Head of Legal

### Summary of Role

As Head of Legal (*remote- US based only*) at Netchex, you'll lead our Legal function and serve as the senior legal voice in the room — owning commercial contracting end-to-end, directing litigation and outside counsel, and partnering closely with our Executive, Finance, Sales, and Product teams. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you'll manage a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India, stand up legal support for new products and lines of business, and build the playbooks that keep deals moving. This is a hands-on leadership role for an attorney who's equally comfortable negotiating an MSA, advising the ELT, and developing a team.

### Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Legal function and manage a distributed legal team across the U.S. and India
• Own commercial contracting end-to-end, from MSA drafting and negotiation through deal close
• Build, maintain, and drive adoption of the MSA playbook and consistent redline standards
• Manage litigation and direct outside counsel, including oversight of legal spend against budget
• Partner with the Chief Compliance Officer on regulatory matters (compliance and BSA/AML are owned separately by the CCO)
• Serve as legal advisor to Executive, Finance, Sales, and Product teams on day-to-day and strategic legal needs
• Stand up legal support for new products and new lines of business
• Direct AI agents across contract intake routing, metadata extraction, legal research synthesis, and matter status tracking — validating outputs and establishing AI-augmented processes for the legal team
• Coach, develop, and retain legal team members across time zones

### What We're Looking For

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in good standing
• 5-10 years of post-JD experience in corporate/commercial law firm practice or in-house legal
• Substantive commercial contracting experience, including MSA drafting, negotiation, and redline management
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