Mission
Be the company's chief legal officer and compliance owner — contracts, IP, employment, federal contracting law, securities, and the SOC2 / privacy posture that lets us sell to enterprise and federal customers.
Responsibilities
- Own all contract review — customer, vendor, teaming, employment, IP
- Lead federal-contracting compliance: FAR/DFARS, OFCCP, ITAR/EAR posture
- Manage outside counsel for IP, securities, M&A, and litigation
- Own the company's privacy and data-handling posture (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA where applicable)
- Lead SOC2 and CMMC readiness from the legal / policy side
- Advise the board on governance, equity, and securities matters
- Build and run the company's ethics and whistleblower program
Required qualifications
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school + active US bar admission
- 8+ years of legal practice; 3+ years in-house at a tech or federal-services company
- Demonstrated federal-contracting law experience (FAR/DFARS, GAO protests)
- Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation track record
Preferred qualifications
- Florida bar admission
- Prior General Counsel role at a small-to-mid-cap company
- Working knowledge of AI/ML regulatory landscape (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF)
- Security clearance (Secret or above)