Associate General Counsel

Overview

The Associate General Counsel will serve as a strategic legal advisor and key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for a rapidly growing global SaaS organization headquartered in the United States. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role is designed for a business-minded legal leader who can help guide company strategy, identify and mitigate enterprise risk, and support organizational growth across a broad range of legal and regulatory matters.

Cary, NC or Greater Boston, MA Area (on site).

• Strategic Legal Leadership & Business Partners
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team on legal, regulatory, governance, and business risk matters.
  • Participate in strategic planning and organizational decision‑making as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
  • Support international expansion initiatives and global operational strategy.
• Privacy, Data Protection & Data Governance
  • Lead the development and execution of the company's global privacy and data protection strategy in compliance with applicable laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, and other frameworks.
  • Establish governance frameworks around data ownership, retention, usage rights, and cross‑border data transfer.
  • Embed privacy‑by‑design principles into products, AI initiatives, and data platforms.
  • Oversee data subject rights programs, breach response processes, and regulatory inquiries.
• Intellectual Property & Data Asset Strategy
  • Advise on protection, management, and commercialization of intellectual property assets, including software, proprietary technologies, algorithms, data assets, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and patents.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to define ownership structures and usage rights for internally developed and third‑party IP.
  • Provide legal guidance related to AI, machine learning models, AI‑generated outputs, training data ownership, and data‑derived insights.
  • Support development of strategies governing data licensing, monetization, reuse, and commercialization opportunities.
  • Collaborate with external counsel on IP portfolio management and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Compliance & Regulatory Strategy
  • Design and oversee enterprise‑wide compliance programs across privacy, data governance, AI governance, cybersecurity, employment practices, and digital regulation.
  • Translate legal and regulatory obligations into scalable operational policies, procedures, and controls.
  • Lead regulatory change management efforts across the business.
  • Serve as key point of contact for regulatory examinations, audits, external reviews, and compliance inquiries.
  • Conduct and oversee legal, privacy, data governance, AI, IP, employment, and cybersecurity risk assessments.
  • Establish governance structures for emerging technologies, AI systems, data management, and information security programs.
  • Lead legal support for incident response efforts involving data breaches, cybersecurity incidents, regulatory investigations, employment matters, or IP disputes.
  • Provide regular reporting and recommendations to executive leadership regarding enterprise risk posture and mitigation strategy.
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Growth
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, partnerships, and other corporate transactions.
  • Lead legal due diligence activities and assess transactional risk.
  • Advise leadership on integration planning, regulatory considerations, IP ownership, privacy implications, and organizational risk associated with acquisitions.
  • Partner with Finance and Corporate Development teams to evaluate strategic growth opportunities.
• Employment Law & Human Capital Support
  • Provide legal guidance on employment law matters in partnership with HR leadership.
  • Support policy development, employee relations matters, workplace investigations, workforce compliance initiatives, and global employment practices.
  • Coordinate with outside counsel on specialized employment law matters as needed.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership
  • Serve as strategic advisor to Product, Engineering, Data Science, Security, Compliance, Finance, Sales, and Operations teams.
  • Enable responsible innovation by translating legal requirements into…