Legal Director - San Francisco (883-SLS)

Job Description

Job Description

Our client, a mission driven EdTech company focused on enabling early childcare and Pre-K education, seeks to hire a Legal Director to lead their legal function. Reporting to the company’s CEO, this attorney will partner with the C-suite and business leaders to achieve the company’s mission while advancing and protecting the company’s business and legal interests.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of legal experience, including in-house experience, with strong commercial contracting experience, including SaaS and government contracting. In addition to being responsible for day-to-day transactional work, this hire will counsel on general corporate matters such as employment, corporate governance, government relations, and IP.

Our client’s headquarters are in downtown San Francisco. This hire may will be expected to be in the San Francisco office four days a week and as necessary.

Qualifications

• JD and admitted to practice law (or RIHC) in California
• Generalist with strong background in commercial contracts
• Employment counseling experience
• Government contracts experience
• Ability to review, summarize, and provide guidance to leaders concisely
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup company
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Compensation includes a base salary of $240,000 to $275,000, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Base salary and overall compensation will be determined by number of years of directly relevant experience and history of success.

Solutus has been retained as the exclusive representative for this desirable search. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation.

Ref. #883-SLS

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