General Counsel

General Counsel

$185k – $230k • 0.1% – 0.5%

About The Role

You will be the first full-time legal hire in a rapidly-growing, enterprise software fintech company. Your responsibilities will include ownership of all aspects of Argyle’s legal strategy and execution. Your domain will touch relationships with third parties (partners, customers, vendors), oversight of legal operations, and working on all aspects of intellectual property, privacy, employment, and corporate issues. You will work with the founding team to build our strategy across these domains, and build a team to execute.

We are looking for a practical attorney who is interested in learning about our technology, is passionate about data ownership and privacy, can enable our go-to-market strategy, and will establish her or himself as a trusted business partner to every executive as well as a company-wide thought leader.

You Will

• Define Argyle’s legal strategy and build our core legal processes

• Provide counsel and advise on legal liabilities (i.e. employment law, commissions agreements, corporate finance, partnerships, etc.)

• Develop and direct Argyle's policy strategy related data ownership and governance (e.g. with the CFPB)

• Stay abreast of changes in laws and regulations impacting consumer privacy and data ownership laws

• Work cross functionally with Argyle’s sales, marketing, BD, and product teams

• Build a legal team capable of executing against your strategy and vision

You May Be Fit For This Role If You

• 10-15+ years of experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department. In-house counsel experience preferred, especially in tech.

• Broad direct experience with a variety of legal matters, including strategic business agreements, commercial contract negotiation, information security and compliance, privacy, corporate governance, intellectual property rights

• Comfort with business metrics and ability to break down complex legal problems into business and legal risks; ability to explain legal issues to business and technology focused partners

• Willingness to roll up his/her sleeves and take on tasks both big and small. A collaborative approach with low ego in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment

• Strategic sense to build a team, but tactical enough to execute on a day-to-day basis

• Strong sense of ownership, desire to make a cross-functional impact, eagerness to learn, customer orientation

• A JD from a top accredited law school, and a membership in good standing with State Bar

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