Associate General Counsel, GlossGenius
$225-285k
+ Equity
Operating system for appointment-based businesses.
Open for applications
Operating system for appointment-based businesses.
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$225-285k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable business owners to reach new heights by growing their business and maximizing their income.
Role
Who you are
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership (NY preferred)
- 10+ years of legal experience, with meaningful time at a top-tier law firm and in-house at a high-growth tech company
- Broad generalist range across commercial, corporate, employment, privacy, and regulatory matters — you're not a one-practice-area lawyer
- Strong commercial instincts and the ability to give the business clear, decisive guidance without a lot of back-and-forth
- Deep familiarity with the evolving legal landscape around AI, including IP, data licensing, model usage, and regulatory considerations
- Already using AI tools across your whole workflow and able to use them to meaningfully change how you’re running a legal team of the future
- Low ego, high ownership mentality — you're the most senior legal voice here and you're still happy to be hands-on
What the job involves
- GlossGenius is quickly scaling across its AI-native platform and new business areas, growing in ways that bring meaningful new complexity. Legal is an important part of that foundation, and we need a sharp, pragmatic legal leader who can keep pace with a business that's moving fast
- You'll be a true enabler of how we scale, partnering directly with leadership to clear the path for the business through thoughtful risk management and judgement. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility, high judgement role with broad scope across commercial, corporate, employment, privacy, and regulatory matters
- You will report to the Chief Business Officer. This role is based in New York City and operates in an in-person environment. We are in the office for most of the work week
- Own the full legal function at GlossGenius, covering commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, data privacy, and regulatory compliance
- Serve as the primary legal partner to the CEO, CBO, and the entire exec team, proactively advising on strategic initiatives, partnerships, intellectual property, trademark protection and the day-to-day decisions that enable the growth of the business
- Draft, negotiate, and close a wide range of agreements including enterprise contracts, vendor deals, partnership agreements, and financing-related documents
- Build the legal infrastructure that scales with us: contract templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and internal policies that give the business speed and confidence
- Advise on employment and people matters, serving as a trusted resource as the company scales and the complexity of our workforce grows
- Manage outside counsel strategically, with an eye toward keeping spend efficient and outcomes sharp
- Shape our approach to the legal and regulatory considerations surrounding AI products and data, as we continue building deeply AI-native capabilities
- Lead the transformation of legal operations by identifying where AI systems and tools can eliminate low-leverage work, accelerate contract review and drafting, and make the function meaningfully more efficient at scale
Our take
Business management platforms exist for a wide range of industries, including retail, hospitality, and healthcare. But the beauty industry lacks specialized software and still runs on generic CRMs and basic spreadsheets. Recognizing a gap in the market, GlossGenius has stepped in to provided a specialized business management platform for beauty salons, spas and studios.
With little competition in this niche, GlossGenius has swiftly captured a large market share - it serves over 1000,000 businesses and has raised more than $70 million. With this backing, the company is accelerating platform development, and it is well on the way to fulfilling its long-term aim of developing into the Toast of the beauty industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2026
$44m
SERIES D
Jul 2023
$28m
SERIES C
Total funding: $148.9m
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Danielle Cohen-Shohet
(Founder & CEO)Prior to founding GLossGenius in 2015, Danielle was an Alternative investment Analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Leah Cohen-Shohet
(CBO)Leah joined GlossGenius in 2021 as Chief Business Officer. Prior to this, she worked in Go-To-Market Strategy & Launch at Archipelago. She also spent nearly 6 years at Symphony as a Strategic Chief of Staff, Global Head oCommunity Specialist Group and EVP of Growth & Adoption.
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