Head of Legal

Overview

This role supports a fast-moving, 100% remote organization based in the United States. As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will serve as in-house legal subject matter expert and partner closely with the executive team to lead product legal strategy and execution.

Key focus areas include:

• Privacy, data, AI, and compliance
• Commercial contracts
• Customer security requirements
• Scalable legal support for internal teams

A major early priority is responding to an increasing volume of privacy questions, including as one newer product evolves and requires practical, repeatable guidance delivered at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own core legal work in-house, reduce reliance on outside counsel, and determine when specialized outside counsel is needed.
• Partner cross-functionally with product, sales, finance, security, people operations, engineering, and GTM teams.
• Build scalable legal systems to support recurring needs, including:
  • Playbooks and templates
  • Intake processes
  • Self-service guidance
• Lead and streamline legal workflows to improve speed, confidence, and self-service—while addressing top legal risks.
• Develop durable processes so teams can answer common questions independently and escalate higher-risk matters appropriately.
• Provide GDPR and data compliance vetting, including establishing processes for responding to customer security questionnaires.
• Support product lifecycle initiatives and feature releases, with particular attention to privacy/data-use considerations across an interconnected ecosystem of products.
• Develop “what’s on deck” visibility for upcoming legal needs by assessing active initiatives and recurring requests.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in data, compliance, and product.
• Strong ability to navigate U.S. and European data privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), including familiarity with data controller vs. processor distinctions and how they influence vendor and product decisions.
• Ability to translate privacy and compliance requirements into scalable playbooks, templates, intake processes, and self-service guidance.
• Experience supporting customer security questionnaires and partnering effectively with security, sales, product, and engineering teams.
• Familiarity with SOC 2 Type II and the legal, privacy, and customer requirements associated with it (direct ownership of a certification process not required).
• Understanding of intellectual property law, especially related to brand, content, and software.
• Understanding of commercial contracts; ability to serve as the go-to person for these matters.
• Clear communicator and trusted advisor who can simplify complexity and help others make informed decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as in-house counsel at a tech company, or experience supporting a tech portfolio at a top-tier firm known for startup work (e.g., Fenwick & West, Cooley).
• J.D. from an accredited law school in the United States.
• Active member in good standing of a State Bar Association.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation: individual contributor level 4 ($227,000) or level 5 ($252,000)
• Profit sharing
• Equity
• 401k with a 5% match
• Medical premiums: coverage up to $2,100 per month; dental and vision premiums fully covered (Health Insurance plans through Aetna)
• Equipment allowance: $2,000 for your first two years; $1,000 every following two years (company-provided laptops issued to every team member and not included in the equipment budget)
• Individual learning + development budget: $3,500/year
• Gender affirming benefits
• Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually through JOON
• Paid time off: 20 days per year
• Paid vacation bonus: an after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation while fully unplugged from work
• Ten (10) paid holidays per year
• Two (2) weeks of paid sick time each year, including mental health + well being days
• Twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave and flexible scheduling in your child’s first year
• Up to six (6) weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster after six months of employment; two weeks of each paid leave in your first six months
• Winter Break Closure: the organization closes for a week at the end of December; essential support services remain available
• Four-week paid sabbatical after five years with the team
• Fantastic in-person or virtual retreats with the team twice a year

Location

• 100% remote
• United States location required for this role

Hiring Process

• Phone screen with recruiter (30 min)
• Hiring manager interview (45 min)
• Take-home assignment
• Panel interview with cross-functional stakeholders (60 min)

Equal Opportunity

The organization is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in all forms. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other reason prohibited by law.