Director, Legal

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $225k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Submittable

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🌍 Social Impact

Consulting • Marketing • Social Impact

Submittable is an easy-to-use, powerful social impact platform designed for organizations of any size, including companies and foundations. It enables teams to come together to make better decisions and maximize their social impact by facilitating the collection of applications, managing review teams, awarding funds, and reporting on results—all within a single platform.

📋 Description

• Lead the day-to-day legal function and set priorities and standards • Build, manage, and mentor the legal team, including hiring, workload distribution, and professional development • Advise on data privacy and security law, policies, and incident response • Negotiate customer contracts, including MSAs, order forms, DPAs, and enterprise procurement paperwork • Advise Product and Engineering on intellectual property, licensing, open-source usage, and proprietary technology • Partner with Sales and Revenue Operations on contracting playbooks, standard terms, and approval thresholds • Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend • Advise leadership on governance, risk, and compliance matters • Support employment law matters with People/HR, including policy review and workplace investigations • Monitor regulatory and legislative developments affecting SaaS, privacy, artificial intelligence, and served sectors • Manage contract lifecycle management and legal operations tooling • Collaborate with Finance on overdue customer accounts and legal remedies • Establish and track Legal department KPIs and improve processes, including AI-driven workflow automation • Support M&A, corporate transactions, and strategic initiatives • Report to the CFO and collaborate with teams across the organization and executive leadership

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state • 8+ years of legal experience, including at least 3 years in-house at a B2B SaaS or technology company • At least 3 years of hands-on experience negotiating SaaS customer contracts, including MSAs, DPAs, and complex order forms • Experience managing or mentoring attorneys and legal professionals • Strong expertise in data privacy and security law, including privacy programs and regulatory change • Solid grounding in intellectual property law for software products, including licensing and open-source considerations • Experience advising business and senior leaders on governance, risk, and compliance matters • Sound business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with commercial pragmatism • Excellent negotiation, communication, and cross-functional influence skills • Demonstrated ability to build and improve legal processes and policy in a fast-growing organization • Must live and reside in the U.S. full-time • Eligible to work in the United States; scholastic or employment visas cannot be accommodated • Applicants residing in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wyoming cannot be considered

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and life insurance with optional HSA, FSA, and DCA accounts • 401(k) plan with employer match starting day one • Equity stock options to share in our success • Flexible hours, remote work options, and generous vacation and sick leave • Paid parental leave for mothers, fathers, and adoptive parents • Professional development stipends to support your career growth • Opportunities to participate in community outreach and volunteer programs • Monthly company-sponsored happy hours and gatherings to connect and unwind