters • Prepare and deliver staff training on contracting, AI, intellectual property, and compliance • Serve on internal committees and working groups and support OGC priorities

🎯 Requirements

• 10-12 years legal experience stated in the role overview • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school • Active membership in good standing with the District of Columbia Bar, or eligibility for admission by waiver • Eight to ten years of progressive legal experience • Significant experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated commercial, technology, licensing, or strategic-partnership agreements • Experience counseling business teams on product development, commercialization, and/or revenue-generating activities • Experience with artificial intelligence, technology transactions, digital products, cybersecurity, and/or intellectual property • Experience in an in-house legal department, law firm transactional practice, nonprofit organization, professional association, technology company, or comparable environment • Experience advising tax-exempt organizations and their affiliated nonprofit entities preferred • Experience with marketing, joint ventures, product evaluation and/or startup programs preferred • Familiarity with responsible technology development and emerging AI regulation preferred • Experience supporting new business lines and early-stage initiatives preferred • Experience developing contract templates, playbooks, and scalable legal processes preferred • Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with organizational objectives • Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and project-management skills • Ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to nonlawyers • Ability to manage multiple matters, competing deadlines, and changing priorities • Proficiency with contract-management systems, project-management tools, collaboration platforms, and APA-approved AI tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling • 401(k) option with employer match of up to 4% • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options • Outpatient mental health benefit • Paid personal/vacation time • 12 paid holidays • Family/Medical Leave • Tuition assistance • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance