Vice President, LegalAbout the Role:We are seeking an experienced strategic, and ambitious Vice President, Legal to lead and support a broad range of legal initiatives across a dynamic and evolving global business. This role offers a high degree of responsibility and autonomy, along with the opportunity to shape your own development within an agile, fast-growing, and ever-evolving company. This is a high-impact role that blends deep subject matter expertise in financial regulatory matters with broad-based corporate legal experience.
The ideal candidate brings sound judgment, strong negotiation skills, and a proactive, business-oriented mindset. You'll act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and work cross-functionally with global teams to provide end-to-end legal support across commercial, regulatory, corporate governance, compliance, employment, and risk domains.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in a collaborative team, directly contributing to legal strategy, operational resilience, and scalable corporate frameworks. This is a high-impact role for an attorney who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and is eager to help shape the future of a rapidly growing global organization.
Key Responsibilities:Legal Support - Serve as lead legal advisor to the business units globally.
- Provide legal guidance on complex commercial and advisory engagements, including drafting and negotiating client contracts, vendor agreements, and project-specific documentation.
- Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of contract templates, standardized terms, and negotiating playbooks.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to manage legal risk and ensure business compliance with industry and regulatory standards.
Regulatory & Risk Advisory- Advise on a range of regulatory matters including compliance, licensing, examinations, remediation, and risk controls.
- Collaborate with global regulatory and compliance teams on regulatory inquiries, updates, and policy alignment.
- Provide strategic counsel to leadership on internal controls, governance, risk management frameworks, HR matters, and vendor oversight.
- Engage directly with clients and regulators on ongoing compliance obligations and responses to audits or examinations.
Corporate Governance & Compliance- Lead on board and executive governance matters, including corporate structuring, director/officer onboarding and offboarding, consents, and conflicts of interest management.
- Support corporate transactions including M&A, partnerships, financing, and post-closing integration activities.
- Advise on global employment and privacy law considerations and ongoing corporate compliance.
- Enhance and scale internal policies, legal operations, and training programs.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership- Partner with Finance on cross-border legal and regulatory matters.
- Manage outside counsel for litigation, regulatory investigations, and special projects.
- Provide guidance on executive compensation, benefits, and equity matters.
- Help build scalable, efficient legal processes that align with business goals and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications- J.D. degree and licensed to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 6-10+ years of legal experience with a combination of law firm and in-house experience preferred.
- Significant exposure to financial regulatory matters, commercial contracts, software and SaaS customers, enterprise risk management, and corporate governance.
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-stakes legal work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a pragmatic and collaborative approach.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience advising senior leadership in a regulated industry such as financial services, software, consulting, or professional services.
- Familiarity with global regulatory frameworks including financial crimes, vendor oversight, and information security.
- Strong track record supporting equity or debt transactions, M&A, and employment-related matters.
- Background managing legal entities and corporate governance across multiple jurisdictions.
What You'll Bring- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset and high degree of business acumen.
- Ability to synthesize complex legal information into clear, actionable guidance.
- Confidence to challenge assumptions, raise issues, and support strong decision-making.
- A passion for excellence, continuous improvement, and working with purpose-driven teams.
Salary Range
$180,000-$200,000 USD
