Director of Legal, Veza
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Data security platform
Open for applications
Data security platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity packages
101-200 employees
Company mission
Veza's mission is to give their customers the confidence to securely adopt cloud data systems.
Role
Who you are
- A Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and actively licensed to practice law in the US
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience with corporate governance matters, employment practices, and/or high-growth technology companies either at a law firm or in-house, preferably a combination of both
- Preferred 8+ years of legal experience, with an emphasis on navigating at a fast-growing start-up or equivalent experience serving relevant clients in private practice
- Experienced with drafting and negotiating a variety of agreements and documents, including confidentiality agreements, offer letters, consulting agreements, board materials, etc
- Experienced managing and streamlining work processes and budgets with outside counsel
- Able to provide solution-focused advice and clearly communicate risks, proposed solutions, and the underlying rationale for decisions to internal customers
- Focused on delivering results and a demonstrated ability to execute in a fast-paced environment
- Substantial in-house experience who know how to work in a startup environment to drive projects/processes
- Detail-oriented, well-organized, technically adept
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a seasoned in-house attorney to work with management and finance to manage our corporate governance program, employment practices, and other projects core to our business as we scale Veza
- In this role, you will own all legal aspects of Veza’s corporate initiatives and employment and compensation matters
- You'll work cross-functionally to create alignment and deliver results alongside builders who have helped to shape the success of companies such as Google, Okta, AWS, Snowflake, and more
- This is a key role within the organization, serving as a trusted business partner to our Founder/CEO, and is an opportunity to put your mark on a category-defining product at a high-growth company
- Work closely with the CEO, the management team, and outside counsel to support corporate and board needs including preparation of agendas and board materials such as minutes, resolutions, and actions
- Review, draft, and negotiate a range of company forms including confidentiality agreements, offer letters, consulting contracts and more
- Establish and implement compensation policies and procedures to standardize and streamline the offer letter, option grant, and Carta management processes
- Advise on and manage international growth initiatives, including employment matters and subsidiary governance and compliance
- Review current practices to identify areas of risk and advise on recommended courses of action and creative solutions
- Evaluate risk factors impacting business decisions and anticipate unique legal issues that could impact the company
- Respond promptly and effectively to any special or ad-hoc legal requests from sales, operations, marketing, senior management, or other internal clients
- Own relationship with outside counsel
Our take
Data is migrating to the cloud, but many organizations lack the tools to protect their data from cloud-based threats and challenges. Veza solves this problem with its authorization-based cloud security platform.
Data volume is set to triple by 2025 and cyber crime is on the rise. As such, companies like Veza are in high demand. However, Veza sets itself apart from its competitors thanks to its focus on authorization, which has been a missing piece of the cloud ecosystem for some time. Veza's ability to tap into a lucrative and underserved gap in the market has allowed it to attract significant attention. The company has raised impressive funding, which is testament to its growing impact.
The cloud security sector is becoming more and more competitive, and Veza will need to take advantage of its funding success in order to scale and maintain its enviable market position. Having cemented a number of crucial partnerships, including with cloud giant Google Cloud, and onboarded enterprises such as Intuit and AMD, Veza shows no signs of slowing down.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2023
$15m
LATE VC
Apr 2022
$110m
SERIES C
Total funding: $125m
Company benefits
- Paid medical, dental & vision
- Flexible PTO
- Work from home stipends
- Remote-first
Company values
- Stay customer obsessed
- Iterate, adapt & innovate
- Act with integrity
- Lead with humility
- Demonstrate the will to win
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Tarun Thakur
(CEO)Was a Senior Manager of Product Management at Data Domain, and co-founded Datos IO. Was GM of Rubrik's Database Products.
Maohua Lu
(CTO)Previously worked as a Research Staff Member at IBM. Then joined Datos IO as Technical Director. Was also a Senior Staff Engineer at Rubrik.
Robert Whitcher
(Chief Architect)Was Principal Technical Architect at EMC for 6 years, then worked as a Senior Systems Engineer at SolidFire. Joined Datos IO as Principal Architect in 2015.
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