Legal Counsel, Fable
CA$100-135k
+ Stock options
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Accessibility testing
Be an early applicant
Accessibility testing
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$100-135k
+ Stock options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
Fable's mission is to help digital teams engage people with disabilities in research and on-demand user testing
Role
Who you are
- Active member in good standing with Law Society of Ontario
- Minimum 2 experience at a law firm or in-house legal counsel role
- Proven experience in commercial contract negotiation and drafting
- Experience with B2B SaaS offerings and selling to enterprise customers
- Ability to prioritize and respond quickly in a high-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and commitment to accuracy
- Skilled at communicating legal advice clearly to non-legal stakeholders
- Commitment to continuous learning, especially in emerging legal and technology areas
- Sound business judgment and ability to align legal guidance with company goals and risk strategies
- An effective communicator who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams
- A proactive problem solver who takes ownership and moves quickly
- Someone who thrives in a remote, startup environment
- A life-long learner who adopts new technologies and techniques
- Eager to contribute to Fable’s mission and growth
What the job involves
- As Fable’s Legal Counsel, you will play a critical role in enabling our Revenue team and guiding the organization through a range of legal, regulatory, and strategic challenges and opportunities
- You’ll draft and negotiate Enterprise commercial SaaS contracts, develop and maintain approaches to legal compliance and risk management (GDPR, A.I. controls), and advise teams on how to navigate legal considerations in a fast-paced, scale-up environment
- Your practical approach to legal problem-solving and negotiation will help ensure that our legal strategies are aligned with Fable’s operational realities and growth plans
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts related to Fable’s accessibility platforms (Enterprise SaaS) and related services
- Review and negotiate agreements related to privacy (ex. data processing addendums), aligning terms to compliance obligations and internal operations
- Lead the commercial legal process, managing redlined agreements and communicating with internal and external stakeholders
- Support the Sales Team (Account Executives, Renewals & Growth) with negotiation and legal insight
- Review and update commercial templates periodically to ensure accuracy and relevance based on established and emerging industry best practices
- Partner with Security team to assess and reduce technical and data risks, including support of breach incident response process
- Monitor future technical and product development for compliance and risk implications
- Ensure company compliance with applicable laws and internal policies
- Respond to legal and regulatory complaints or inquiries, including customer concerns
- Communicate important legal updates and processes across teams in clear language
- Advise on regulatory and legal issues affecting Fable’s strategic business decisions
- Report on commercial legal risks to senior leadership periodically
- Make business-aligned legal recommendations based on operational context
- Stay up to date on relevant legal developments (e.g., privacy law, AI litigation)
- Coordinate and collaborate with external counsel for specialized legal advice in other areas of practice (e.g., privacy law, international matters, employment)
Our take
Assistive tech is not yet sufficiently watertight or widespread to ensure good digital experiences for the 1 Billion people who live with disabilities globally. The team at Fable work with companies to help remedy this: they connect companies with assistive tech users so the businesses can accelerate their accessibility R&D, whilst offering employment opportunities to people living with disabilities. The company also offers accessibility upskilling.
Disability-friendly products are thin on the ground, and successfully creating them would give companies a real market edge. Plus, with social and regulatory pressure making inclusivity an increasingly top priority, adopting sound accessibility design early would give companies a real head start.
It’s perhaps not surprising that large clients in tech and e-commerce have been among the first to jump on board with Fable, the likes of Slack, Shopify, and Walmart can’t afford to be caught lacking on these issues. It is, perhaps, surprising that competition is, for now, relatively light. Fable will need to leverage this position before it’s scooped by other startups.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2024
$25m
SERIES B
May 2022
$10.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $37.1m
Company HQ
The Junction, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Abid Virani
(COO)Worked for seven years in business development and design at Raindrop Hearing Clinic, following a Master's degree in Inclusive Design at OCAD University. Also has experience in film and documentary production/directing.
Alwar Pillao
(CEO & Co-Founder)A Master's graduate in Inclusive Design, who went on to work as an accessibility expert for the Ontario Ministry of Education. Subsequently held various UX roles, both freelance and at Rogers Communications.
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