Associate General Counsel, Director, Global Legal Strategy

Overview

A growing technology company is seeking a Director to lead enterprise-wide global legal strategy and counsel. This role focuses on international expansion, global privacy, trade, and product regulatory law. The position involves setting strategic legal roadmaps across jurisdictions, operationalizing scalable governance frameworks, and partnering cross-functionally to support market entry, compliant product launches, and sustainable business operations.

This is a remote role based in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal counsel on international expansion, entity formation, market-entry pathways, compliance, and risk management for operations in new and existing jurisdictions.
• Advise on global privacy and data protection requirements, including cross-border data transfers, localized requirements, user terms, notices, privacy impact assessments, vendor contracts, and consent approaches.
• Harmonize regional legal requirements into global standards with pragmatic country-level deviations to facilitate rapid expansion.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs and Product teams to align on regulatory pathways and compliance for new features and markets.
• Develop, maintain, and promote scalable legal templates, guardrails, and playbooks to streamline international launches and reduce cycle times.
• Manage multi-jurisdictional product launches, coordinate with outside counsel across regions, and consolidate country-specific advice into clear, actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
• Serve as primary contact and lead for regulatory authority inquiries, enforcement matters, risk considerations, and policy interpretation; coordinate strategy and communications with outside counsel as needed.
• Advise on advertising and promotional compliance, substantiation requirements, and labeling to ensure alignment with regulatory clearances and consumer protection laws.
• Provide counsel on global trade compliance including export controls (EAR/ITAR), sanctions/embargoes, customs/import classification (HTS), ECCN and dual-use analysis, restricted-party screening, and distributor/partner due diligence.
• Support design, implementation, and maintenance of policies, training, and controls to enable prompt cross-border launches and supply chain resilience.
• Drive legal program enablement by developing intake, triage, and review processes; clear escalation paths; and metrics demonstrating business enablement, compliance, and risk management.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and good standing with at least one U.S. state bar or international equivalent in a common law jurisdiction.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant legal experience, including advising on international expansion and global privacy and/or product regulatory matters.
• Proven ability to counsel cross-functional teams (Product, Regulatory, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations) in a fast-paced environment with pragmatic, business-focused guidance.
• Strong working knowledge of major global privacy frameworks and cross-border transfer mechanisms.
• Familiarity with international consumer and marketing law considerations.
• Experience translating complex, multi-regional rules into actionable, product-ready requirements.
• Experience building scalable legal processes such as templates, playbooks, and service level agreements.
• Skilled in communicating with regulators and managing outside counsel across multiple regions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of simplifying complex legal concepts for executive and non-legal audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house legal experience at a high-growth technology or consumer health company.
• Exposure to wearable technologies, digital health, connected devices, and/or software-as-a-medical-device regulation.
• Specific expertise supporting Latin America (LATAM) and/or Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets.

Personal Attributes

• Business-enabling mindset with sound judgment and practical risk posture.
• Collaborative and low-ego partner who builds trust quickly and communicates clearly.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and bringing structure to evolving programs.
• Proactive in monitoring regulatory developments and anticipating compliance requirements.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus mental health resources.
• Company-provided wearable device and employee discounts for friends and family.
• 20 days of paid time off, 13 paid holidays, and 8 days of flexible wellness time off.
• Paid sick leave and parental leave.

Salary Ranges (US-based, market-based by region)

• Region 1: $200,600 - $236,000
• Region 2: $182,250 - $215,000
• Region 3: $164,900 - $223,100

Salary offers depend on skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal equity, and market conditions.

Location

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the United States, excluding Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, disability, national origin, family care or medical leave status, race, religion, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities during the hiring process and employment.

Note on Recruitment

Only applications submitted through official job boards are considered. The organization does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes. Beware of fraudulent job offers and requests for personal information or payment.