When you join the Fountain team, you become part of the leading enterprise solution for frontline workforce management. Fountain’s automated, customizable platform provides a seamless applicant experience for workers, while ensuring organizations can scale and manage their frontline talent.
We’ve helped hundreds of companies like UPS, CLEAR, Stitch Fix, GoPuff, Fetch, and sweetgreen to hire, onboard, and manage over 14 million workers in more than 75 countries.In 2022, we closed $185M in our Series C, led by SoftBank and B Capital.Join our growing team of highly collaborative, ambitious, and forward-thinking Fountaineers as we empower our hundreds of customers and millions of frontline workers around the world.Let’s elevate frontline work together.
About the role:
You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact at a company that truly values the role it plays in shaping the organization. You’ll collaborate closely with our Executive Team, Finance, Sales Management, Partnerships, Customer teams, Product, and Engineering departments to review, draft, strategize, and negotiate contracts, partnership agreements, and other legal matters. These may include data privacy and ethical AI considerations, as well as compliance-by-design initiatives.As Corporate Counsel, you will work with outside counsel and cross-functional teams to ensure that all transactions and agreements align with Fountain's commitment to legal alignment.
You will help ensure that critical business, privacy, and data security requirements are met. The ideal candidate will be passionate about contracts, legal negotiations, partnership agreements, and SaaS solutions, with a service-oriented mindset and a demonstrated ability to solve problems, negotiate complex issues, and think creatively.
What you'll be doing:
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including:
- SaaS and master services agreements
- NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements)
- Professional services, marketing, and vendor agreements
- Data processing agreements
- Channel and strategic partnership agreements
- Provide information on what our risk is with new regulations around HR, AI, and frontline workers.
- Provide sound, practical, and strategic legal advice to go-to-market teams and internal departments including Finance, Security/IT, Product, Innovation, Marketing, HR, and Executive teams.
- Identify legal and regulatory issues with product and marketing initiatives, operational matters, and customer engagements, including privacy and data security concerns. Collaborate with the appropriate teams to devise effective and creative solutions.
- Develop and lead initiatives aimed at driving efficiency and effectiveness within the legal department, utilizing technology, streamlined processes, forms, and industry best practices.
- Support internal stakeholders in navigating complex legal requirements, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
What You Should Bring:
- Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in a state within the United States.
- 2-5 years of demonstrated in-house experience at a technology company and/or relevant law firm experience.
- Strong knowledge of contract law. Corporate law, intellectual property, and compliance matters are a plus.
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
- Balancing legal considerations with business objectives in a fast-paced, startup environment.
- Familiarity with data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and SaaS industry regulations is a plus.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
- Mission-driven mindset - Fountain is opening opportunities for the global workforce, at scale. You believe in the mission of the company and want your contribution to make a dent.
- A Team Player attitude- You have a proven track record of collaborating with different business teams and meaningfully contributing to inter-departmental projects.
Nice to Have:
- Expertise with international transactions and corporate matters
- Expertise in employment laws, specifically in regard to hiring
Salary Range: $165,000 - $175,000#LI-KS1Even if you do not meet all the requirements above, we still encourage you to apply for this position. While we try to be thorough with our prerequisites, not everything about you as a candidate can be condensed into a list of bullet points. What do you have to lose?
Fountain offers an incredibly unique work environment.
We employ a diverse team all over the world. Each Fountaineer is given the freedom to do their best work from wherever they choose. We also understand the importance of in-person connections and hold in-person meetings with your team and meet annually as an organization to build our relationships and focus on the future of moving Fountain Forward. The benefits we offer in the United States include competitive health plans and a retirement plan. Some Fountain-wide perks offered to all employees across the globe include a flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, monthly lunch stipends, annual allowances for ongoing education related to your profession and career advancement, along with home office, cell phone, and wellness reimbursements.
Fountain is a global employer, so some benefit offerings will vary from country to country.Fountain is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, disability, and veteran status.For information about how we use your information and the rights you have with respect to your information, visit our Privacy Policy.#LI-Remote
