# Strategic Projects Lead - Legal at AfterQuery

- Company: AfterQuery
- What the company does: AfterQuery captures how experts reason and turns real-world professional work into high-quality training data for frontier foundation models. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://afterquery.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/afterquery/0d5998fb-652e-4105-a159-22dc2e01f059
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/afterquery-strategic-projects-lead-legal/

## About the role

Project and client management: Partner directly with frontier AI labs on their legal data and evaluation needs — scoping the problem, translating it into a deliverable program, and driving revenue. Manage expert contractor teams: Recruit and lead practicing attorneys and specialists across practice areas and jurisdictions — litigation, corporate and M&A, regulatory, IP, tax, employment — and hold a high bar on the quality of what they produce.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years practicing law at a leading firm, in-house at a sophisticated company, a government or regulatory body, or a legal AI startup
- JD (or equivalent qualification) and a track record of substantive legal work: you have drafted, negotiated, litigated, or advised, not just coordinated
- Deep command of legal reasoning and research methodology, and strong opinions about what separates rigorous analysis from surface-level answers
- High agency and the ability to execute in ambiguity, comfort defining the problem before solving it
- Analytical ability, can break down complex legal problems and work flows into component parts
- Genuine passion for AI and interest in entrepreneurship

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