VP, Legal & Privacy

Overview

This role is for a pragmatic, business-minded attorney with 10–15 years of experience who can independently own key legal and data privacy responsibilities. The attorney will often be the only lawyer in day-to-day discussions, translating legal risk into practical business guidance and managing outside counsel relationships when specialized support is needed.

The position is fully remote with occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Commercial Contracting: Draft, review, negotiate, and manage customer, vendor, partnership, and SaaS agreements.
• Data Privacy & Protection (Privacy Officer-type duties):
  • Own the organization’s privacy and data protection program
  • Ensure compliance with privacy frameworks including CCPA and GDPR
  • Conduct privacy impact assessments
  • Manage data processing agreements
  • Support breach response planning
  • Act as the internal point of contact for privacy and regulatory inquiries
• Litigation Oversight & Outside Counsel Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for litigation and specialized legal matters, managing outside counsel relationships, budgets, and strategy.
• Cross-Functional & Executive Legal Support: Partner with executive leadership and teams across sales, marketing, product, and HR to provide practical legal guidance that supports business growth.
• Corporate & Governance Matters: Support corporate housekeeping and governance needs (e.g., board resolutions and entity matters) and address general employment-related legal questions.
• Risk Management: Identify legal, privacy, and operational risks and provide clear, business-oriented recommendations.
• Process Improvement: Build scalable legal and privacy processes, templates, and workflows to improve organizational efficiency.
• Strategic Support: Assist with corporate, operational, and strategic legal matters as the organization grows, reporting directly into executive leadership.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• Active CIPP/US certification required
• 10–15 years of legal experience, ideally with a combination of law firm and in-house experience
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts
• Some litigation experience preferred (not required to maintain an ongoing active litigation practice), with demonstrated familiarity with litigation issues and processes
• Demonstrated comfort managing and directing outside counsel on litigation or other specialized matters
• Experience advising on data privacy and protection frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), with privacy officer or privacy-program-ownership experience strongly preferred
• Experience advising executive leadership on legal, privacy, and operational risk
• Ability to operate as the organization’s lead legal resource, independently managing multiple projects and priorities
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $145,000 to $185,000, commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and more
• Flexible vacation designed to enable you to be your best
• 401K plan with company match
• Apple products provided to set up your home office
• Performance appraisal & recognition system
• Home internet reimbursement

Location

Fully remote, hiring in: FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA