The Role

If we get something wrong in the fine print (a compliance gap on a new device, a contract that leaves us exposed, a regulatory question we didn't see coming), it doesn't stay a legal problem for long. It becomes a broken promise to the families who trusted us with their kids' first phone. We're looking for a Head of Legal to make sure that never happens: our senior-most in-house legal mind, and the first full-time legal hire embedded in the day-to-day of the company.

You'll build on the foundation our fractional General Counsel has laid, partnering directly with our leadership team on the legal questions of building and selling physical, connected products, including FCC and telecom regulation, product compliance, children's privacy, and international expansion. This isn't a role for someone who wants to immediately manage a team of lawyers or delegate work away: you're senior enough to own the strategic picture, but still hands-on yourself, building out the function, and a team if and when you decide we need one, as we scale.

What You'll Do
• Guide compliance for every physical, connected product we sell to families, including internationally, and as we expand beyond a single device into new products and accessories, help build the compliance playbook for each new thing we launch
• Own our compliance with privacy laws, including COPPA and the growing set of state and international equivalents, as the person ultimately responsible for how we collect, use, and protect our customers' data
• Support our go-to-market efforts as we expand into new countries, advising on the legal and regulatory considerations of entering new markets, from entity formation to product compliance to commercial terms
• Review and advise on our direct-to-consumer marketing, advertising claims, promotions, and privacy considerations as a lifestyle brand marketed to parents
• Draft, review, and redline our commercial agreements, including vendor and supplier contracts and partnership deals, deciding case by case what to handle yourself versus sending to outside counsel to balance efficiency, quality, and risk
• Help figure out the legal and structural path for new product categories, partnerships, and business models we haven't tried before, in real time rather than from an existing playbook
• Own our regulatory and FCC posture; it's a niche area, so get comfortable learning it fast and know when to bring in outside specialists to fill the gaps
• Be the in-house resource for our People team on employment law, including offer letters, the handbook, and day-to-day HR compliance, so we're not paying outside counsel for routine matters; HR doesn't report to you, but you'll be a key partner HR hire and know when something needs a specialist
• Manage board mechanics, including consents, minutes, and equity grants, support capital raises, and keep our corporate governance, cap table, and equity matters clean and current
• Know what to keep in-house and what to send out; build and manage budgets and relationships with outside counsel and subject-matter experts (regulatory, IP, international, litigation), and bring them in efficiently when needed

What We're Looking For
• 10+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house time at a high growth technology or hardware company
• Real entrepreneurial spirit and genuine willingness to do hands-on, detail-level work; you're not too senior to redline an NDA yourself
• A clear, plain-English communicator who can turn legal risk into a decision the team can act on
• Familiarity with children's privacy and data protection compliance (COPPA or international equivalents), or closely comparable consumer privacy work
• Experience with physical product compliance, including international requirements, is a plus
• Comfortable getting up to speed fast on FCC and telecom-adjacent regulatory work; expertise is a bonus, not a requirement
• Experience supporting international expansion and go-to-market efforts
• Familiarity with D2C consumer marketing legal considerations
• Solid grounding in board governance work: consents, minutes, equity grants, and related corporate matters
• Working knowledge of employment law fundamentals, enough to be a real resource to our HR team; deep specialization isn't required
• Fluency using AI as a multiplier across contract review, research, and drafting; this is how we work, not a nice-to-have
• Low-ego and collaborative; you share credit and pitch in on problems that aren't yours
• Based in Seattle and ready to work from our office 4+ days per week; this isn't a remote role