Legal Counsel, Khan Academy
$143.2-179k
+ Equity
Nonprofit online education platform
Job no longer available
Nonprofit online education platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$143.2-179k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Experience as a practicing lawyer with a JD from a U.S. accredited law school
- An active membership in good standing of at least one state bar
- 4-6 years of legal experience, preferably in-house experience at a Software as a Service (SaaS), EdTech, or other tech organization
- Experience reviewing, negotiating, and advising on SaaS agreements (on company paper as well as customer paper), with attention to detail, consistency and efficiency
- Some experience researching and analyzing regulatory compliance matters and related contractual commitments
- Strong business judgment by analyzing and communicating business and legal risks, and developing practical solutions to manage risk
- Experience with building strong relationships and working with teams across a company
- Ability to manage expectations and make decisions about how to prioritize the needs of various stakeholders
- Commitment to develop and maintain a deep understanding of student data privacy regulations (FERPA, COPPA and similar state laws) that impact our operations
- Certification in privacy or data security (CIPP or similar) is preferred but not required
What the job involves
- This teammate will provide broad-based transaction support including support for school district sales and marketing programs
- You will work with other members of our legal team on issues of diverse scope, and collaborate with business partners such as the District Sales and Marketing teams
- Ou will report to our Associate General Counsel
- Support our District Sales team, including preparation, review and negotiation of school contracts, including Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
- Facilitate improvements to our Sales process to promote efficiency and scalability
- Address legal and compliance aspects of RFP submissions
- Contribute to foundational improvements, including development of templates, negotiation playbooks, contract guidance, and training materials
- Identify use cases that could benefit from repeatable processes, partner with relevant individuals to co-create and document these processes, and implement these processes
- Act as the business partner to one or more functional teams within Khan Academy
- Review and negotiate commercial agreements and vendor agreements, both our paper and third party paper contracts
- Handle other matters as need arises
Application process
- The bulk of time will focus on you and your past experiences. We will be asking behavioral based questions that involve you giving examples of what you have done in the pastIn your examples please be specific; describe the situation that led up to your actions, what you did (your behavior), and what happened as a result
- Take your time. There are no right or wrong answers
- The team will review your resume
- Our Recruiter will hop on the phone with you for 15-30 minutes to learn more about your background and ask, “Why Khan Academy?”
- You’ll engage in a conversation with our Associate General Counsel
- You’ll provide feedback to a Google document
- You’ll virtually meet the Legal team for a group interview
- You’ll join the head of District Sales and the head of Security for a business partner interview
- Our Associate General Counsel will chat with your references
Our take
Khan Academy is a non-profit that provides free online education materials, including teacher tools, instruction videos, and practice exercises to support users of all ages. It has over 10 million users a month and covers subjects all the way up to college level.
With nearly a quarter of American adults unable to use mathematics in daily life, Khan Academy’s interactive quizzes, instructional videos, and teacher tools are timely. Khan Academy started life as a series of educational YouTube videos, before building a full-scale platform after receiving an influx of donations from Silicon Valley philanthropists. This background has led it to embrace rather than reject the educational possibilities of new tech such as AI, with the founder regarding traditional institutions' banning of tools like ChatGPT as a mistake.
The company offers its tools completely for free, instead of relying on donations and volunteers. A key focus is tackling wealth inequality in education. A partnership with the College Board (who produce entrance examinations for higher education) has made access to SAT prep materials free for millions. 2024 saw a partnership with Microsoft for Khan Academy's Khanmigo product, now free to use for Microsoft customers.
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Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2020
$3m
GRANT
Oct 2017
$3m
GRANT
Total funding: $16.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Dental insurance
- Optical insurance
- Life insurance
- Performance bonus
- 401K plan
- Family medical leave
- Diversity program
- Pet friendly workplace
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Affinity groups where Parents, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Women and Gender Minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Caroline Hu Flexer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Holds a BA in Architecture from Stanford and Harvard University. They also have an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and formerly co-founded Duck Duck Moose, a mobile educational platform for children.
Salman Khan
(Co-Founder & Executive Director)They graduated from Harvard Business School and have previously worked in Finance.
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