General Counsel

1) Legal leadership, governance, and risk management

• Own Pathify’s legal strategy, operating rhythm, and risk framework (including a pragmatic risk register).
• Set clear internal processes for legal review, approvals, escalation, and recordkeeping.
• Provide practical, business-oriented advice to executive leadership and functional leaders.

2) Commercial contracting and revenue enablement

• Lead customer contracting (MSAs, order forms, amendments, DPAs/security exhibits, procurement terms).
• Create and maintain templates, accepted edits library, and negotiation playbooks to improve speed and consistency.
• Establish an intake process and service levels for contract review so support is predictable, not ad hoc.
• Support vendor and partner agreements as required.

• Own Pathify’s privacy and data protection posture across customer and end-user contexts.
• Ensure product and customer-facing terms/policies remain aligned to product capabilities, including AI-enabled functionality.
• Partner with Security/Engineering/Product to translate legal requirements into implementable controls (retention, deletion, access controls, audit/logging, vendor management).
• Manage regulatory requirements relevant to Pathify’s markets (e.g., GDPR and education-related privacy/data requirements), coordinating with specialists as needed.

4) Corporate governance, structure, and cross-border compliance

• Maintain corporate governance hygiene for the Delaware parent and Australian subsidiary, including Board/stockholder consents, delegated authorities, subsidiary oversight, and required filings (via outside counsel where appropriate).
• Partner with the CFO and external advisors on corporate structure decisions supporting growth, fundraising, and cross-border operations.

5) Intercompany agreements, transfer pricing, and tax legal support

• Own the legal documentation underpinning cross-border operations (intercompany services agreements, IP licensing arrangements, cost allocations, and related policies), aligned with finance operations and external tax strategy.
• Coordinate with tax advisors on transfer pricing workstreams by ensuring appropriate contracts, governance, and evidence are in place to support the intended tax treatment.
• Provide legal support on tax-adjacent matters (e.g., employee mobility, permanent establishment risk, withholding concepts), partnering with Finance and specialists.

6) Employment and workplace legal support (US & Australia)

• Maintain and improve employment templates and policies, ensuring local compliance across all jurisdictions where Pathify employees reside.
• Advise People/Leadership on employment matters, investigations, terminations, and policy interpretation, using local counsel where appropriate.

7) Corporate, equity, and compliance (US parent + AU subsidiary)

• Support equity administration legal workstreams (option grants, plan/document updates, 409A coordination, equity-holder support), partnering with Finance and external specialists.
• Establish repeatable processes and documentation standards for cap table and equity-related actions (e.g., Carta workflows).

8) IP, technology, and brand protection

• Maintain Pathify’s IP hygiene: employee/contractor IP assignment, confidentiality controls, trademark strategy, and brand protection.
• Manage software/legal topics including open-source software (OSS) compliance basics, inbound/outbound licensing terms, and legal review of product releases as needed.

9) Disputes, incident response, and insurance

• Lead triage and management of disputes, claims, complaints, and demand letters; oversee outside counsel when needed and keep matters tracked and decision-ready.
• Serve as legal lead for security/privacy incident response (with Security/IT), including notifications and customer/regulator communications.
• Partner with the CFO/Finance team on risk mitigation via insurance (D&O, EPLI, cyber, etc.), aligning contract risk allocation with coverage and supporting claims management.

10) Compliance program foundations and legal operations

• Build and maintain a “minimum viable” compliance program appropriate for a scaling SaaS company (code of conduct, key policies, training cadence, reporting mechanism, records retention/legal hold).
• Build a contract/document repository and simple tracking for obligations, renewals, and key terms.
• Manage outside counsel efficiently with clear scopes, budgets, and deliverables.
• Create “self-serve” legal enablement for teams where appropriate (guides, FAQs, training, templates).

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