Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
AI approach: Hybrid (build+buy at scale)
Data as of · job boards refreshed Nov 3, 2026
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Director, AI Governance & Risk
JD requiredNew YorkHybridGovernance & RiskReports to: Chief Risk Officer
$325k–375k
Aug 25, 2026
Mature firm AI governance framework, policies, controls; govern use-case evaluation, tool selection, vendor due diligence; advise partners; AI governance training; monitor global AI regulation
Senior Artificial Intelligence Lawyer – M&A
JD requiredNew YorkHybridOtherReports to: M&A Practice and AI leadership
$300k–350k
Sep 21, 2026
Build and ship M&A AI workflows; govern prompt libraries/vaults; train M&A lawyers; evaluate vendor tools against M&A criteria
Tools named: Harvey, Legora, DeepJudge, Claude Cowork, Claude Code
Knowledge Management Lawyer - Private Funds
JD requiredNew York, NYKnowledge Management$250k–300k
First seen Oct 24, 2026
Knowledge Management Lawyer – Exempt Organizations and Personal Planning
JD requiredNew York, NYKnowledge Management$250k–300k
First seen Oct 24, 2026
Suraj Sharma
Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer (leads GenAI strategy)
Started
~Apr 2025
Background
15-year McKinsey veteran; former IBM Watson Research AI/ML scientist (consulting + data science)
Team and structure
Andrew Baker (Director of Applied AI) built ~20-person AI & innovation team, left Jul 2026 for Entegrata; Ryan Christopher – Associate Director, AI Enablement + Adoption (ex-Cleary); new Director, AI Governance & Risk role (reports to CRO); AI Platform Manager posting; Matt Kelly is head of the client-facing AI practice (not internal)
Tools (publicly announced)
Harvey; DeepJudge (revealed in Baker departure coverage)
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