Senior Counsel

Summary

Join Clipboard Health, a fast-growing Series C marketplace, as a highly experienced attorney. You will collaborate closely with the sales team, providing legal counsel and support across various areas, including contract negotiation, data privacy, cybersecurity, and litigation. Your expertise in handling a wide range of litigation matters and building legal processes is crucial. You will be responsible for proactive project prioritization, streamlining systems, and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations. This role requires a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, 7+ years of relevant experience, and a proven ability to work autonomously and manage projects independently. The salary range is $225,000 - $250,000, with potential for discretionary bonuses and/or equity compensation.

Requirements

• JD from an ABA accredited law school and admission to at least one state bar
• 7+ years of relevant experience at a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal department in the U.S
• Experience handling a wide range of litigation matters
• Experience handling matters involving data privacy or cybersecurity
• Experience building and improving legal processes
• Bias toward action and solving (not just spotting) problems
• Ability to take ownership of your work and manage projects independently
• Comfort and skill navigating complexity and ambiguity, and working on a leanly staffed team
• Ability to work autonomously and under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Agility and flexibility to take on new tasks and responsibilities when necessary to support the business and legal team’s needs in a fast-moving, rapidly- scaling, and dynamic tech company

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Sales organization (spanning multiple time zones) to engage with potential and future customers, review proposed contractual edits, and help negotiate and close important deals
• Provide practical advice on transactional data privacy and cybersecurity matters, including support related compliance initiatives, including with respect to HIPAA/HITECH, TCPA, CCPA/CPRA, and other state privacy laws
• Provide product counseling and risk assessments for the development of new verticals and product offerings, as well as marketing initiatives and user-facing articles
• Contribute to legal strategy and day-to-day management of any pending litigation and investigations, including responding to subpoenas
• Perform corporate day-to-day governance functions, including assisting with the creation and maintenance of corporate entities

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house experience at a technology company
• Intellectual property expertise
• CIPP/US certification

Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses
• Equity compensation