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Salary: USD 180,000 - 215,000 / annual
Submittable is a mission-driven SaaS platform that empowers nonprofits, government entities, and mission-focused organizations to create social impact. In 2024, the platform facilitated 30,000 programs, welcomed 1.2 million applicants, and distributed over $10 billion in funding on behalf of clients.
You will serve as Vice President, Legal—the senior-most legal role at the company—responsible for leading all legal affairs, the legal team, policies, and processes that enable Submittable to scale confidently. This role reports to the CFO and works closely with all organizational functions and executive leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own and oversee the entire legal function, setting strategy, priorities, and standards for legal work.
- Build, manage, and mentor a legal team, including hiring, workload distribution, and professional development.
- Serve as the company's primary resource on data privacy and security law (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and international privacy regimes), including policy development and incident response.
- Lead negotiation of customer contracts (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, enterprise procurement), balancing legal risk against deal velocity.
- Advise Product and Engineering on intellectual property matters: IP ownership, licensing, open-source usage, and protection of proprietary technology.
- Partner with Sales and Revenue Operations to establish contracting playbooks, standard terms, and approval thresholds.
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend across litigation, IP, and specialty areas.
- Advise executive leadership on corporate governance, risk, and compliance matters.
- Oversee employment law matters in partnership with People/HR, including policy review and workplace investigations.
- Monitor regulatory and legislative landscape relevant to SaaS, data privacy, AI, and the sectors Submittable serves.
- Own the company's contract lifecycle management approach and legal operations tooling.
- Collaborate with Finance on collections and overdue accounts using escalation and legal remedies.
- Establish KPIs for the Legal department and drive continuous process improvements, including AI-driven workflow automation.
- Support M&A, corporate transactions, and strategic initiatives as they arise.
Requirements:
- J.D. and active bar membership in good standing.
- 10+ years of legal background with substantial in-house experience at a B2B SaaS or tech enterprise, ideally with private equity backing.
- Proven track record of leading, mentoring, and growing in-house legal teams and broader legal functions.
- Deep expertise in data privacy and security law, with hands-on experience building privacy programs and responding to regulatory change.
- Strong track record negotiating and closing enterprise SaaS customer contracts, including MSAs, DPAs, and complex order forms.
- Solid grounding in intellectual property law as it applies to software products, including licensing and open-source considerations.
- Experience advising executive leadership on governance, risk, and compliance matters.
- Sound business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with commercial pragmatism.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and cross-functional influence skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale legal processes and policy in a fast-growing organization.
Note: This is a U.S.-based remote role; candidates must live and reside in the U.S. full-time. The company cannot accommodate scholastic or employment visas and cannot consider applicants residing in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wyoming.
