Head of Legal

Overview

This role owns all legal matters for the organization and serves as the first legal hire in the US. You will work closely with go-to-market, finance, and executive teams, and report directly to the VP of Finance.

This is a high-ownership, high-velocity position for someone interested in building a modern legal function from the ground up, with an AI-first approach to accelerate routine work.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day contract lifecycle, including:
  • MSAs, order forms, NDAs, partner agreements, and reseller/marketplace contracts (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Partner with Sales leadership and AEs on live deals, including:
  • Turning redlines around quickly
  • Unblocking deals
  • Coaching reps on what the organization can and cannot accept
• Build and continuously improve contract playbooks, fallback positions, and self-serve tooling so Sales can move without waiting on Legal for every clause
• Manage outside counsel efficiently across jurisdictions
• Lead legal work streams for future financing rounds, including:
  • Term sheets, definitive documents, diligence, cap table, and board matters
• Run legal diligence, negotiation, and integration for acquisitions as the organization expands inorganically
• Own corporate governance, entity management, equity administration, and board materials in partnership with the VP of Finance
• Own the legal side of the privacy and data protection program in partnership with the Security team, including:
  • GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, ISO 27001
• Handle employment law matters across the US and international entities in coordination with People Ops
• Manage IP strategy, including:
  • Trademarks, open source policy, and protection of organization IP
• Design an AI-native legal function from day one, including workflows where AI drafts, reviews, and produces the first redline pass for most routine contracts
• Evaluate, deploy, and continuously improve AI tools for contract review, diligence, research, and knowledge management
• Publish internal playbooks and prompts so AEs, SEs, and Finance can self-serve standard legal questions

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience, ideally combining top-tier law firm training with in-house experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS or infrastructure company
• Deep commercial contracting experience, including negotiation of hundreds of enterprise SaaS MSAs, DPAs, and order forms with Fortune 500 procurement and legal teams
• Direct experience running legal workstreams on venture financings (Series B and beyond) and at least one M&A transaction (buy-side or sell-side)
• Strong grounding in US privacy and data protection law (GDPR, CCPA), SOC 2, and enterprise security requirements
• AI-first mindset (required):
  • Already implemented AI tools (Harvey, Ironclad AI, Spellbook, Claude, custom LLM workflows, or equivalents) inside a legal function
  • Able to provide concrete examples of workflows you re-architected around AI
• Excellent commercial judgment, including knowing when to push, when to concede, and when to escalate by phone instead of sending a redline
• Comfortable operating as a business partner rather than a gatekeeper; defaults to “yes, and here’s how” instead of “no”
• Willingness to work across US and Israel time zones and travel to Tel Aviv as needed

Location

US (first legal hire in the US). Willingness to work across US and Israel time zones and travel to Tel Aviv as needed.