Director of Legal, Freshpaint
$260-300k
+ Equity
Compliant customer data platform
Posted today
Compliant customer data platform
101-200 employees
Posted today
$260-300k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.
Role
Who you are
- You bring strong expertise in commercial technology transactions, privacy, and compliance, and you're comfortable serving as a strategic partner to the business, moving quickly in an evolving environment and balancing thoughtful risk management with practical execution
- You lead with ownership, direct and respectful communication, and a bias toward delivering meaningful impact quickly
- Juris Doctor degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state
- In-house legal experience at a technology or SaaS company, ideally at an earlier-stage, fast-moving startup
- Strong experience negotiating and managing commercial agreements across the customer and vendor lifecycle
- Deep familiarity with privacy, data protection, and technology-related legal issues
- A practical, business-oriented approach that balances appropriate risk management with speed, customer needs, and company goals
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate effectively across functions
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently, prioritize competing demands, and make progress in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment
What the job involves
- We're looking for a pragmatic, high-judgment legal leader to serve as Freshpaint's Director, Legal
- As Freshpaint's first in-house counsel, you'll build and lead the legal function that supports the company's growth as a privacy-first technology business
- Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll advise executives and cross-functional teams on commercial, product, privacy, compliance, employment, corporate, and other legal matters while creating scalable processes for a growing organization
- Legal here is a direct driver of revenue, not just a risk function — you'll be working directly in the deal cycle, not reviewing paperwork after the fact
- This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a legal operator who enjoys solving challenging problems and shaping the way a company works
- Own commercial contracting end to end across new business, renewals, expansion, and partner/agency agreements, including technology and data partners
- Build practical, scalable contract templates, playbooks, and workflows that let the business move fast without routing every question through Legal
- Manage outside counsel and legal spend strategically
- Serve as the company's internal advisor on data privacy strategy, embedding with Product and Engineering early so privacy review happens at the design stage, not as a late-stage gate
- Advise on privacy, data protection, security, and compliance matters relevant to Freshpaint's products and operations, with healthcare regulatory experience a strong plus
- Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and cross-functional leaders on legal risk, always framed around how the business can move forward safely rather than what it can't do
- Support corporate governance, financing, equity, employment, IP, and other corporate legal matters as needed
- Help develop a proactive, business-first approach to risk management as Freshpaint scales
Our take
Accurate and compliant customer data has never been more important. However, acquiring and activating this data can prove very difficult and expensive for organizations without a dedicated engineering team - and especially in industries that handle a lot of sensitive data.
Freshpaint helps to change this with its platform that allows users to connect and standardize customer data, create behavioral datasets, and activate their data – all without a single line of code. HIPAA compliant, the platform serves organisations across the healthcare industry to help them learn how to better serve patients, while keeping their information safe.
The company boasts many positive case studies from organizations across the healthcare landscape. With strong funding at its back, Freshpaint is working to further expand its offerings to ensure these clients can safeguard sensitive data while still getting the most out of it.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2024
$30m
SERIES B
Nov 2022
$9.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $39.7m
Company benefits
- Remote within US timezones (we are not async remote)
- Stock options package with a 10 year exercise window
- Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 2 weeks required
- Half-day Fridays
- 401k
- Health, dental, and vision Insurance - 100% covered for you, and up to 80% covered for dependents
- Mental health benefits - therapy sessions, regular check-ins, and more
- 2 Treat Yourself Days - $100 and a day off just to treat yourself, 2x per year
- Free Spotify
- Health + Wellness Benefit - $50/month to the gym, or whatever your thing is!
- Conferences - we'll pay for you to go and learn stuff
- Generous parental leave - regardless of your gender, take 12 weeks with your kid
- Life insurance
- Tech budget - Brand new MacBook and whatever else you need
- Monthly co-working credits
- 2-4 offsites Per Year
Company HQ
Mission Dolores, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Michael Malis
(Founder)Before Freshpaint, they worked for digital insights platform Heap as a Software Engineer, leading the database team.
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