General Counsel

Overview

A technology company is seeking a General Counsel to lead its legal function, manage a small legal team, and serve on the executive leadership team. This hands-on leadership role involves setting legal strategy to support rapid growth, market expansion, AI-powered product launches, and strong customer relationships while managing risk and protecting the organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal leadership as a business partner within the executive team, translating company strategy into legal priorities and proactively managing company-wide risk.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing, distributed legal team; develop AI-powered legal operations including playbooks, workflows, intake systems, and metrics.
• Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and performance to maximize value and efficiency.
• Lead legal strategy for products, navigating evolving global AI regulations such as the EU AI Act and U.S. state AI legislation; develop frameworks for risk assessment, transparency, and trust.
• Oversee commercial legal matters including enterprise customer agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor contracts, marketing and events agreements, and ecosystem terms; collaborate closely with Sales, Partnerships, and Finance to accelerate deal velocity while managing risk.
• Own global data privacy compliance strategy and execution, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and emerging privacy regimes; ensure regulatory compliance across all jurisdictions.
• Set strategic direction for global employment law matters for a fully distributed workforce across 40+ countries; provide oversight on employment disputes, investigations, and outside counsel.
• Lead corporate governance globally, serve as corporate secretary to the Board, manage corporate recordkeeping and subsidiary compliance.
• Advise on capital structure, equity programs, and strategic transactions including financings and M&A; lead legal due diligence, structuring, and negotiation for M&A and strategic investments.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 15+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience at a high-growth technology company; experience in SaaS, platform, developer tools, or AI strongly preferred.
• Prior experience as General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or VP of Legal at a scaled technology company.
• Deep expertise in AI and product law, commercial transactions, data privacy, M&A, and corporate governance.
• Proven ability to advise on cutting-edge technology in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment and make judgment calls without precedent.
• Experience building and leading legal teams in fast-paced, asynchronous environments; strong hiring, development, and team culture skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and building new frameworks, playbooks, and risk management approaches in a constantly shipping company.
• Business-enabling mindset with ability to find paths to "yes" while clearly communicating risks; experience advising boards, executive teams, and cross-functional partners on strategic decisions.
• Clear and direct communication skills, able to distill complex legal issues into plain language.
• Genuine, empathetic, humble, and mission-driven team player.
• Ability to balance hands-on work, delegation, and engaging outside experts as needed.

AI Fluency Expectations

• Demonstrated fluency with AI as a force multiplier for legal teams, actively exploring AI's impact on legal work scope and speed.
• Developed a vision for an AI-native legal function, understanding how AI reshapes legal operations, risk management, and the General Counsel role.
• Experience building or overseeing AI-powered legal workflows such as contract review, triage, policy drafting, and compliance monitoring.
• Strong accountability in AI deployment: defining quality standards, critically evaluating outputs, and owning outcomes.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation range: $466,500 annually.

Location

• United States (remote work with consideration for location restrictions).

Application Process

• The application window is anticipated to be 30 days from the posting date, subject to change based on applicant volume or position fill.
• The organization encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Applicants will be asked to answer in-depth questions early in the process to facilitate evaluation.
• Education is not a strict requirement for application but will be verified if an offer is extended.
• The organization is committed to equal opportunity employment and inclusion, including accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
• Applicants will receive timely updates on their application status throughout the process.