Overview: Reporting to the CEO, the General Counsel will advise the executive team and lead the legal, privacy, and compliance functions.
Company: Apollo.io is the leading B2B sales intelligence and engagement platform, trusted by over 160,000 companies and more than one million users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Apollo.io provides sales teams with easy access to contact data for over 220 million contacts, along with tools to engage with these contacts in one single platform. By helping sales professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers.
Experience: 12-15+ years legal experience including top law firm training followed by a senior role as in-house counsel in the technology industry. Proven success working as a Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel in fast-paced, rapidly evolving pre-IPO/IPO environments is ideal profile. Experience with complex general corporate matters and IP (including patent portfolio management) with very strong data privacy/security and related compliance oversight. Substantive experience, gravitas and business orientation to interact with the C-suite and business teams while managing and building a lean legal department required. Some SaaS, GCPR, international or employment experience is a plus.
Relocation/Travel: No relocation. This is a national search with fully remote work for now. Large group of employees in San Francisco area and several key executives in NY – so anticipate periodic travel to those locations, as well as needed to support the business in India, Columbia, The Philippines and Mexico. Slight preference for candidates in the Bay Area or New York.
Bar: Member in good standing of at least one U.S. state.
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