Institution: Fintech Startup

Role: Legal Director

Location: New York City, NY (ON-SITE ROLE)

Salary: $225,000 - $275,000 (depending on experience) + Equity

Our client, a Next generation Law Company, is looking for an experienced Tech GC eager to be at the cutting edge of the AI legal era! This company builds proprietary technology and human-in-the-loop workflows to enhance the lawyer-machine relationship. These lawyers serve real clients and conspire with our engineers to automate away their most repetitive work.

This person will build the legal function for the business and you will scale a team of junior attorneys and paralegals across time zones and will invent ways to augment or replace their lowest value tasks with AI.

You'll collaborate closely with Engineers to build new tools that help your team work faster and better and you’ll re-examine each aspect of legal services with a critical eye, test the limits of generative AI, and ensure all clients’ contracts get reviewed with excellent speed and quality!

Responsibilities:

Develop the hiring strategy for our growing legal team (15-50 lawyers in the next year)
Set quality standards and define the ideal lawyer profile for our unique model
Create efficient processes for sourcing, vetting, and onboarding legal talent
Oversee day-to-day management of the legal team's workflow and quality
Design and implement performance metrics to ensure exceptional service delivery
Collaborate closely with our engineering team to identify opportunities for AI-powered improvements
Provide critical legal domain expertise to guide our product roadmap
Test and provide feedback on new tools and features
Help translate lawyer needs into technical requirements
Drive adoption of new technologies across the legal team
Serve as a trusted advisor to our startup clients, leveraging your in-house experience
Represent us to potential clients with credibility and expertise
Share insights on client pain points to inform product development
Participate in high-level strategic discussions about company direction
Help set priorities based on market opportunities and client needs

Requirements:

A Law Degree is a MUST, with a JD from a Top 10 Law School, plus an MBA (also preferred).
In-house legal experience at a Series A-C tech startup
Experience building and managing legal teams
10+ years worth of big law and in-house roles, ideally depth and breadth of experience at different tech companies is expected.
Onsite expectations each day, will mean this person must be located in the Manhattan area (Union Square office).
Basic familiarity with AI tools like ChatGPT, as you’re likely already using AI in current legal workflows
Comfortable in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
Confident, kind and collaborative!

To explore this role further, please connect with matt@wayoh.co

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