General Counsel

Jyve is a Skills-as-a-Service platform that matches enterprise businesses’ in-store execution needs with the right skills at the right time. Operational in most of the U.S., Jyve offers distributors, brands, and retailers fast access to skilled Jyvers who are certified to handle tasks including merchandising, ordering, and brand ambassadorship.

The General Counsel will provide expert, strategic legal advice to management, establish internal governance policies, and manage the impact and risk of external factors. They will support a rapidly growing technology-enabled service provider company, and accordingly, will work heavily on business strategy, risk management, corporate partnerships, sales agreements, and managing external relationships.

What You'll Do:

Develop legal strategies and build a team to support Jyve’s with core business initiatives and growth

Provide legal advice on a wide variety of employment-related issues, including but not limited to distinctions between employees and independent contractors, wage and hour law, claims, background checks, performance management, and internal investigations, working independently or with outside counsel

Prepare legal updates on emerging employment law issues, and provide guidance on employment law strategies

Establish compliance policies and procedures, and advise on matters to ensure legal obligations are met

Research, communicate, and provide counsel on regulatory issues that impact Jyve Operations, Communications, Public Policy, Customer Support, Finance, Marketing, and other teams

Work cross-functionally with various teams to prepare establish operations in new markets

Draft, review, structure, and negotiate commercial agreements (e.g., services agreements, financing, NDAs, LOIs, etc.)

Assist with diligence and provide legal support in fundraising activities

Requirements:

A J.D. with excellent academic credentials

Admission to bar and in good standing, and license to practice law in the state of California

A minimum of 15 years of combined corporate legal experience working at a top-tier law firm and in-house

Significant gig-economy industry experience required

Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills, with strength in cultivating relationships, and resolving conflict with diplomacy

Skilled in multi-tasking and managing tight deadlines with competing priorities

Adept in navigating a fast-paced, rapidly evolving work environment, demonstrating flexibility and creativity in solving novel legal issues and complex transactions.