Head of Legal

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the Legal function from the ground up as the first full-time legal hire.
• Serve as strategic DRI on sensitive initiatives, including litigation, strategic partnerships, and board matters.
• Design scalable systems for contracting, compliance, employment, corporate governance, privacy, and intellectual property.
• Proactively identify risk areas and build policies to mitigate them.

The Role Scope:

• Own the full legal stack: corporate, compliance, employment, IP, and litigation with support from outside counsel.
• Drive mission-critical company priorities while implementing processes and establishing standards.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product & Design, GTM, and Finance teams.
• Provide strategic guidance aligned with long-term goals and shape the legal architecture for company scale.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 8–10 years of legal experience with both law firm and in-house environments.
• A builder mentality to create legal systems and operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Exceptional judgment and ability to partner with product and engineering to enable rapid innovation.
• A strategic, embedded legal partner motivated to scale the team after establishing foundations.