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Salary: USD 250,000 - 310,000 / annual
Rillet is an Agentic ERP platform serving accounting and finance teams, helping companies automate critical financial processes including closing the books, revenue recognition, entity consolidation, and investor reporting. The company has raised over $200M, is valued at $1B, and is backed by leading investors including Sequoia and a16z. More than 600 companies use Rillet, including Mercor, Scribe, and Function Health.
As Head of Legal, you will be Rillet's first in-house counsel, building the legal function from the ground up and serving as a strategic business partner as the company scales domestically and internationally. You will work closely with the executive team and cross-functionally across all departments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building Rillet's overall legal strategy, priorities, and operating model as the company scales
- Advising the executive team and Board on strategic, legal, and risk considerations; assessing risk and articulating trade-offs to enable fast, informed decision-making
- Creating scalable frameworks, workflows, and playbooks, including adopting AI tooling to automate contract review and legal research
- Reviewing and negotiating commercial deals (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, SOWs, partner contracts) with the revenue team to balance legal protection and business speed
- Partnering with Engineering, Product, and Design to advise on legal and compliance considerations throughout the product development lifecycle
- Guiding the business on privacy, data protection, and the evolving AI regulatory landscape
- Staying ahead of changing legal, regulatory, and compliance guidance relevant to the business
- Owning corporate governance, including equity administration, financing rounds, and Board matters
- Partnering with the People team on employment matters, hiring policies, and workplace issues
The role is based in San Francisco or New York City with hybrid work expectations (in-office Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus one additional flexible day; certain roles may require additional in-office time).
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience operating as in-house counsel and within top-tier law firms
- Experience scaling businesses through the 150–500 employee range in high-growth environments
- Generalist legal background with ability to identify and prioritize gaps and exposure areas
- Experience supporting corporate governance, equity administration, and employment matters
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate commercial contracts and push back where necessary
- Operating knowledge of privacy, data protection, AI, and IP transactions
- Pragmatic business partner mindset; ability to clearly communicate risk and trade-offs
- Systems-oriented approach with experience using AI and automation to scale legal work
- Active member of a U.S. state bar; licensed to practice law in California or New York
