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Salary: USD 240,000 - 270,000 / annual
Optery is seeking a General Counsel to build and lead the company's legal function. This is a C-level role reporting to the CEO and Board, responsible for establishing legal strategy across commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, litigation, international expansion, corporate governance, employment matters, and strategic initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as a key advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, and leadership team on legal, regulatory, and risk matters
- Drafting, reviewing, managing, and negotiating commercial agreements including B2B SaaS, vendor, and partnership contracts
- Creating processes and systems to manage increasing volumes across legal areas
- Leading data privacy and regulatory compliance efforts, with a focus on ensuring data broker compliance with consumer privacy laws (CCPA, VCDPA, TDPSA, OCPA, CPA, and others)
- Communicating directly with non-compliant data brokers and building collaborative relationships with state enforcement bodies (CalPrivacy/CPPA, State Attorneys General, Departments of Justice)
- Assembling evidence of non-compliance and filing complaints with regulators
- Supporting corporate governance, board matters, and equity administration
- Supporting financing transactions, equity and debt instruments, and potential M&A activity
- Advising on employment matters, intellectual property, and risk mitigation
- Managing outside counsel relationships and developing internal legal processes and policies
- Building and leading the legal function, including potential future legal hires
Optery is a profitable, rapidly growing cybersecurity and privacy tech company that has processed tens of millions of opt-out requests for hundreds of thousands of people. The company operates a fully remote global team but requires this role to work regular U.S. business hours (Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific time zones).
Requirements:
- 8–15 years of legal experience, including time at a top-tier law firm and in-house at a technology or privacy-focused company
- Strong expertise in U.S. consumer data privacy law and regulatory frameworks; familiarity with enforcement trends under CCPA, VCDPA, CPA, TDPSA, OCPA, and other state data privacy laws strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience navigating or working with regulatory agencies such as CPPA, Attorney General offices, Departments of Justice, or FTC
- Strong background in commercial contracts, corporate governance, and startup equity and debt financing matters
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills with bias for action and pragmatism
- Passion for consumer privacy and motivation for holding data brokers accountable
- Track record of professional success and achievement
- Licensed to practice law in the U.S. (California preferred but not required)
