General Counsel

• Advise and counsel the business on federal and state laws and regulations impacting mortgage lending, financial services and employment
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements
• Support underwriting guideline updates
• Provide legal support for the Company's technology initiatives
• Direct the Company's default servicing, litigation, foreclosure, and bankruptcy strategy
• Manage third party servicer and outside counsel
• Oversee matters related to the preservation, listing, and disposition of REO properties
• Collaborate with the Capital Markets team on securitization transactions
• Support board governance matters
• Partner with executive leadership and the board to strengthen governance, controls, and operational compliance

Associate General Counsel

• Leverage pre-trial and trial experience to apply effective use of litigation skills and techniques to try cases to verdict or negotiate resolution.
• Conduct proficient to advanced legal research and demonstrate strong and persuasive legal writing and presentation skills.
• Draft substantive pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery and other legal documents.
• Attend court events, depositions, and other appointments independently.
• Provide in-depth, substantive case analysis and recommendations to insured clients and Claim partners on file handling strategies.
• Collaborates with expert witnesses and consultants to develop case strategies, evaluate technical matters, and prepare compelling testimony for litigation.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external client and business partner relationships, including accountability for managing client and business partner relationships.
• Provide internal and external training, seminars and legal updates to insured clients and Claim partners.
• Provide leadership through mentoring other attorneys and legal support staff.
• Contributes to special projects and identifies other opportunities to support office goals/business needs.
• Fully and effectively utilize available technology, case management system and automation.
• Travel as required to meet business needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Associate Counsel

• Own commercial contracting. Draft, review, redline, negotiate, and close client, agency, and customized agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, order forms that focus on Saas and digital-credit and usage-based arrangements, NDAs, and amendments.
• Lead client-side legal negotiations with speed. Take ownership of legal terms once commercial terms are set; respond and turn drafts quickly, negotiate directly with client legal, procurement, privacy, and security teams, and maintain momentum through execution. Provide business stakeholders with concise status updates, clearly framed risks, and the specific decisions needed to close.
• Manage vendor and consulting agreements. Review and negotiate inbound SaaS, technology, data, professional-services, contractor, and consulting agreements, balancing operational needs, speed, cost, and risk.
• Apply commercially calibrated risk judgment. Negotiate and provide practical guidance on liability caps, indemnities, warranties, intellectual property and content rights, confidentiality, data use, security, privacy, insurance, payment, termination, and dispute provisions. Understand which protections are essential, where Statusphere can responsibly accept risk, and when an issue requires executive or outside-counsel escalation.
• Own website and product legal content. Maintain and periodically update website Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, cookie and consent language, and other customer- or user-facing legal notices in coordination with Product, Marketing, Security, and outside specialists.
• Own Creator-Statusphere and Brand-Creator Agreements. Signed for each campaign and brands may have specific versions of this to deploy which must be monitored and auditable.
• Provide operational legal guidance. Answer day-to-day questions involving payments, contracting authority, creator relationships, content and usage rights, compliance, business processes, and other legal issues arising across the company.
• Build scalable legal operations. Create and maintain templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, approval thresholds, fallback positions, intake processes, signature workflows, and a contract repository that improve speed and consistency.
• Advise executives and manage escalation. Present the COO/CFO and other C-level leaders with a concise assessment of the issue, business impact, likelihood and severity of risk, available options, and a clear recommended path. Prioritize matters by business impact and coordinate outside counsel for specialized, jurisdiction-specific, or high-risk matters.
• Partner cross-functionally and learn the business. Build a strong working understanding of Statusphere’s customers, creator ecosystem, products, revenue model, deal economics, and operating workflows. Work closely with Sales and other teams to remove deal blockers, support accurate handoffs, and ensure contractual commitments are understood, documented, and operationally achievable.
• Other duties and projects as assigned

In-House Commercial Counsel

• Provide practical legal advice and counseling on a full range of product-related issues that arise domestically and internationally
• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering and Strategy teams through the entire product lifecycle to identify issues, recommend practical solutions, and assist cross-functional efforts to achieve go-to-market goals
• Serve as a legal advisor on AI matters, including advising on AI policies, liability, licensing, responsible AI development, deployment, and risk assessments
• Develop and enhance processes designed to ensure ongoing product compliance with global laws and regulations, including global privacy laws, data security, export control and trade compliance
• Negotiate inbound and outbound license agreements
• Participate in the company's open-source review process
• Advise on privacy by design, privacy impact assessments, and data handling and minimization principles throughout the software development lifecycle
• Review product collateral and marketing materials
• Serve as a subject matter expert on our products for the Contracts and Legal teams and assist with contract negotiations
• Support the company's incident response program and respond to security events
• Contribute to the company’s IP strategy and product roadmap, including management of patent and trademark portfolios and IP enforcement activities in coordination with product teams and outside counsel

Product Counsel

• Draft, review, and negotiate real estate contracts, lease agreements, purchase and sale agreements, easements, and related documents.
• Lead and manage the legal function for real estate (United States and Canada), dealers, construction, environmental, utilities, facility revenue.
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior executives, advising on legal implications of real estate decisions and business strategy.
• Oversee legal risk management related to property use, construction, zoning, environmental compliance, and title issues.
• Direct resolution of high-stakes disputes involving landlord-tenant relationships, dealer relationships, land use, and property rights.
• Develop and implement enterprise-wide policies and procedures for real estate lifecycle management and compliance.
• Lead cross-functional legal support for real estate, construction, facilities, finance, and operations teams.
• Promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement within the legal department.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging legal trends and regulatory developments in real estate.
• Build and lead a high-performing team ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Set strategic direction for legal support of business teams.
• Champion collaboration across departments to ensure legal consistency and operational efficiency.
• Support legal team innovation in legal processes and technology adoption to improve service delivery and reduce risk.
• Serve as a role model for ethical conduct, professionalism, and leadership within the organization.
• Participate in executive-level decision-making and contribute to corporate governance as needed.
• Provide support for other areas of the legal department as needed.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Senior Counsel, Real Estate

• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the People team and business stakeholders on a broad range of U.S. employment issues, including recruiting and hiring, onboarding, performance management, disciplinary actions, leaves of absence, accommodations, wage and hour compliance, compensation and benefits, pay transparency, contingent workers, employee classification, reorganizations, redundancies, non-competition and non-solicitation, and separations and terminations
• Oversee internal workplace investigations, including matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower complaints, and policy violations
• Investigate and respond to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits, and other employment-related inquiries
• Manage pre-litigation and litigation matters with the assistance of outside counsel as needed
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates, including offer letters, employment agreements, contingent worker agreements, separation and severance agreements, and release agreements
• Develop, review, and update employment policies, standards, and HR guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
• Support Tanium’s federal contractor compliance obligations, including OFCCP compliance evaluations and AAP preparation and maintenance under VEVRAA and Section 503
• Advise on legal issues arising from the use of AI tools in recruiting and employment practices
• Design and deliver employment related training to the People team, employees and managers
• Monitor federal, state, and local employment law developments and proactively communicate changes and their business implications to the People team, leadership, and relevant stakeholders

Employment Counsel

• Design, build, and deploy bespoke AI solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions
• Develop software solutions following the software development lifecycle
• Write clean, secure code and build scalable solutions through DevOps practices
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers

Senior Software Engineer, Legal

• Lead the IP aspects of Cisco's AI legal & governance strategies
• Evolve and run Cisco's copyright program in the AI era
• Evolve and run Cisco's trade secret program as a genuine enterprise function
• Work with the patent team to advise them on AI-specific patent-related strategies
• Work with the AI legal team to audit and run AI vendor IP exposure
• Serve as the IP team's legal intelligence function on AI

Principal Corporate Counsel – Trade Secrets, Copyrights, AI

• Strategic Product Liability and Regulatory Counsel
• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to cross-functional product teams across HARMAN’s business divisions and SBUs on global product liability, safety, and consumer protection laws
• Provide guidance on traditional and emerging product liability risks, including hardware-based products, battery-powered consumer electronics, and integrated software-enabled technologies
• Advise on evolving legal frameworks that expand product liability exposure to software, AI-enabled features, and connected technologies, including developments under the EU Product Liability Directive and similar global reforms
• Counsel business teams on compliance with key regulatory authorities and frameworks, including: U.S. federal and state product safety laws (including Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requirements) EU product safety and liability regimes
• Monitor and interpret emerging regulatory trends affecting AI, software-defined products, battery safety, and connected devices, and proactively communicate legal risk considerations to stakeholders
• Support global product liability risk management strategies, including proactive risk assessments and mitigation planning
• Provide legal guidance in connection with product safety assessments, investigations, corrective actions, and recall considerations
• Collaborate with division legal teams to provide legal and regulatory guidance throughout the product development lifecycle and review of new technologies, features, and product initiatives
• Advise on product safety and compliance requirements, including labeling, warnings, testing, certifications, and consumer protection obligations

Product Safety – Incident Response Counsel

• Advise LADS business leaders as a strategic legal partner
• Provide legal guidance on U.S. and international laws
• Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on international agreements
• Support international award and execution
• Prepare and deliver written correspondence and legal memoranda
• Counsel on warranty claims and coordinate with local partners
• Manage outside counsel matters and contribute to budgeting and planning
• Engage collaboratively across the SBU, maintaining strong relationships

Director, Senior Counsel, Land and Air Defense Systems

• Lead preparation and filing of applications, petitions, comments, reply comments, waivers, requests for special temporary authority (STA), experimental licenses, earth station authorizations, and related pleadings before the FCC.
• Advise internal stakeholders on regulatory issues such as: satellite licensing, earth station licensing, spectrum access/allocations, spectrum sharing, interference analysis, equipment authorization, and market access.
• Monitor FCC proceedings affecting satellite services, spectrum policy, Direct-to-Device (D2D), Supplemental Coverage from Space (SCS), non-geostationary satellite systems (NGSO), mobile satellite service (MSS), fixed satellite service (FSS), and emerging commercial space regulations.
• Analyze FCC Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs), Orders, Public Notices, and enforcement actions.
• Develop legal and policy strategies to secure favorable regulatory outcomes.
• Draft ex parte presentations and represent the company during FCC meetings.
• Support international market access for satellite services.
• Assist in coordination with foreign telecommunications regulators regarding licensing and landing rights.
• Work with foreign counsel, consultants, etc. regarding licensing and spectrum authorizations.
• Advise on ITU Radio Regulations and related international requirements.
• Support submissions to ITU and other international authorities.
• Support domestic and international spectrum coordination activities.
• Work closely with company engineers to develop technical demonstrations and evidence supporting FCC and international filings.
• Provide practical legal advice to engineering, operations, product, regulatory, and business development teams.

Regulatory Counsel

• Own negotiation and execution of commercial SaaS agreements — including MSAs, subscription agreements, DPAs, and NDAs — while enabling the business to move quickly within defined guardrails.
• Enforce company positions on non-standard terms and manage escalation paths, improving time-to-signature without increasing legal or commercial risk.
• Train and enable Sales to handle routine negotiations independently, reducing legal bottlenecks at scale.
• Lead the end-to-end contracting function for all customer and vendor agreements, building a scalable, AI-enabled operation that reduces manual work and accelerates deal cycles.
• Implement and manage a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, including templates, negotiation playbooks, approval workflows, and delegation of authority controls.
• Leverage AI-driven legal tools for contract review, risk flagging, and workflow automation — actively identifying opportunities to reduce outside counsel reliance over time.
• Own vendor contracting and procurement legal processes, maintaining a contract repository with proactive tracking of key terms and obligations.
• Lead legal aspects of data privacy — including DPA negotiation and regulatory alignment with GDPR, CCPA, and related frameworks — and monitor evolving requirements across Canto's operating and customer geographies.
• Partner with Security, Product, and Executive Leadership on emerging legal and regulatory requirements related to AI, data governance, automated decision-making, IP, and responsible AI practices.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor across commercial and operational matters, managing outside counsel relationships across the US and Europe with a focus on cost efficiency and minimizing routine escalations.
• Handle disputes and pre-litigation matters with a pragmatic, resolution-oriented approach, and advise on Canto's corporate entity compliance program.
• Partner with Security during privacy and security events, coordinating on notification obligations, contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and privilege preservation.

Commercial Counsel

• Providing legal coverage and litigation support to claims professionals
• Reviewing first- and third-party policies
• Providing legal advice on tenders of coverage
• Drafting correspondence in response to tenders of coverage
• Managing disputes and litigation over the duty to defend and/or duty to indemnify
• Researching and keeping apprised of changes in the law
• Preparing quarterly reports to Claims Management

Associate General Counsel – Risk Transfer Solutions

• Provide strategic legal counsel as a business partner and uphold and foster the highest standards of integrity within ABB.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
• Effectively and pragmatically manage legal risks.
• Reviewing and negotiating contracts, drafting commercial agreements and other contractual terms in collaboration with relevant business stakeholders and team members, and collaborating with contract management.
• Monitoring legal affairs, including but not limited to litigations and activity reports and occupying a seat at the table on local strategic business matters.
• Ensuring good corporate governance (including structuring, drafting, and negotiation) in your area of accountability within the country, with respect to Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / divestiture transactions.
• Supporting in anticipating future business and legal opportunities and challenges and developing appropriate strategies to address them.

Legal Counsel

• Lead the Legal Lifecycle for M&A integrations
• Drive integration strategy with corporate development teams
• Serve as the legal point of contact during integration
• Develop scalable legal integration processes

Senior Counsel, M&A Integration

• be the legal lead for Procore’s activities on all strategic transactions
• work with a variety of LRC Department and cross-functional stakeholders
• serve as a key legal advisor to Executives on the company’s most strategic matters
• establish appropriate, tech-forward operational frameworks
• provide advice and counsel to business team leaders on legal matters
• manage outside counsel budgets and performance
• stay informed and advise on impacts of relevant regulations
• lead and execute various special projects and strategic initiatives

Director, Assistant General Counsel – Strategic Transactions, Corporate

• Provide reliable, cost-effective, and timely legal counsel to business units across a wide array of matters affecting the region and the global corporation.
• Advise on and negotiate commercial transactions, contracts, and agreements with key customers, vendors, and service providers, ensuring alignment with business goals and legal standards.
• Offer strategic legal guidance on major transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a focus on identifying risks and conducting necessary due diligence.
• Manage day-to-day legal issues for business operations, including matters related to plant operations, logistics, asset management, and real estate (e.g., leases, property agreements).
• Anticipate, mitigate, and manage legal risks by providing proactive legal strategies and monitoring emerging legal trends that may impact the business.
• Lead the company’s litigation strategy, manage disputes, and handle intellectual property rights issues, leveraging external counsel when necessary.
• Support the development of company policy, operational improvements, and procedural enhancements by providing legal insights on regulatory compliance and business operations.
• Research and monitor evolving legal issues, using external counsel where needed, to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice to senior leadership.

Senior Legal Counsel, NA Commercial

• Provide reliable, cost-effective, and timely legal counsel to business units across a wide array of matters affecting the region and the global corporation.
• Advise on and negotiate commercial transactions, contracts, and agreements with key customers, vendors, and service providers, ensuring alignment with business goals and legal standards.
• Offer strategic legal guidance on major transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a focus on identifying risks and conducting necessary due diligence.
• Manage day-to-day legal issues for business operations, including matters related to plant operations, logistics, asset management, and real estate (e.g., leases, property agreements).
• Anticipate, mitigate, and manage legal risks by providing proactive legal strategies and monitoring emerging legal trends that may impact the business.
• Support the company’s litigation strategy, manage disputes, and handle intellectual property rights issues, leveraging external counsel when necessary.
• Support the development of company policy, operational improvements, and procedural enhancements by providing legal insights on regulatory compliance and business operations.

Senior Legal Counsel – NA Litigation, Employment

• Provide reliable, cost-effective, and timely legal counsel to business units across a wide array of matters affecting the region and the global corporation
• Advise on and negotiate commercial transactions, contracts, and agreements with key customers, vendors, and service providers
• Offer strategic legal guidance on major transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• Manage day-to-day legal issues for business operations
• Support the development of company policy, operational improvements, and procedural enhancements

Senior Legal Counsel, Supply Chain Procurement and Operations

• Own end-to-end commercial contract negotiation for US enterprise and mid-market deals - MSAs, DPAs, SOWs, and NDAs, closing at pace without exposing the business to undue risk.
• Lead vendor procurement negotiations for internal tools used across the business.
• Build and maintain self-serve legal resources that reduce bottlenecks and empower the GTM team to handle routine negotiations independently.
• Advise on US regulatory and compliance requirements including CCPA and equivalent state-level data privacy frameworks as they apply to a SaaS business.
• Collaborate across time zones with the global Legal team in Sydney and the UK, contributing to global projects and ensuring consistency across jurisdictions.
• Identify patterns in legal risk across the GTM pipeline and proactively recommend improvements to templates, processes, and internal guidance.
• Provide ad hoc legal support to other business units, including SafetyCulture Care, as it scales in the US.

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