Arm
Senior Counsel, AI Governance, Privacy & Technology Compliance
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Job ID 2026-19470
Date posted: 28/09/2026
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Category: Legal
Job Overview
We’re looking for a Senior Counsel to help our teams build and use technology responsibly. You’ll work within Ethics and Compliance and partner with product, engineering, data science, security, and business teams. We want someone who can spot issues early, make sound decisions when the path is unclear, and turn legal requirements into steps people can use.
Responsibilities
- Advise teams throughout the product lifecycle, from early design and procurement through launch, maintenance, and retirement.
- Assess risks involving AI systems, data use, privacy, cybersecurity, and digital products, then help teams act on what you find.
- Help build our AI governance program, including reviews, risk assessments, policies, controls, and records of compliance.
- Guide our response to the EU AI Act, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, GDPR, and other relevant laws.
- Advise on contracts and third-party technology, support audits and regulatory inquiries, and help teams respond to incidents.
- Explain complex rules to technical and business colleagues, recommend practical safeguards, and help track agreed actions to completion.
Required Skills And Experience
- A legal qualification in the UK, an EU/EEA jurisdiction, or another jurisdiction relevant to the role, plus roughly 4–8 years of post-qualification experience or an equivalent background.
- Strong experience in at least one of AI governance, privacy, cybersecurity, or technology compliance, with working knowledge of another.
- Familiarity with the EU AI Act, EU Cyber Resilience Act, GDPR, and related regulatory frameworks. Experience advising product or engineering teams and translating requirements into workable processes is especially valuable.
- Strong judgment, drafting, and negotiation skills, technical curiosity, and the ability to work independently with colleagues across subject areas.
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“Nice To Have” Skills And Experience
- Experience with AI governance programs, technical standards, product conformity, machine learning, or cloud services would be helpful.
- Relevant credentials such as AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, CISSP, or CISM are welcome. If you bring equivalent experience instead, we’ll ask you to obtain an agreed certification within 12 months of joining.
Interested in helping teams solve emerging technology challenges? We’d love to hear from you!
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Hybrid Working at Arm
Arm’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face-to-face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.
Equal Opportunities at Arm
Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Salary Range
£97,750 - £132,250 per year
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