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Company Overview:
Legion Technologies is a pioneer in AI-powered workforce management, offering a SaaS platform that helps large enterprises optimize labor efficiency and improve hourly employee experience through AI-driven demand forecasting, automated scheduling, time & attendance, and employee engagement tools. The mission is to transform hourly jobs into good jobs by providing intelligent automation and greater employee flexibility via a mobile app.
Role Summary:
The General Counsel (GC) is the chief legal officer and a key executive team member responsible for leading global legal, intellectual property, and corporate functions. The GC partners strategically with the CEO, executive team, and Board, building a high-performing legal organization to support growth, globalization, and product innovation. The GC oversees legal strategy across commercial/SaaS, privacy, AI governance, labor, corporate governance, IP, compliance, and risk management.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Legal Strategy & Leadership:
— Develop and execute legal strategy aligned with business objectives.
— Advise CEO, executives, and Board on legal, regulatory, governance, risk, compliance, fundraising, and transactions.
— Build and lead in-house legal team; manage external counsel.
— Establish scalable legal processes and playbooks.
2. Corporate Governance & Financing:
— Serve as corporate secretary; manage Board and committee governance.
— Oversee corporate structure, subsidiaries, and compliance.
— Support equity and debt financings, investor negotiations, and governance.
— Partner with Finance and People teams on equity plans and disclosures.
3. Commercial, Product & Partnership Counsel:
— Provide legal support for commercial operations including SaaS subscriptions, services, partner agreements, and data processing terms.
— Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Partnerships to manage deal cycles and risk.
— Partner with Product, Engineering, Security to ensure compliance of AI-enabled platform and integrations.
— Counsel on product features, AI use cases, mobile app, and international expansion.
4. Privacy, Data Protection & Terms of Use:
— Own global privacy and data protection program, ensuring compliance with US and international laws.
— Oversee Terms of Service, privacy policies, and product policies.
— Support security reviews, audits, incident response.
— Develop policies and training on data governance and ethical AI use.
5. Labor, Employment & Workforce Compliance:
— Advise on employment matters including hiring, terminations, performance, compensation.
— Support People team on labor law-compliant policies.
— Guide product features supporting labor and scheduling law compliance.
6. Intellectual Property & Innovation:
— Develop and implement global IP strategy covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, open-source.
— Partner with Product and Engineering to protect AI and workforce management innovations.
— Manage IP enforcement and defense.
7. Regulatory, Compliance & Risk Management:
— Monitor legal developments in AI, data privacy, employment, software.
— Design risk and compliance frameworks.
— Support investigations, ethics initiatives.
— Coordinate insurance coverage and claims.
8. Strategic Transactions & Corporate Development:
— Lead legal aspects of M&A, investments, partnerships.
— Provide guidance on competition, antitrust, regulatory issues.
Qualifications:
— J.D. degree and membership in good standing with a US state bar.
— 15+ years combined experience in top-tier law firms and in-house roles, including senior GC roles at high-growth tech or SaaS companies.
— Deep expertise in enterprise SaaS contracting, corporate governance, data privacy, IP strategy.
— Proven leadership in building legal teams supporting growth and international expansion.
— Business-minded advisor balancing risk and commercial objectives.
Preferred:
— Experience in HR tech, workforce management, fintech, or data-intensive SaaS.
— Leadership in AI/ML product legal and ethical issues.
— Experience with global customers across North America, EMEA, APAC.
— Experience with large enterprise and strategic partners like SAP.
Skills & Attributes:
— Exceptional judgment, integrity, discretion.
— Strong communication translating legal issues for non-legal stakeholders.
— Collaborative, low-ego leadership.
— Practical, fast-paced, high-growth environment comfort.
— Passion for improving hourly work.
Additional Information:
— Full-time, exempt position.
— Some travel required.
— Competitive compensation including salary, equity, benefits.
Compensation & Benefits:
— Base salary $250,000 - $300,000 plus bonus and stock equity.
— Benefits include flexible medical, dental, vision plans, 401k, paid time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursement, monthly lunch.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
— Legion is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
Contact for disability accommodation: recruiting@legion.co
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