Head of Legal

Tracksuit

Head of Legal managing legal operations and advising leadership in a high growth SaaS company. Owns commercial contracts and fund raising legal processes across multiple jurisdictions.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandLead💰 NZ$167,000 - NZ$230,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own commercial contracting. Draft, negotiate, and close customer agreements, partnership deals, and vendor contracts across multiple jurisdictions. You'll be the legal partner our sales team wants in the room, someone who knows how to protect the business without slowing it down. You'll continue to evolve the templates and playbooks that let everyone move fast.
Fund raising and M&A: Own the legal workstream for fundraises, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, from due diligence through to close.
Advise on product and technology matters. Be the legal voice in product decisions — new products and features, data licensing, IP protection, AI and emerging tech considerations. You'll be working closely with the teams building the product, not sitting in a silo.
Keep us on the right side of things. You'll make sure we're doing the right things across our markets — data privacy, regulatory requirements and good governance.
ESOP: Manage our employee share option program across multiple jurisdictions, keeping it compliant and well-run.
Evolve our legal operations. Continue to evolve the systems, processes, and tools (yes, especially AI) that let a lean legal function punch well above its weight.
Be a strategic partner to leadership. Advise the exec team and Board on risk, governance, corporate structure and strategic transactions as we continue to scale internationally.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years' experience, ideally a mix of top tier firm and in house roles in high growth tech or SaaS.
Broad commercial legal expertise — contracts, privacy, IP, and general corporate.
Experience in multi-jurisdiction environments — particularly NZ, AU, US, or UK.
A systems-builder mindset — you create templates, playbooks, and processes that scale.
Comfort with technology — you understand SaaS and data. You're curious about AI tools, you experiment and you see them as a lever for doing better legal work.
Startup or scale-up DNA — you know the difference between "scalable speed" and "corporate process."

Benefits

Comp & perks

ESOP for everyone: Every Trackstar has a share in our success — from day one.
L&D budget: 1000 per year to spend on your own learning and development — plus heaps of internal opportunities for growth.
Flexible/hybrid working: We trust you to do your best work
Epic Tracksuit merch: You'll get your own Tracksuit. Obviously.
High care, high performance culture: Big ambitions, real support. We push each other to be brilliant and look after each other while we do it.
Genuine impact: You won't be a cog. You'll build something from the ground up at a company that's changing how the world thinks about brand.

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Hard Skills & Tools

commercial contractingdrafting agreementsnegotiating contractsdue diligencedata privacyintellectual property (IP) protectioncorporate governanceemployee share option program (ESOP)fundraisingmergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Soft Skills

strategic partnershipleadership advisingsystems-building mindsetcuriosity about technologyability to work in multi-jurisdiction environmentsadaptability in high growth environmentscollaboration with product teamsrisk managementorganizational skillscommunication skills