Head of Legal

The role

The Head of Legal will own the day-to-day legal workflow including contracts, coordination with outside counsel, and basic corporate and employment administration. This role also handles practical business operations to reduce founder workload.

What you will do

• Run intake, drafting, review, negotiation support, signature, and filing for various agreements
• Maintain templates and fallback positions
• Drive contract timelines and decision making
• Coordinate reviews of government and prime/sub agreements with outside counsel
• Track key contract obligations and deliverables
• Maintain invention assignment and contractor IP paperwork
• Coordinate with outside counsel on patent filings or trademark basics
• Partner with engineering on open-source software hygiene
• Own offer letter, contractor agreement, and separation paperwork workflows
• Manage recurring operational workflows like vendor onboarding and insurance renewals

Required qualifications

• Option A: 5+ years supporting legal work in-house or at a firm
• Option A: Excellent organization, writing, and ability to run a process end-to-end
• Option A: Comfort reading agreements, spotting issues, and escalating appropriately
• Option B: Juris Doctor
• Option B: Hands-on experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts
• Option B: Strong operational instinct

Nice to have

• Government contracting exposure (FAR/DFARS basics, primes/subs, flowdowns)
• Export controls familiarity
• IP workflow experience
• Startup experience

Benefits

• 100% of employee medical premiums covered
• 25% for dependents medical premiums
• 3 weeks PTO
• 13+ paid company holidays
• 401(k) offered

Before you apply

• Can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status)
• Unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers
• All work must be performed in the United States

About the company

Beacon AI is a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform for aviation. They are a defense tech / dual-use company with Department of Defense contracts and airline partnerships.