Head of Legal

Firsthand is looking to hire a Head of Legal to build, scale, and lead the Legal function from the ground up. You will own all things legal with a particular emphasis on commercial agreements, corporate governance, compliance and building the legal frameworks for a quickly growing startup.

Requirements

• Build and scale Firsthand’s Legal function
• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex customer, vendor, and third-party agreements
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure new products, pricing models, integrations, and financial infrastructure are built with compliance and risk minimization in mind
• Provide risk-weighted advice to business partners
• Develop and scale efficient contract workflow for Firsthand
• Engage in customer-facing legal negotiations with global organizations as well as other high growth startups
• Develop and maintain templates and inventories of contracts, terms of services, notices, and confidentiality agreements
• Support processes related to privacy law, human resources, compliance and corporate transactions