EVP, Chief Legal Officer

🕒 July 27

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Sagent

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

☁️ SaaS

Consulting • Healthcare • SaaS

Sagent is a mortgage-servicing software provider offering Dara, an industry-first, unified servicing platform that centralizes data and user experiences for loan servicers and homeowners across the full servicing lifecycle. Dara provides core servicing operations, a mobile-first consumer experience, default and loss-mitigation workflows, automated onboarding and document management, real-time analytics and compliance auditing, and embedded AI for document automation, predictive insights, and generative chat. The platform is aimed at reducing operational costs, speeding onboarding, improving customer engagement, and ensuring regulatory compliance for servicers handling all loan types.

📋 Description

• Own end-to-end contract lifecycle management for new customer agreements, renewals, and upgrade/expansion deals • Negotiate and close commercial agreements including MSAs, SOWs, SaaS/licensing agreements, data processing agreements, and vendor contracts • Partner with Sales, Product, and Customer Success to structure deal terms that balance commercial velocity with risk management • Build and maintain scalable contracting playbooks, templates, and approval workflows as the company grows • Manage contract risk across the existing customer base, including amendments, upgrades, and renegotiations • Select, engage, and manage relationships with outside counsel across litigation, regulatory, IP, and specialized transactional matters • Own outside counsel budget, scope management, and billing oversight to ensure cost-effective, high-quality legal support • Prepare board materials, legal updates, and risk disclosures for regular Board meetings • Attend Board meetings and serve as the attorney representing Sagent's interests and providing legal counsel directly to the Board • Advise the Board and executive team on corporate governance, fiduciary duties, and material legal/regulatory risks • Serve as a trusted legal and strategic point of contact for key stakeholders • Lead and scale the legal, compliance, and risk management function as the company grows • Oversee labor and employment matters, including disputes, claims, and compliance with employment law • Develop litigation strategy and manage case outcomes in the company's best interest

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing • 12+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience; prior CLO/GC experience strongly preferred • Demonstrated experience negotiating commercial/SaaS contracts at scale • Direct experience presenting to and advising a Board of Directors • Experience working with or reporting to PE-backed or investor-governed companies • Strong litigation oversight experience, including labor and employment matters • Excellent judgment, communication skills, and executive presence • Experience in fintech, lending, mortgage servicing, or related regulated industries a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Benefits • Unlimited Flexible Time Off • Family Planning Services • Tuition Reimbursement • Paid Family Leave • 401(k) Matching • Pet Insurance • In-person and Virtual Social Experiences • Career Pathing • Focus Time Fridays