General Counsel

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Cutera, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUTR) is a leading global aesthetics device company with a comprehensive product portfolio and a global distribution footprint. We are a fast-paced, high-tech medical device company looking for the right person to help grow our business.

The Company’s technology enables physicians to provide advanced solutions for a broad range of medical aesthetic applications including improving the skin’s appearance through the treatment of superficial benign vascular and pigmented lesions, unwanted hair removal, improvement in skin laxity and wrinkles, and body contouring and sculpting.

Founded in 1998, the corporate, R&D, and manufacturing headquarters for the Company are located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cutera is proud to manufacture all of its systems and accessories at its California headquarters. It has direct global operations in North America, Japan, Australia, and several European countries, and its products are distributed in over 40 countries. Please visit www.cutera.com for more information about Cutera.

Position Summary:

The General Counsel will serve as a strategic member of the executive team and partner with the other executives in setting the company’s continued growth strategy. He/she will be leading the Legal function as well as providing oversight to several other critical areas which may include: Human Resources Policy and Programs, Business Development, Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Enterprise Risk and Compliance. She/he will be the key corporate governance interface with the Board of Directors and is responsible for timely, accurate and comprehensive filings of the company’s various reporting obligations.

Key Relationships:

Direct oversight:

Legal

IP

Public Company Governance

Other Key Relationships:

Executive Team (C-Level)

Senior Leadership Team (Functional VPs)

Board of Directors

Legal Counsel / Outside Counsel

Audit Partners

Duties and Responsibilities:

At Cutera, the General Counsel specifically serves in four specific capacities;

Chief Legal Officer, negotiating, writing, reviewing, summarizing, researching and executing a wide variety of agreements, managing litigation matters and overseeing Intellectual Property creation, prosecution and enforcement all on behalf of the company;

Corporate Secretary, ensuring compliance to Public Company Board of Director governance standards

Corporate Compliance Leader, advising / instructing the Company and its Board of Directors on local and national guidelines and regulations along with providing options and recommendations along with an assessment of potential outcomes and contingencies; and

Chief Risk Officer working with fellow leaders within the company to set the proper risk tolerance as well as identify, execute and track effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies and tactics across key functional areas of areas of exposure.

Specific Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partner – Partner with Executive Team in the development and execution of the company’s strategic plans.

Board interface – Act as the secretary to the Board of Directors and provide logistics support as required to ensure smooth and seamless operation as well as board governance remains in complete compliance to all requirements.

Legal Matter Oversight – Assess various legal matters and offer counsel to Executive team members that minimizes risk/exposure while maximizing potential benefit to the company. Negotiate, draft and execute corporate agreements and contracts aligned to our strategic plans and desired outcomes; engage appropriate external resources as needed to provide needed expertise and adequate resources to prosecute / litigate matters as needed.

Public Company Compliance – Working with the CFO and their team, develop and execute a plan which ensures complete and timely compliance to all public company filings

Regulatory Compliance – Review all Advertising and Marketing materials as well as Sales Promotions and Sales Model programs to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Enterprise Risk Management – Working across all functional areas, assess the various enterprise risks for potential disruption to the business as well as the extent of the potential impact upon the business. Work with specific functional leaders to identify and implement mitigation strategies and track performance of these improvement efforts.

Policy and Procedures – Partnering with fellow C-Level executives and Human Resource team members; the GC will lead efforts to identify policies requirements (new policy or modification) make recommendation for change and once approved draft, execute, train and monitor compliance

Business Development – Partnering with CEO,CFO, COO and members of the Board of Directors to identify, assess, negotiate and close business deals which advance the company toward its strategic goals. Additionally work directly with commercial team members to structure Go-to-market models with adequate protection to the company while increasing our recurring revenue mix

Desired Outcomes

Partner effectively with the executive leadership team to build the business and drive continued growth, profitability and commercial success for the company.

Develop strong working relationships with audit partner and other external resources to ensure increased quality and seamless execution of time sensitive public company filings (K’s and Q’s)

Working with CFO to assess current G&A budget performance and develop near-term and longer-range plans that can significantly reduce expenses and lower overall G&A costs.

Work with Commercial Team Leaders to fully understand various go-to-market capital sales models and advise fellow executive team members on possible model changes which would accelerate the company toward its strategic goals around revenue mix (recurring revenue growth)

Elevate the level of coordination and collaboration across key G&A functions as well as working with fellow executive leaders to drive a culture shift within the business of greater engagement, higher accountability, bolder leadership and leaner operations.

Position Requirements:

Bachelor’s and Juris Doctor degree or equivalent experience with record of high academic achievement, with a minimum of 20+ years of Legal experience, including a senior position in a U.S. public company. Sitting public company GC experience is preferred.

Experience in a complex global growth business required; experience with medtech capital equipment, recurring revenue streams, in-house manufacturing and internal field service teams strongly preferred; aesthetic industry experience ideal.

Built relationships with the internal and external stakeholders within the Aesthetic space, capable of articulating the strategy and key elements of our portfolio and go-to-market plans intended to transform the business over the next few years.

Must be able to work onsite at Headquarter Office (Brisbane, California location)

Ability to travel at 25% of time.

Applicants responding to this posting must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Competitive salary, benefits, ESPP and stock options. Cutera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.