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Head of Legal managing all corporate legal matters for a leading object storage company. Engaging with sales on enterprise contracts and supporting compliance, privacy, and governance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead all corporate legal matters including commercial, product, privacy, compliance, and governance.
- Draft, review, and negotiate customer, partner, vendor, and licensing agreements — enterprise software contract experience is a must.
- Establish and maintain company wide policies, contract templates, and legal playbooks — including customer-friendly “plain English” terms, response-time SLAs for sales teams, and a standard concessions playbook that can be applied by non-lawyer personnel.
- Support the board and executive team on governance, risk, and strategic initiatives; prepare the company for financings and audits.
- Partner with a global sales organization on enterprise deal negotiation and contract execution.
- Build streamlined partner contracting processes with separate templates for each partner type (technology integrations, joint marketing, resellers, lead referrals); support procurement with vendor contract guidelines, checklists, and templates.
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal budget with efficiency and accountability; engage specialist outside counsel as needed for specific projects (litigation, employment, securities, regulatory, international).
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, HR, Marketing, and Engineering as a trusted day-to-day partner.
- Provide employment law guidance in partnership with the HR team, including fast, practical advice on urgent employee relations matters, complaints, and involuntary terminations.
Requirements:
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally a mix of law firm and in-house roles.
- Proven experience supporting global sales organizations on enterprise-level contract negotiations — ideally within SaaS, infrastructure software, data platforms, or AI/ML industries.
- Strong commercial contracting skills with demonstrated enterprise software license experience.
- Working knowledge of privacy and data protection frameworks including GDPR and CCPA.
- Comfortable operating as a hands-on individual contributor in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Prior experience as a first legal hire or sole in-house counsel at a startup or growth-stage company.
- Background in high-growth or venture-backed companies.
- Experience advising on employment matters in partnership with HR.
Benefits:
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- 401K with 3% Contribution
- Pre-IPO Stock Options
- At least 12 Public Holidays
- Flexible Time Off
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