About the role.Solo.io is hiring a Director of Legal to lead our legal work in-house. You'll report to the CFO and work closely with the CEO and leadership team. The role is based in Boston or remote within the US.
You'll be the company's go-to legal partner across commercial contracts, employment, privacy, open source, corporate governance, and strategic matters. You'll handle most work directly and bring in outside counsel when a matter calls for it.
The ideal candidate has a strong commercial contracts background and wants broader exposure across commercial, employment and corporate law as a step toward a General Counsel role.
This role may require occasional travel
Job Description:- Review, draft and negotiate customer, partner, reseller and vendor agreements, NDAs and order forms with sales, finance and other teams. This is the heart of the role today.
- Own our contract templates and playbooks. Update them for current market terms, including AI, data and security provisions.
- Ensure legal is fast and streamlined. Utilize Ironclad, AI tools, and value added processes to streamline and help legal operate quickly and accurately
- Advise on data privacy and security commitments, including data processing agreements, GDPR and customer security reviews.
- Advise on open source licensing, contributor agreements and our participation in open source foundations.
- Manage outside counsel and the legal budget for specialized matters.
- Maintain our library of standard documents, policies and procedures.
YOU MAY ALSO- Draft and negotiate employment documents, such as specialized offer letters and separation agreements.
- Support People Ops on compensation, benefits, immigration and international employment matters.
- Support corporate matters, including board materials, equity administration, entity management, and periodic financing or strategic transactions alongside outside counsel.
- Help shape internal policies on AI use and governance.
- Advise on trade compliance and export controls.
- Review external communications with marketing, including press releases, the website and social media.
Job Requirements:- JD from an accredited law school and an active license to practice in at least one US state. You must be able to register as in-house counsel in Massachusetts.
- 7-10 years of commercial legal experience at a law firm, in-house, or both. In-house experience at a software or SaaS company is strongly preferred.
- Deep expertise drafting and negotiating enterprise software agreements, including SaaS, licensing, data processing and partner agreements.
- Comfort working as a team of one. You'll own your work end to end and bring in outside counsel when needed.
- Sound judgment on legal, commercial and reputational risk, with practical advice that keeps deals moving.
- Strong organization and the ability to manage many matters at once across teams and time zones.
- Clear, plain-English communication with engineers, sales leaders and executives.
NICE TO HAVE- Experience with open source licensing.
- Experience with privacy and AI regulation, such as GDPR and the EU AI Act.
- Exposure to corporate and transactional work, such as financings, equity or M&A.
- Experience implementing contract management or AI legal tools.
