[Hiring] Head of Legal / General Counsel @Remote People

Role Description

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
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years post-qualification experience, with significant time advising US tech/SaaS companies.
  • In-house SaaS experience with deep US commercial law fluency alongside familiarity with UK/EU legal frameworks.
  • Comfort operating as the sole senior legal hire initially, with the ability to build out an in-house legal team over time.
  • Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills across the full commercial contract stack.
  • Experience managing disputes and outside counsel relationships end to end.
  • Based in the UK or Canada.

Nice to Have

  • Background in B2B data or data-driven products.
  • Experience supporting a company through a financing round or M&A process.
  • Familiarity with email/marketing technology or adjacent regulated product areas.
  • Familiarity with the sales engagement or lead intelligence software market.
  • Experience at a fast-growing, remote-first company.
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