Director, Legal, Securities, and Governance

Summary

Join Stitch Fix as the Director, Legal - Securities and Governance, leading all aspects of the company's public company securities reporting and corporate governance. You will oversee SEC filings, advise internal teams, manage the stock plan, and ensure compliance with regulations. This highly collaborative role offers flexibility with a preference for a hybrid work model in San Francisco, but remote options are available with occasional in-person requirements. You will be responsible for corporate secretarial functions, developing policies and procedures, and advising on corporate governance and executive compensation. The role also involves managing outside counsel, leading capital markets transactions, and delivering employee trainings. This position is a key part of a growing legal team at an innovative company.

Requirements

• Have a J.D., exceptional academic credentials, and at least eight years of relevant experience, including at least four years at a leading law firm as a securities and/or capital markets attorney, and significant time spent in-house in a corporate role at a public company listed on the NASDAQ or NYSE
• Bring a strategic and practical lens to difficult regulatory compliance questions and communicate your views effectively
• Have broad and deep expertise in corporate and U.S. securities laws, corporate governance and board governance matters, including best practices
• Have significant experience with coordination and timely filing of disclosure documentation with the SEC and stock exchanges
• Be familiar with public company accounting, tax and finance processes, terminology, systems, and issues, including a basic knowledge of financial statements and GAAP accounting
• Have excellent interpersonal skills, including the abilities to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people and build relationships across organizations and levels, including senior-level executives and members of the Board of Directors
• Be experienced with the use of company equity as compensation, including executive and non-executive equity compensation, and equity plan management
• Be located within commutable distance of Stitch Fix’s San Francisco, CA headquarters and able to work in the office two to three days per week, or, if not, are willing and able to travel six or so times per year for earnings, team meetings, or other business reasons
• Be admitted, active, and in good standing with the bar association of at least one US state

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and review of SEC filings, including registration statements, forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, proxy statements (including shareholder proposals and proxy solicitations) and Section 16 reporting, including Forms 3, 4 and 5
• Advise our investor relations team, CEO, and CFO on earnings, including earnings announcements, press releases, investor presentations, investor communications and other materials (including preparation of appropriate securities disclosure as necessary)
• Serve as Assistant Corporate Secretary, managing all corporate secretarial function matters, including preparation of notices, governance materials for board of directors and committee meetings, board minutes, resolutions and actions, and leading preparation for Stitch Fix’s annual shareholder meeting
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures to ensure compliance with SEC and other securities-related regulatory requirements applicable to publicly-traded companies, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank Act and stock exchange listing standards, Regulation FD and insider trading
• Advise on corporate governance, executive compensation and related matters, as well as developing and adopting applicable corporate governance policies and procedures
• Lead capital markets and other strategic transactions, including providing support for M&A and corporate financing transactions
• Manage, work with, and learn from experienced outside corporate counsel
• Stay abreast of new and proposed corporate and securities laws, best practices, and trends and ensure compliance
• Develop and deliver employee trainings on securities law and related matters, such as Regulation FD and insider trading
• Manage the company’s subsidiaries
• Collaborate with the company’s Finance and Information Security teams to manage the company’s risk management program, and oversee the company’s insurance portfolio
• Manage outside litigation counsel for securities-related litigation matters
• Occasionally assist with relevant commercial contract drafting, review, and negotiation
• Perform other special assignments or projects as needed to support the business

Preferred Qualifications

Work in Stitch Fix’s downtown San Francisco, CA headquarters two or three days a week, with flexibility

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits
• Equity
• Annual bonus
• New hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units
• Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits