General Counsel

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United States

Posted

7 days ago

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0

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Mid Level

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Job Description

General Counsel

UpGuard Inc.

Role Description We are looking for a hands-on General Counsel (GC) to lead our in-house legal function to support our evolving needs as we scale toward long-term operational maturity and category leadership. Reporting to the COO, the GC will serve as a strategic legal advisor to executive leadership while remaining deeply connected to the day-to-day work of the business. This role lives at the intersection of strategic counsel and hands-on execution. You’ll inherit a small, capable legal team already managing the day-to-day commercial legal operations and work beside them as a true player-coach. This is a perfect position for an ambitious lawyer who moves fluidly between board-level counsel and day-to-day operations, and wants to lead a function at a rapidly scaling company that’s defining how the world manages cyber risk. What will you do? - Legal Strategy & Operations - Act as a strategic legal advisor to executive leadership, proactively identifying risks and opportunities to support informed, high-impact decisions. - Assess UpGuard's current legal and compliance posture across key areas; identify gaps against applicable standards; and develop a sequenced, prioritised roadmap that reflects business risk, organisational capacity, and realistic timelines — then lead the company through the change required to close those gaps. - Lead and develop the in-house legal team, implementing scalable processes and metrics-driven practices to accelerate deals and reduce risk. - Compliance, Privacy & Risk - Build and execute a scalable compliance program covering data privacy (GDPR, CCPA), OFAC/trade compliance, anti-bribery, AI governance, and ethics — with particular emphasis on driving organisational alignment and adoption beyond policy creation. - Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks across the business, working cross-functionally to embed compliance awareness into day-to-day decision-making. - Corporate & Governance - Manage corporate legal activities, including governance, equity administration, and any M&A or financing activity as it arises. - Advise People and Finance teams on employment law matters across UpGuard's global workforce, including hiring, employee relations, equity programs, and local labor law compliance. - Support board governance functions, including preparation of board materials, maintenance of corporate records, and management of director obligations across jurisdictions. - Product & Intellectual Property - Provide strategic product counselling to product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, addressing legal issues and enabling compliant, successful product launches. - Direct intellectual property strategy, proactively protecting and managing UpGuard's trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. - Advise on the legal and regulatory implications of AI-driven features, data handling practices, and cybersecurity product capabilities as the platform evolves. Qualifications - 10+ years of legal experience (with 4+ years in a leadership role), with a strong in-house background at an international, B2B SaaS company. - Law degree and admission to, and in good standing with, the local governing body. - Proven experience building a compliance program at a scaling company — including assessing current posture, defining improvement targets, sequencing priorities, and executing change. - Demonstrated ability to drive compliance and legal improvements across functions with competing priorities: communicating risk in business terms, building cross-functional buy-in, and moving organisations through change with practical, actionable guidance aligned with business and technology objectives. - Deep understanding with sell-side SaaS contracting and experience navigating complicated deals across various deal sizes and buyer types. - Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience providing responsive, business-oriented legal support across global teams, time zones, cultures, and distributed (hybrid/remote) environments. - Experience implementing AI tools and workflow automation to enhance legal operations, drive efficiency, and scale support for business needs. What will give you an edge? - Prior experience as General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel at a B2B SaaS company at a comparable growth stage (post-Series B or C, approximately 200–600 employees). - A track record of building compliance programs from the ground up at a company navigating rapid scale. - Background in cybersecurity, data privacy, or another regulated technology sector, with related certifications (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, etc.) a plus. - Experience building real alignment with go-to-market, product, and marketing teams on legal and compliance priorities, and driving meaningful, lasting change through incremental steps that scale with the business. Benefits - Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial, physical, and mental well-being. - WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard. - $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development, all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance. - Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries. - 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role. - Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carer’s leave. - Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance. - Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role. - Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work. - Health Insurance: Health, dental, and vision insurance. - Stock Options.

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