Rillet
Head of Legal
$250K–$310K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; experience in both in-house counsel and top-tier law firm roles. The posting also asks for experience scaling businesses through the 150–500 range.
- Education
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
About the job
Build and lead Rillet’s legal function, advising leadership and teams on legal strategy, commercial deals, governance, compliance, and risk as the company scales.
What you'll do
- Establish the legal function, strategy, priorities, and scalable workflows, including AI-enabled automation.
- Advise executives and the Board; negotiate commercial contracts and guide product, privacy, data protection, and AI regulatory matters.
- Manage corporate governance, equity, financing, and employment matters as the company grows domestically and internationally.
What they ask for
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
- Active U.S. state bar membership and license to practice law in California or New York.
- 10+ years of experience operating both as in-house counsel and within top-tier law firms.
- Experience supporting corporate governance, equity, employment matters, commercial contracts, privacy, data protection, AI, and IP transactions.
Pay
$250,000–$310,000 USD base salary
AI focus
Adopt AI tooling to automate contract review, research, and other legal work; advise on privacy, data protection, and the evolving AI regulatory landscape.
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