Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Articulate
Head of Commercial
$213-319.6k
This position is also bonus eligible
Expert level
Remote in US
SaaS training & development platform
Posted today
SaaS training & development platform
501-1000 employees
B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsContentTrainingLearningSaaS
Posted today
$213-319.6k
This position is also bonus eligible
Expert level
Remote in US
501-1000 employees
B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsContentTrainingLearningSaaS
Company mission
To empower people to live better lives.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Active license to practice law in the United States
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in commercial law, with a focus on technology or software industries
- Minimum of 10 years of experience as in-house counsel
- Proven leadership experience managing and developing a high-performing legal team
- Strong understanding of GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act
- Experience in SaaS, e-learning, or technology industries preferred
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across departments and with senior leadership
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Commercial
- This role will be pivotal in managing the day-to-day operations of our commercial legal function, supporting the Go-To-Market (GTM) organization on all customer terms and agreements, and supporting the product team on current and new platform offerings
- This role will also oversee vendor contract review and onboarding processes in partnership with IT and InfoSec
- Shape and drive legal strategies that align with the company's long-term goals and operational readiness
- Act as a trusted advisor to the executive team, providing strategic legal counsel to support business growth and compliance
- Lead initiatives to align legal frameworks with the company's scaling objectives
- Develop and implement proactive risk mitigation strategies and compliance frameworks
- Monitor emerging legal trends and advise on necessary adjustments to maintain compliance while enabling innovation
- Foster strong relationships across departments, including GTM, IT, InfoSec, Finance, HR, and Product teams
- Ensure compliance and support product and engineering teams on platform offerings
- Collaborate with executive leadership to align legal considerations with business operations
- Lead initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and streamline contract management
- Implement scalable processes to support the company's growth and operational readiness
- Develop and conduct comprehensive legal training programs to promote adoption of key commercial processes across the organization
- Mentor and develop the commercial legal team in preparation for growth and scale
- Navigate complex legal issues and provide innovative solutions aligned with e-learning and SaaS industry standards
- Support privacy and compliance-related legal issues across the business
Our take
Articulate is a SaaS based training platform for SMBs and Enterprises, aiming to empower anyone – not just learning professionals – to deliver training to a business.
The business was founded in 2002 as a plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, and was entirely bootstrapped until a 2021 funding round of $1.5 billion. Since its launch, it has grown significantly - now serving over 100,000 organizations and upwards of 100 million learners customers across the globe, including every single one of the Fortune 100.
The company has invested in aggressive expansion, and is already the most dominant player by far in course-authoring apps. This isin part due to capitalizing on the significant opportunity in targeting businesses that are looking to move from in-person to online-based learning.
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Insights
Led by a woman
Top investors
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2021
$1.5bn
SERIES A
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Student debt repayment - Get up to $2,400 annually ($200/month) in student loan repayments
- Flexible PTO
- Fully remote (we'll help set up your home office with awesome equipment and technology)
- We offer $100 a month toward well-being
- We offer Fortune 500-level medical, dental, and vision coverage for our employees and their dependents
- We offer a baby bonding benefit of up to 17 weeks paid leave to primary and non-primary caregivers
- We offer all employees up to $3,000 tax-free annually for child care assistance
- Tuition reimbursement - Continue your education in any subject you want. We provide up to $5,250/year for classes at a code school or accredited college
- Transgender benefit - We offer medical coverage for gender-affirming surgery and supplemental procedures, along with paid leave for recovery
- We match up to $500 of employee donations each calendar year to nonprofit organizations
- We offer $4,000 annually to travel to seek legal abortion services
- Contribute to your choice of Fidelity 401k plans. Articulate will also contribute 3% of your salary to your 401k whether you decide to contribute or not
- Give your loved ones peace of mind. We provide life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits to all employees
- We cover 100% of eleven therapy sessions and eleven therapeutic coaching sessions per year with a licensed therapist through the Modern Health platform for each employee and their dependents
- Health savings account (HSA) - We contribute $1000 for family and $500 for individuals annually to help cover co-pays and other medical expenses
- Get coaching in social, physical, financial, and mental well-being. We offer unlimited life-coaching sessions with certified coaches through the Wellness Coach platform
- We value our employees and the important milestones in their lives. We celebrate with cupcakes, Slack shoutouts, and virtual parties
- We support the growth and development of our employees through coaching, internal training, and skills training opportunities
- We offer our employees time off to volunteer in meaningful ways within their communities and beyond
- We offer service sabbaticals to support our employees in doing the work to advance human rights, civil rights, and environmental health
- Cash for Change - Our employee-guided corporate giving program supports organizations advancing human rights, civil rights, and environmental health
Company values
- We are all human
- We are all connected
- We are all works-in-progress
- We are responsible for ourselves and accountable to one another
- We are focused on results and strive to make a positive impact in the world
- We are called to create an equitable, sustainable, and empowering workplace
Company HQ
NoMad, New York, NY
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Leadership
Adam Schwartz
(Founder, CEO & Executive Chair)Founded Articulate in 2002 with a vision to make it easier for the world to learn. Previously served as General Manager for a division of Knowledge Universe.
Lucy Suros
(Director & Vice Chair of the Board)Served as CEO of the company from 2021 to 2023. Previously acted as Marketing Consultant for The Content Bureau and as PR Director for Switzer Communications.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Articulate
- We're committed to hiring people with minoritized identities and supporting these employees at every level in the organization. We employ inclusive hiring strategies, coach managers on inclusion, and regularly audit salaries and development opportunities to ensure equity company-wide
- We're creating thriving spaces and positive experiences for all employees. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) create a sense of belonging, cultivate relationships, and build support structures between people with similar backgrounds and experiences. We incorporate DIBs programming into our annual company retreat and sponsor professional development organizations focused on marginalized communities
- We're continuously expanding our capacity to support each other across various identities. We offer training and coaching to help our team understand how to build and participate in an inclusive culture—at work and throughout their lives. For example, every Articulate employee participates in "Look Deeper: Race" training, which includes discussions on how we collectively build a diverse culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging amongst our Articulate and Rise.com teams. We also regularly hold virtual lunch and learns, have virtual guest speakers, and offer educational e-learning courses on celebrations and histories of various cultures
- We work to provide employees with clear guidance and institute company-wide practices that support our diversity and inclusion efforts. Our DIBs committee is composed of a rotating group of Articulate employees (including executives) who foster a culture where employees feel empowered, accepted, respected, valued, and safe in all our differences. The committee explores ways we can improve practices related to DIBs and develops strategies for strengthening the hiring, support, and retention of underrepresented employees
- We measure how we are doing meeting our diversity and inclusion goals through an annual engagement survey. The DIBs committee analyzes results, highlights themes, and makes recommendations for improvement
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