Vice President of Legal, Point
$321.1-354.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Helping homeowners to sell equity in their homes
Open for applications
Helping homeowners to sell equity in their homes
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$321.1-354.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help homeowners become free of their debts and be able to unlock the wealth in their homes.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings experience from high-growth, VC-backed companies, thrives in complex and highly regulated environments, and views the legal function as a service organization that enables the business to move quickly and responsibly
- This role requires the ability to attend in-person meetings at our headquarters on an as-needed basis; candidates are expected to reside within a reasonable commuting distance (approximately 50 miles from our Palo Alto HQ)
- 10+ years of legal experience, including substantial in-house experience at high-growth and/or VC-backed companies
- Demonstrated success building, managing, and scaling legal teams, including hiring, coaching, and developing lawyers and legal professionals
- A genuine passion for the in-house legal function and a clear point of view on what “excellent” internal legal service looks like
- Strong familiarity with consumer finance and residential mortgage products, or closely related regulated financial products, and the regulatory frameworks that govern them
- Broad legal exposure across multiple disciplines, with the ability to operate as a pragmatic generalist while knowing when to go deep
- Exceptional client-service orientation, with the ability to translate legal risk into clear, actionable business guidance
- Strong operational instincts, including experience building repeatable processes, systems, and norms that scale
- Excellent judgment, communication, negotiation, and drafting skills
- Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, and evolving environments, with the ability to balance risk management and velocity
- JD from an accredited law school and admission to the State Bar of California, or eligibility for the in-house counsel exemption
What the job involves
- Point is seeking an experienced Vice President of Legal to lead and scale its in-house legal function
- This role is critical to the continued growth of Point’s proprietary home equity investment business and broader platform
- The VP, Legal will report directly to the COO and partner closely with senior leadership across the company
- This is a hands-on leadership role for a lawyer-operator who is passionate about building and running a best-in-class in-house legal team
- The VP, Legal will own the day-to-day delivery of legal services to the business while designing the structures, processes, and norms required to scale a growing legal organization
- Lead and manage the in-house legal function, serving as the primary owner of day-to-day legal execution across the business
- Build, hire, and develop a high-performing legal team, including mentoring, performance management, career development, and thoughtful org design as the company scales
- Establish and continuously improve legal team structures, processes, and operating norms that enable speed, consistency, and high-quality decision-making
- Act as a trusted internal client-service partner to business leaders, delivering practical, business-oriented legal advice with strong judgment and responsiveness
- Oversee legal support across a broad range of disciplines, including:
- Product and regulatory counseling
- Government affairs
- Consumer finance and mortgage-related matters
- Employment and HR support
- Commercial contracting
- Privacy and data protection
- Corporate governance and securities
- Capital markets and structured finance
- Litigation and dispute management
- Partner closely with the COO and executive team on risk management, strategic initiatives, and scaling the company’s operating model
- Design and implement legal operations capabilities, including intake workflows, prioritization frameworks, outside counsel management, budgeting, and knowledge management
- Manage and optimize the use of outside counsel, ensuring cost discipline, clear accountability, and alignment with business objectives
Our take
Purchasing a property can result in immense debt. Home buyers must often take out bridge loans to finance their purchase whilst continuing to live at their current residence.
Point provides property financing by providing a share of a homeowner's equity in advance to fund the purchase of a new home. The startup evaluates the finances of an applicant and purchases their property, obtaining a stake in the property if it is sold within ten years.
Point claims to prevent its customers from taking on crippling debt to fund a property purchase, and has helped nearly 10,000 homeowners across the United States. The company expanded from 16 to 28 total geographies in 2024, followed by a commitment to $2.5 billion in home equity investments in 2025. This large commitment exemplifies Point's growth and power within its industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
65% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2022
$115m
SERIES C
Mar 2019
$22m
SERIES B
Total funding: $145.5m
Company benefits
- Health Insurance: Point provides platinum-rated plans for medical (Anthem Blue Cross or Kaiser Permanente), dental and vision (The Standard). We cover 99% of employee premiums and 75% of dependent premiums
- Generous Vacation: Take time for yourself and your family when you want - Point has an unlimited vacation policy
- Continued Learning: We encourage all team members to attend events hosted by our investors, external workshops and conferences. We believe in continuous improvement and want to support employees on their professional journeys
- Family Friendly: Point will top off state applicable PFL earnings, as well as two weeks of fully paid leave to be available after exhaustion of state PFL. In addition, employees will receive 4 weeks: s of fully paid transition time. For the first consecutive four weeks after returning to work following parental leave, and following exhaustion of all other paid leave benefits, the employee may work part-time, meaning two or three days per week, and will receive 100% of regular base pay
- Work From Home Stipends: With employees working remote, Point will provide employees a $50 monthly cell phone stipend and a $50 monthly internet stipend. In addition, we will reimburse up to $150 to help you purchase supplies for your home office.remote, Point will provide employees a $50 monthly cell phone stipend and a $50 monthly internet stipend. In addition, we will reimburse up to $150 to help you purchase supplies for your home office
Company HQ
Downtown North, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Eddie Lim
(Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at Harvard. Co-founder & CTO of Metails. Worked in Product Design at Facebook. Also Co-founded: Trial Pay Inc; Yub, Inc; and TXN.
Eoin Matthews
(Co-Founder)Co-founder & VP of Development at Metails. Part of the Founding Team of Sendgrid. Worked at Rakuten for 6 years, leaving as VP of Business Development. Became VP of Business Development at VigLink. Founded popt.com. Was a Board Member on viethope.inc for 5 years.
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