General Counsel & Head of Legal Operations (AI-First)

saas.groupRemote - Europe+ EquityYesterday

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Requirements

The M&A Quarterback: You have 6–10 years of experience (JD/LLM required), likely coming from a top-tier Private Equity or M&A practice.
The M&A Quarterback:
AI-Native: You don't just "use" AI; you prompt-engineer your workflow. You are comfortable building a "no-code" legal stack.
AI-Native:
The "Tax-Literate" Generalist: You aren't a CPA, but you understand the "geometry" of international tax. You can use AI to navigate a tax treaty and know exactly when to pull in a specialist for a final "stress test."
The "Tax-Literate" Generalist:
Operational Mindset: You value deal velocity over long memos. You quantify risk in dollars, not just "could/might" language.
Operational Mindset:
We expect you to own the budget for and implement:
AI Due Diligence: For contract analysis and liability mapping.
AI Due Diligence:
Entity Management: For our 6+ global subsidiaries.
Entity Management:
CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management): To automate SaaS sales and vendor agreements.
CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management):
Tax AI Research: To stay ahead of OECD/Pillar Two and local European tax changes.
Tax AI Research:

M&A Execution: Lead the legal lifecycle of ~5 acquisitions/year. Own the SPA, manage local counsel in Europe/NA, and drive deals to close.
M&A Execution:
Strategic Tax Structuring: Work at the intersection of legal and finance. Use AI to model tax-efficient deal structures (Asset vs. Share) and maintain our global transfer pricing framework between Delaware and our European subsidiaries.
Strategic Tax Structuring:
Debt & Capital: Manage our $100M debt facility—handling drawdowns, ensuring covenant compliance, and managing lender relations.
Debt & Capital:
Global People Ops: Oversee compliance for a 400-person workforce (FTEs, Contractors, EOR) across Germany, Austria, France, Finland, Canada, and the US.
Global People Ops:
Equity (SARs): Manage and scale our Stock Appreciation Rights program globally.
Equity (SARs):

Blueprint Power: You are the first hire. You define the tech stack and the strategy.
Blueprint Power:
No Billable Hours: Success is measured by the efficiency of the "Acquisition Engine."
No Billable Hours:
High Leverage: Manage a $100M facility and a global portfolio with the best tools available.
High Leverage:
Incentives: Significant participation in our SAR program.
Incentives:
Ultimate flexibility: We’re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.
Ultimate flexibility:
Freedom and autonomy: We’re a high-trust team, and you’ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way — with plenty of help from the team when you need it.
Freedom and autonomy:
Minimum bureaucracy: We don’t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable.
Minimum bureaucracy:
Small & friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.
Small & friendly team:
Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning and expertise with each other internally.
Our network:
Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.
Flexible time off:
We don’t just simply offer you to “take a job with us” but rather to “join us on this journey” to build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies.