Director of Legal, Gem
$247-260k
Recruitment operating system
Job no longer available
Recruitment operating system
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$247-260k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the operating system for modern recruiting.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 7 years of legal experience, including 3+ years at law firms and 3+ years in-house at technology companies (strong preference for SaaS or B2B businesses)
- Exceptional judgment and integrity
- Excellent business acumen: You’re comfortable thinking through legal issues from a business lens and weighing trade-offs between business agility & legal risk
- Adept at working in a fast-paced environment: You’re comfortable making quick decisions in the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and imperfect information
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills: You can translate complex legal matters into clear and concise recommendations for cross-functional partners
- Strong sense of initiative & ownership: You’re proactive at spotting issues & finding solutions; you’re comfortable working autonomously and prioritizing the most high-impact workstreams
- Strong growth mindset: You’re adaptable, flexible, curious about learning new things, and always looking to develop your skills and improve the way things are done
- Deep expertise in tech-related legal matters, including SaaS agreements and data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
- Experience with managing external counsel
- JD degree from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in California
What the job involves
- This role reports to the COO and will own all aspects of legal strategy, including commercial, product & privacy, corporate, and employment law
- In addition to providing hands-on legal support in a few core domains, this role will own the legal budget, optimize resource allocation, and manage outside counsel relationships when specialized legal expertise is required
- Advising the CEO, COO, and leadership team on legal matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate terms for complex enterprise deals and partnership contracts
- Provide guidance on data privacy and protection issues, ensuring products and services adhere to relevant regulations
- Manage corporate legal matters, including equity transactions and governance matters
- Advise on employment-related matters, including HR policies, employment agreements, and compliance with employment laws
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across the organization, providing legal insights to support strategic initiatives and product development
Our take
Fast-moving companies face a challenge to find and recruit top talent in a streamlined way to support their rapid expansion plans. Most of the best people are already in a job, and those who aren't, are not available for long.
Gem is an operating system built for modern-day recruiting. Rather than relying on spreadsheets, Gem's software empowers hiring managers and recruiters to manage and nurture relationships with top talent, by automating tasks, simplifying workflows and offering analytics for forecasting hires.
The idea for Gem was born when co-founders Steve Bartel and Nick Bushak were working as engineering managers at Dropbox and Facebook. They observed the challenges the companies faced with recruitment as they scaled.
Gem plans to continue expanding its product to help companies build relationships with candidates over time. They consider themselves different to LinkedIn, which is more of a public database for candidates and Workday, which is geared towards employees once they have been recruited. Over 300 customers such as Dropbox, Slack and Pinterest use their software.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
129% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Jul 2020
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $146.3m
Company benefits
- Dental & vision cover
- Paid flexible holidays
- Parental leave
- 401(k) plan
- Pet friendly office
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Nick Bushak
(CTO)Former Engineering Manager at Facebook and Engineering intern at Apple. BS in Computer Science from MIT.
Steve Bartel
(CEO)Former Engineer at Dropbox and Facebook. Undergraduate research Assistant at MIT. BSc in Computer Science from MIT.
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