The Associate General Counsel role will provide legal advice and counsel on matters primarily relating to all legal functions across the company. Reporting directly to the COO, this role is responsible for owning legal strategy, execution, compliance, and risk management across every business unit. This position will collaborate with business partners across the organization to provide strategy, thought leadership and guidance related to the company’s global privacy program as well as vendor and customer contracts.
Responsibilities:Privacy & Data Compliance
- Lead global privacy compliance efforts (GDPR, CPRA), including data processing frameworks, privacy policies, DPAs, and regulatory risk decisions.
- Oversee privacy operations through management of the Privacy Program Manager, including assessments, data subject rights, training programs, and internal guidance.
- Partner with internal stakeholders (CEO, COO, Security, Product, IT) to align privacy strategy with business objectives and regulatory standards.
- Serve as final decision-maker on privacy risk and customer/vendor data obligations.
Commercial & Contract Law
- Lead negotiation and enforcement of commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, and data licenses, ensuring IP protection, data integrity, and liability mitigation.
- Manage and maintain internal redline standards, fallback clauses, and negotiation playbooks.
- Streamline contract lifecycle management across the organization; improve processes and resolve inefficiencies.
- Support Sales, Revenue, and Finance teams by accelerating deal cycles while minimizing risk.
- Oversee legal aspects of procurement, including vendor agreements, contract compliance, template use, and third-party risk evaluation.
- Supervise the Procurement & Contracts Manager and the end-to-end vendor contract process.
Product & Platform Legal Support
- Advise Product and Engineering teams on legal implications of new features and platform policies.
- Draft and maintain public-facing terms of service, platform and API use policies, and acceptable use standards.
Employment & Corporate Governance
- Lead legal strategy for employment matters: separations, investigations, contractor classification, and global employment frameworks.
- Serve as legal advisor to HR, supporting development and enforcement of company policies.
- Support corporate governance, board documentation, and compliance reporting.
Legal Operations & Leadership
- Own legal operations infrastructure: tools, knowledge bases, templates, matter management, and legal metrics tracking.
- Collaborate with Finance and HR on legal budgeting, planning, and reporting.
- Create and deliver internal training (especially on privacy), evaluating effectiveness and ensuring compliance.
- Mentor legal team members, fostering operational efficiency, scalable tools/templates, and a high-standard, business-aligned legal function.
- Manage outside counsel for Data Privacy and Contract matters.
Skillset:
- Demonstrated success in building internal trust and strong relationships with business partners.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills with a proven ability to work in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment.
- Knowledge and experience analyzing and applying federal, state, and global laws related to privacy and data protection, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, etc.
- Deep experience in SaaS, employment, data/privacy, and commercial law
- Proven track record of managing legal operations, privacy programs, and high-volume procurement.
- Experience working directly with executive leadership and operating autonomously in a high-velocity environment.
- Expertise across employment law, privacy, data rights, commercial negotiations, and legal infrastructure building.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Licensed to practice law in at least one US state
- J.D. from accredited law school with 6-10 years’ relevant legal experience, in-house counsel experience (2+ years of total experience)
- Experience as counsel for SaaS Company (in-house or external) required
- Familiarity with SaaS procurement models, SOC 2 requirements, or vendor security review processes
- Experience launching public APIs or managing open-access data terms.
- Prior ownership of legal budget, legal tech stack, and outside counsel strategy
- Experience scaling privacy programs or Certified International Privacy Professional Certification (CIPP) a plus
Since 2015, Seamless.AI has helped sales teams maximize revenue with the world’s first real-time B2B search engine. As one of Ohio’s fastest-growing companies, we’ve earned top industry accolades, including G2’s 2025 Best Software Products (#1 Highest Satisfaction Product), Purpose Jobs’ 2024 Best Places to Work, and LinkedIn’s Top 50 Tech Startups (2020, 2022, 2023). We are committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or other protected statuses. Visa sponsorship is not available; applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
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