Head of Legal

The role

The Head of Legal will be the first full-time legal hire to build the legal function. You will partner with leadership on legal questions regarding physical connected products, regulatory compliance, children's privacy, and international expansion.

What you will do

• Guide compliance for physical, connected products including international expansion
• Own compliance with privacy laws including COPPA and international equivalents
• Support go-to-market efforts and international expansion
• Review and advise on direct-to-consumer marketing, advertising, and privacy
• Draft, review, and redline commercial agreements and vendor contracts
• Determine legal and structural paths for new product categories and business models
• Own regulatory and FCC posture
• Act as an in-house resource for the People team on employment law
• Manage board mechanics, consents, minutes, and equity grants
• Manage budgets and relationships with outside counsel and subject-matter experts

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience
• Meaningful in-house time at a high growth technology or hardware company
• Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to do hands-on, detail-level work
• Clear, plain-English communicator
• Familiarity with children's privacy and data protection compliance (COPPA or international equivalents) or comparable consumer privacy work
• Experience supporting international expansion and go-to-market efforts
• Familiarity with D2C consumer marketing legal considerations
• Solid grounding in board governance work
• Working knowledge of employment law fundamentals
• Fluency using AI as a multiplier across contract review, research, and drafting
• Low-ego and collaborative
• Based in Seattle and ready to work from our office 4+ days per week

Nice to have

• Experience with physical product compliance, including international requirements
• Expertise in FCC and telecom-adjacent regulatory work

About the company

Tin Can is building a safer, simpler way for kids to connect without smartphones through screen-free devices and services. The company is building a brand that resonates with families wanting something simpler for their kids.