Lead Commercial Counsel

About Pave
Here at Pave, you’ll be joining a world class team with tremendous growth potential. We’re a Series B start-up backed by top Silicon Valley investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator Continuity, and Bessemer Venture Partners.
The world of compensation is broken today. Pave is here to fix it. Today, teams cobble together hundreds of messy spreadsheets and outdated surveys to determine how to compensate their workforce. Covid and remote work have made the situation far more difficult, and the notion of “market compensation” is now confusing to everyone.
At Pave, you will reinvent the world of compensation and help build a more transparent future of work.
Pave allows companies to benchmark compensation to leaders in their industry, analyze internal compensation data and make the right adjustments, then visually communicate compensation to their employees. We’re building the world’s largest real-time compensation data platform to accomplish this goal, and are acquiring amazing customers like Credit Karma, Discord, and Allbirds at an unbelievable pace. Come join our team on this mission!

Lead Commercial CounselAs we enter our next stage of hyper-growth, Pave is looking to hire a brilliant, operations-minded lawyer to join our team as our first In-House Counsel.
In this role, you will mostly focus on providing direct legal support to our sales organization, but you will also be tasked with building the foundations of our In-House legal team and provide our Leadership Team with day-to-day guidance on legal issues and risk mitigation strategies.

Who you are:

• You have worked in a global software company, where your day-to-day job has been to lead negotiations with customers and to interact with sales, sales operations, and finance teams.
• You have built processes, and led company-wide cross-functional projects leading to change in processes.
• You have experienced the challenges of a growing a legal commercial desk, and are ready to take on the challenge of helping us scale our legal services as we continue on our rapid expansion.
• You strive in a high-paced environment and are motivated by the vision to always make things better.
• You are comfortable working in a rapid-growth, fast paced environment and love negotiating complex commercial transactions.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

• Manage global sales desk workflows to ensure that all customer legal and contractual issues are responded to in a timely fashion and with sound commercial judgment
• Providing direct legal support to the sales organization, including drafting and negotiating outbound SaaS commercial agreements, including large, strategic deals integral to our business
• Become an expert in Pave’s unique platform, security, operations and offerings to offer practical and strategic counseling related to sales contracts.
• Partner with our sales operations, InfoSec and Finance teams to develop and implement efficient legal and privacy processes, sales enablement materials and training for a growing sales team
• Lead all aspects of Pave’s legal function including, but not limited to, general corporate matters, commercial and partnership contracts, privacy and data security matters, employment and litigation matters, IP, compliance, and legal operations.
• Build the foundations of a strong in-house legal function, advising and working collaboratively with our Leadership Team and multiple teams across the organization to support their legal needs

What you need:

• 6+ years of meaningful relevant experience, including in-house experience (SaaS preferred), with a focus on driving to closure a broad range of commercial transactions and advising on related privacy and data security issues
• A J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar (preference for California)
• Strong knowledge of global and domestic privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and CCPA
• Proven track record of working collaboratively leading cross-functional projects
• Excellent planning, organizational, and decision-making skills and a desire to improve processes to enable business growth at scale
• Experience appropriately triaging a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with clients and delivering results efficiently
• Taking initiative and working independently with minimal direction
• Handling challenging situations in a time sensitive environment, and enjoying the challenges of a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships with partners across functions and cultures

Life at Pave
Pave is growing incredibly fast, and we have high ambition. We've complemented our ambitious goals with a world-class culture and a variety of early startup benefits. As an early hire, you’ll play a key role in shaping what this looks like, but some of the benefits that we already offer include:
Compensation: Competitive salary and startup equity (it's in our DNA)Wellness: Top tier health insurance along with exercise & wellness benefitsFood: All meals while working, plus snacks. We take our snacking seriouslyTech: Choose your laptop and accessories of choiceTeam: Retreats, happy hours, and events for our team, friends, and familyFlexible Time Off: Take the time you needWFH Wednesday: A dedicated work from home day each weekLocation: Our company is based in San Francisco's SoMA district with a high energy in-person cultureAnd much more... we want all Pave employees to define the best benefits based on our combined interests.

Pave is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please email [email protected].