Eltropy

Silicon Valley’s fastest growing private business 🚀

Director of Legal

AttorneyAttorneyFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2013Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

178 days ago

Salary

$235K - $275K / year

Postgraduate Degree7 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Draft, review and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, primarily complex SaaS MSAs with sophisticated financial institution customers. • Manage and negotiate vendor, partnership, and technology licensing agreements. • Engage directly with internal stakeholders and customers to negotiate commercial terms, data protection agreements, information security addenda, and AI usage provisions. • Own legal playbooks, fallback positions, and clause libraries, delivering actionable guidance that improves deal velocity and protects margin while maintaining compliance. • Serve as primary legal advisor to Product and Engineering throughout the product development lifecycle; provide guidance on compliance with relevant laws and regulations. • Counsel on Telecommunications (TCPA, CAN-SPAM, CTIA), Data Privacy & Security (CCPA/CPRA, GLBA), and Financial Services compliance issues. • Counsel AI product teams on data usage; develop and implement scalable policies, procedures, and guardrails to ensure compliant-by-design features; provide executive leadership of the AI program and chair/co-chair AI governance forum. • Advise on corporate governance, employment law (with HR), intellectual property, equity management; manage corporate records and assist with financing or M&A activities. • Select and manage outside counsel to provide scalable, cost-effective support. • Lead, mentor, and scale a team of legal professionals; act as primary escalation point for non-standard commercial terms, data privacy, information security, and regulatory matters.

Job Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree required; active bar membership in good standing.
  • 7+ years of progressive legal experience (commercial/technology transactions).
  • At least 3+ years of in-house legal experience at a technology company (SaaS experience strongly preferred).
  • Proven success building and leading high-performing legal or legal operations teams.
  • Deep, hands-on experience negotiating complex commercial contracts.
  • Proven expertise in product counseling in a regulated space.
  • Deep, practical TCPA compliance expertise is required.
  • Demonstrated experience advising on data privacy laws (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, GLBA).
  • A pragmatic, business-minded approach to problem-solving; ability to provide strategic and tactical counsel.
  • Occasional travel may be required for team or customer engagements.

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