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

• Experience managing litigation and directing outside counsel, including managing legal spend against budget

• Experience leading or mentoring legal staff, including distributed or international team members

• PE-backed portfolio company experience strongly preferred

• Fintech, HCM, or financial services exposure preferred

About You

• You're comfortable being the senior legal voice with executive and sponsor stakeholders, and you say the hard thing when it needs saying

• You exercise sound judgment on privilege determinations, risk calls, and escalations — and you know which decisions are yours alone to make

• You translate legal risk into business terms, so partners across Sales, Finance, and Product understand the trade-off, not just the objection

• You're hands-on and comfortable building where structure doesn't exist yet

• You lead well across time zones and cultures, and you invest in developing the people on your team

Why You'll Love This Role

• Full ownership of the Legal function and its U.S. and India-based team

• End-to-end ownership of commercial contracting, not a narrow slice of the deal cycle

• A seat with the executive team and direct partnership with the CFO, CCO, Sales, Finance, and Product

• Deep domain expertise in payroll, HCM, and employment law

• The opportunity to build — playbooks, processes, and legal support for entirely new product lines

• Hands-on experience directing AI agents and designing AI-augmented legal workflows

•     A clear path forward — this role is a direct runway to Chief Legal Officer

How We Show Up at Netchex

Our culture is built on behaviors we commit to every day, in every role:

• Win Together: We operate as one team with one mission. Collaboration over silos, always.

• Deliver Results: We own outcomes. No excuses - just accountability and impact.

• Raise the Bar: We pursue progress relentlessly. Better today; stronger tomorrow.

• Decide and Drive: We take action with clarity and confidence. Perfection isn't the goal - momentum is.

• Bring the Energy: We show up with positivity and intention. Because the right mindset fuels performance.