Head of Legal

## About the role

Pocket is looking for its **first in-house legal hire** to build and own the company’s legal function as we scale globally.

This is a highly hands-on role working directly with the founders across corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, compliance, and people-related matters.

You will serve as the **central legal owner across the organization**, working closely with our external counsel while progressively bringing more legal knowledge, processes, and execution in-house.

This is not a role for someone who only coordinates outside counsel. We are looking for someone who is comfortable **drafting, negotiating, making practical risk assessments, and building processes from scratch**.

## What you'll own

**Corporate & Governance**

* Corporate governance and board-related matters
* Equity, ESOP, stock option and capitalization matters
* Fundraising and financing support
* Coordination with external corporate counsel

**Commercial**

* Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
* Vendor, manufacturing, partnership and enterprise agreements
* NDAs and other day-to-day contracts
* Building standardized contracting processes and templates

**Employment & People**

* Employment and contractor agreements
* Employee separations and related documentation
* IP assignment and confidentiality matters
* Employee policies and handbook
* Immigration and employment-law coordination
* Supporting People Operations and HR-related compliance

**Privacy & Compliance**

* Privacy and data protection
* Consumer protection
* Product-related regulatory matters
* Internal compliance programs
* Coordination with specialist external counsel where necessary

**Legal Operations**

* Build Pocket's legal infrastructure
* Create scalable processes for contracts and approvals
* Manage outside counsel and legal spend
* Identify legal risks proactively rather than reactively

## What we're looking for

* **5+ years of relevant legal experience**
* Strong training at a leading law firm and/or high-growth technology company
* Experience working with **venture-backed technology companies**
* Strong corporate and commercial background
* Familiarity with employment matters and privacy/compliance
* Comfortable operating across areas outside of a narrow legal specialization
* Highly practical and commercially minded
* Able to distinguish between material company risk and theoretical legal risk
* Comfortable working directly with founders in a fast-moving environment
* Builder mentality — you want to create the function, not inherit an established legal department

Experience with **consumer technology, hardware, AI, international expansion, or high-growth DTC businesses** is a strong plus.

## Reporting

Reports directly to the **COO** and works closely with the CEO, CTO, Finance, Operations, Product, and external counsel.

As Pocket grows, this person should have the opportunity to **build and lead the broader Legal function**.