DESCRIPTIONSummary of RoleAs Head of Legal (remote- US based only) at Netchex, you'll lead our Legal function and serve as the senior legal voice in the room - owning commercial contracting end-to-end, directing litigation and outside counsel, and partnering closely with our Executive, Finance, Sales, and Product teams. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll manage a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India, stand up legal support for new products and lines of business, and build the playbooks that keep deals moving. This is a hands-on leadership role for an attorney who's equally comfortable negotiating an MSA, advising the ELT, and developing a team.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the Legal function and manage a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India
- Own commercial contracting end-to-end, from MSA drafting and negotiation through deal close
- Build, maintain, and drive adoption of the MSA playbook and consistent redline standards
- Manage litigation and direct outside counsel, including oversight of legal spend against budget
- Partner with the Chief Compliance Officer on regulatory matters (compliance and BSA/AML are owned separately by the CCO)
- Serve as legal advisor to Executive, Finance, Sales, and Product teams on day-to-day and strategic legal needs
- Stand up legal support for new products and new lines of business
- Direct AI agents across contract intake routing, metadata extraction, legal research synthesis, and matter status tracking - validating outputs and establishing AI-augmented processes for the legal team
- Coach, develop, and retain legal team members across time zones
What We're Looking For- JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in good standing
- 5-10 years of post-JD experience in corporate/commercial law firm practice or in-house legal
- Substantive commercial contracting experience, including MSA drafting, negotiation, and redline management
- Experience managing litigation and directing outside counsel, including managing legal spend against budget
- Experience leading or mentoring legal staff, including distributed or international team members
- PE-backed portfolio company experience strongly preferred
- Fintech, HCM, or financial services exposure preferred
About You- You're comfortable being the senior legal voice with executive and sponsor stakeholders, and you say the hard thing when it needs saying
- You exercise sound judgment on privilege determinations, risk calls, and escalations - and you know which decisions are yours alone to make
- You translate legal risk into business terms, so partners across Sales, Finance, and Product understand the trade-off, not just the objection
- You're hands-on and comfortable building where structure doesn't exist yet
- You lead well across time zones and cultures, and you invest in developing the people on your team
Why You'll Love This Role- Full ownership of the Legal function and its U.S. and India-based team
- End-to-end ownership of commercial contracting, not a narrow slice of the deal cycle
- A seat with the executive team and direct partnership with the CFO, CCO, Sales, Finance, and Product
- Deep domain expertise in payroll, HCM, and employment law
- The opportunity to build - playbooks, processes, and legal support for entirely new product lines
- Hands-on experience directing AI agents and designing AI-augmented legal workflows
• A clear path forward - this role is a direct runway to Chief Legal Officer
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