givebutter - Associate General Counsel
Requirements
• J.D. from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in good standing in your state of residence and/or California, New York, or Texas • 8–12 years of legal experience, with a meaningful combination of top-tier law firm training and in-house experience at a technology or fintech company • Demonstrated expertise in corporate governance, intellectual property management, and employment law • Strong executive presence; proven ability to advise senior leadership and boards with clarity, confidence, and sound judgment • Experience managing commercial insurance programs and advising on enterprise risk • Demonstrated experience navigating complex, differing state-by-state regulations and translating them into practical business guidance and compliance processes. • Fluency with AI tools in a professional context; uses AI to improve productivity and has informed opinions about responsible deployment • Excellent written and verbal communication; translates complex legal issues into plain language for non-legal stakeholders • Ability to operate independently with high autonomy in a fast-paced, high-growth environment • 2. Hiring Manager Interview: A deeper dive into your relevant experience, skillset, and working style. This is your first opportunity to connect directly with the person who may be your future manager. • 3. Assessment (technical or non-technical): This stage will vary based on the role. It could involve a live coding session, case study, or take-home project. Some roles may include two parts to this stage to evaluate both practical skills and problem-solving approaches • 4. Values Interview: A conversation with team members focused on how you align with our core values and leadership principles. • 5. References: We connect with a few folks you’ve worked closely with to get a better picture of your working style and impact. • 6. Offer: If all goes well, we’ll move to the offer stage! • Please note, we will have an AI note-taking tool join most of our interviews. • Hi potential new butterslice! A recent study from LinkedIn https://business.linkedin.com/content/dam/me/business/en-us/talent-solutions-lodestone/body/pdf/Gender-Insights-Report.pdf showed that most women apply to jobs only when they meet 100% of the requirements, whereas men will hit the apply button if they hit 60%. Givebutter is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. So to the women and nonbinary folks out there feeling unsure if you're a perfect fit, we strongly encourage you to apply!
Responsibilities
• Understand how to assess business-wide legal risks, develop practical mitigation strategies, and manage insurance coverage with the company’s needs in mind. • Build legal processes, policies, and playbooks that scale, and use technology and AI thoughtfully to help a lean team accomplish more. • Own all corporate and board governance activities, including board minutes and resolutions, entity management, equity matters, annual filings, and regulatory reporting. Serve as the primary legal advisor to executive leadership, and Board of Directors on governance best practices and fiduciary obligations. • Manage and protect Givebutter's intellectual property portfolio, including trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Lead IP strategy, advise teams on IP considerations in product development and marketing, and enforce Givebutter's rights against infringement. • Own Givebutter's insurance program, including D&O, cyber liability, E&O, and general liability coverage. Manage annual renewals, conduct coverage adequacy reviews, coordinate claims, and advise leadership on risk-transfer strategy. • Lead Givebutter's internal AI governance framework in partnership with PDE, People leadership, and the Commercial & Product Counsel. Develop and maintain policies for responsible AI use, monitor regulatory developments in AI law, and ensure Givebutter's adoption of AI tools is legally sound and ethically grounded. • Serve as the primary legal advisor to the People team on employment law matters, including hiring practices, compensation and benefits, employee relations, workplace investigations, performance management, separations, and policy development. Draft and review employment agreements, offer letters, separation documentation, and related materials. • Monitor and advise on legislative and regulatory developments that affect Givebutter's business, including nonprofit law, charitable solicitation regulations, and state-level fundraising platform requirements (e.g., CA AB 488). Partner with the Sr. IT Compliance Manager on regulatory filings, licensing, and compliance matters. • Assess and mitigate enterprise legal risk across key business decisions, M&A activity, and strategic initiatives. Engage outside counsel selectively, where specialized expertise genuinely requires it, and manage those engagements to scope and budget. Lead or support special projects involving dispute resolution, corporate transactions, and other legal priorities. • Manage and develop the Commercial & Product Counsel, setting clear priorities, providing coaching, and overseeing their work. Lead the development and maintenance of scalable legal processes, policies, playbooks, and templates across the legal function. Use AI-enabled tools to improve legal research, workflow efficiency, and knowledge management. • Bring legal work in-house. Take ownership of matters currently routed to outside firms, set clear thresholds for when external counsel is engaged, manage outside counsel scope and spend, and build the templates, playbooks, and internal knowledge that keep routine matters from leaving the building.
Benefits
• $245K – $275K • Offers Equity • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • We ask because understanding how candidates discover us helps our recruiting team invest in the right channels and communities. • We're required by law to confirm that all employees are authorized to work in the United States. We welcome applicants from all work-authorized backgrounds; this question is not asking about citizenship or immigration status. • Yes, I am legally authorized to work in the United States. • No, I am not legally authorized to work in the United States. • Visa sponsorship refers to employer-filed immigration petitions such as H-1B, O-1, TN, or E-3. If you hold an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), refugee or asylee status, or another form of independent work authorization, you likely do not require sponsorship. • No, I will not require any employer visa sponsorship, now or in the future. • Yes, I will require any employer visa sponsorship, now or in the future. • Tell us about your experience advising executive teams. • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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