Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance

Overview

A leading technology organization is seeking a business-minded Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance to lead its corporate compliance program. This role involves setting legal standards, establishing a governance model, and creating an escalation framework for compliance. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate legal guidance into practical workflows.

This is a high-impact role suited for a lawyer who combines strong legal judgment with practical program execution in a fast-paced, high-visibility business environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment, third-party risk, and other sensitive corporate compliance matters.
• Lead or support privileged compliance investigations, remediation efforts, and escalations, coordinating with internal legal teams and outside counsel when matters involve potential litigation or enforcement risk.
• Develop practical compliance policies, workflows, training programs, and reporting processes to support organizational growth and IPO-readiness.
• Enhance the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process, including risk assessment methodology, risk register governance, mitigation tracking, and leadership reporting.
• Establish legal standards for compliance operations such as hotline triage, sensitive matter review, policy governance, training requirements, and remediation escalation.
• Collaborate with Legal, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Security, Product, Engineering, Finance, People, Public Sector, and other business teams on compliance and IPO-readiness initiatives.
• Represent the corporate compliance function with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, auditors, partners, and regulators.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience in corporate compliance, investigations, regulatory counseling, GRC, internal controls, or related areas.
• Experience building or scaling compliance programs in high-growth technology or similarly complex environments.
• Strong expertise in anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, third-party risk, hotline governance, and privileged investigations.
• Proven experience in maturing ERM, policy governance, training, remediation tracking, risk reporting, and IPO-readiness or public-company compliance.
• Excellent judgment and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI governance or regulation.
• Familiarity with government contractor compliance, export controls, or industrial security.
• Experience managing multinational compliance programs, including regions such as Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range for this full-time position in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle: $302,400 to $378,000 USD.
• Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Equity grants are subject to Board of Director approval.
• Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous paid time off.
• Additional benefits may include a commuter stipend.

Location

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Additional Information

• The organization requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation process.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity, or veteran status.
• Reasonable accommodations are provided for applicants with physical and mental disabilities during the application and recruiting process.
• Personal data collected during the application process is handled in accordance with internal policies and applicable laws to protect privacy.