The Role

You'll own the legal function day to day — hands-on, pragmatic, and commercially minded. As the senior legal voice in the company, you'll work directly with leadership on a broad mandate: keep deals moving, protect the business, and use good judgment about what to handle in-house versus when to bring in outside counsel. You'll start as the sole senior legal hire and build out the legal function as the company grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial contracting — customer agreements, MSAs, DPAs, and vendor, partner, contractor, and consulting agreements — with fast turnaround and a commercial mindset that unblocks the business and flags only what truly matters.
• Manage disputes and demand letters — assess exposure, set strategy, and coordinate with outside counsel and insurers.
• Handle corporate matters — the insurance program (D&O/E&O renewals and claims), corporate governance, entity management, and support for financing or M&A activity as it arises.
• Coordinate employment law matters across the US, UK, Canada, and other jurisdictions with international contractors — agreements, background checks, terminations, and employer-of-record arrangements.
• Protect intellectual property and trademarks, including handling infringement matters.
• Partner closely with the compliance/privacy function on data protection matters (e.g., GDPR/CCPA, DPAs), serving as the legal backstop on compliance issues.
• Manage outside counsel relationships — selecting the right firms, scoping work narrowly, reviewing bills, and keeping quality high and costs controlled.
• Advise on legal matters related to people and people operations.