Counsel - Privacy, Security & AI Office

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform.

Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency.

With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Counsel to join our Privacy, Security & AI (“PSAI”) Office . In this -l role, you will play a critical part in guiding our product and AI compliance, supporting global privacy and data protection strategy, and helping shape the company’s approach to responsible and ethical data use.

You’ll advise senior leadership, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and help ensure that our data practices are aligned with global legal and regulatory obligations, including those emerging around AI governance and advanced technologies

About the role

AI

• Support the development and implementation of the AI Governance Program
• Draft and implement AI policies, procedures, and best practices for both internal use of AI and product development
• Lead internal awareness campaigns to foster a culture of responsible AI across the organization.
• Support AI Use Case Intake Assessments
• Provide AI advice to key stakeholders (product, procurement)
• Support customers queries and questionnaires

Product Compliance

• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to evaluate and mitigate privacy and AI compliance risks during development and deployment.
• Review and assess AI/ML use cases for compliance with legal a