Head of Legal

The role

You will own the legal, regulatory and compliance function as the first dedicated legal hire. You will lead commercial negotiations, build AI-governance frameworks, and manage data privacy and corporate legal work.

What you will do

• Lead and negotiate enterprise MSAs, data-processing and data-licensing terms, and security schedules
• Set standards and playbooks for the deal team
• Build AI-governance and compliance posture including model-training and data-use policies
• Run data privacy end to end including DPAs, records of processing, and sub-processor management
• Partner with Security/CISO on SOC 2, security questionnaires, and DPIAs
• Build and protect IP through trade-secret and patent strategy
• Manage corporate and financing legal work including governance, board and cap-table support
• Support people operations including employment matters and immigration/visa work

Required qualifications

• Admitted to a US bar
• 5-8 years of experience spanning private practice and in-house roles
• At least 2-4 years in practice
• At least 2-4 years in-house experience at an AI, SaaS, or data-intensive technology company
• Deep expertise in data privacy: GDPR, UK GDPR, US equivalents, DPA negotiation, and subprocessor obligations
• Track record of negotiating complex B2B contracts with large institutional buyers
• Ability to interpret contract language quickly and translate it into actionable guidance
• Comfortable operating as a sole legal function

Nice to have

• UK law experience

About the company

Junior is a profitable, bootstrapped company building LLM-powered workflow tools for private market investors and consultants. The team of 70+ is based in London, NYC and Sydney.