Head of Legal

Overview

This hands-on leadership role serves as the Head of Legal (remote — US based only). Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will lead the legal function and act as the senior legal voice across commercial contracting, litigation management, and support for new products and lines of business.

Responsibilities include managing a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India, building and driving contracting playbooks and standards, partnering with Executive, Finance, Sales, Product, and Compliance leadership, and helping design AI-augmented legal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Legal function and manage a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India
• Own commercial contracting end-to-end, from MSA drafting and negotiation through deal close
• Build, maintain, and drive adoption of the MSA playbook and consistent redline standards
• Manage litigation and direct outside counsel, including oversight of legal spend against budget
• Partner with the Chief Compliance Officer on regulatory matters (compliance and BSA/AML are owned separately by the CCO)
• Serve as legal advisor to Executive, Finance, Sales, and Product teams on day-to-day and strategic legal needs
• Stand up legal support for new products and new lines of business
• Direct AI agents across contract intake routing, metadata extraction, legal research synthesis, and matter status tracking—validating outputs and establishing AI-augmented processes for the legal team
• Coach, develop, and retain legal team members across time zones

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in good standing
• 5-10 years of post-JD experience in corporate/commercial law firm practice or in-house legal
• Substantive commercial contracting experience, including MSA drafting, negotiation, and redline management
• Experience managing litigation and directing outside counsel, including managing legal spend against budget
• Experience leading or mentoring legal staff, including distributed or international team members
• Ability to work remotely (US based only)

Preferred Qualifications

• PE-backed portfolio company experience strongly preferred
• Fintech, HCM, or financial services exposure preferred

About You

• Comfortable serving as the senior legal voice with executive and sponsor stakeholders, and willing to deliver direct guidance when needed
• Sound judgment on privilege determinations, risk calls, and escalations
• Ability to translate legal risk into business terms so Sales, Finance, and Product understand the trade-off
• Hands-on approach and comfort building structure where it doesn’t exist yet
• Effective leadership across time zones and cultures, with commitment to developing team members

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided description

Location

• Remote — US based only

Equal Opportunity Employer

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics under applicable law.