Head of Legal, Risk, and Compliance

Description

• Personally step into high-stakes negotiations with banks, financial institutions, and enterprise clients.
• Manage external counsel across corporate, contract, and employment firms.
• Support M&A and partnership activity alongside Corporate Development, leading legal due diligence, agreement drafting in coordination with outside counsel, and contribute to negotiation strategy.
• Monitor regulatory developments in fintech, payments, privacy, and AI; advise leadership on implications and represent Built with regulators and industry bodies as needed.
• Develop systems and processes that balance speed, risk, and commercial acceleration - enabling swift and clear decision support for operational counterparts and leadership.
• Guide decision support on payments and funds disbursement practices for regulatory compliance and payment partner requirements, making payments compliance a differentiator for Built.
• Lead all client, partner, and vendor contracting - including enterprise SaaS and services, data, and payment-processing agreements.
• Manage litigation strategy and dispute resolution in partnership with outside counsel, ensuring alignment with business and risk priorities.
• Oversee equity administration and management at Built, including equity approval processes and board consents in partnership with our People and Finance functions.
• Aid in the drafting and review of Board of Directors materials, governance materials, and aid in the consistent improvement of our Board practices at Built.
• Oversee our end-to-end procurement process, coordinating corporate functions to deliver a seamless experience that manages cost, risk, and enablement.
• Partner with People leadership and outside counsel on employment law matters, including policies, multi-state compliance, investigations, and sensitive employee issues.
• Oversee protection and management of Built’s IP, including software, data rights, trademarks, and licensing terms in client/vendor agreements.
• Oversee client due diligence processes and compliance with financial institution standards.
• Lead select high-stakes negotiations and vendor contracting.
• Build out privacy/data programs to ensure commercial adoption and risk management.
• Own enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), including oversight of our compliance function, SOC 2 and similar compliance frameworks.
• Manage corporate governance and board processes in coordination with external counsel, building Built’s sophistication and future-proofing future corporate evolutions.
• Prepare the company for future evolutions including potential capital raises, IPO-readiness, and other transaction types.
• Build out and oversee Built’s enterprise risk management (ERM) practice, acting as a risk advisor - framing decisions, tradeoffs, and policy recommendations.
• Establish standardized vendor management policies that scale with enterprise expectations.
• Stand up policies for AI use, responding to emerging use cases and internal opportunities to safely accelerate our pace of delivery.
• Oversee corporate insurance programs (cyber, D&O, E&O, liability) as part of the broader enterprise risk management framework.

Requirements

• Corporate oversight: experience leading or as a key contributor to corporate/entity management, corporate governance, and/or board management.
• Demonstrated ability to drive negotiations with enterprise financial institutions and win balanced outcomes.
• Experience with AI governance, fintech regulatory structures, or data/privacy compliance.
• Built Recognized in Two American Business Award Categories
• Experience leading procurement
• Executive presence: able to represent Built credibly in the room with client GCs, regulators, and the board.
• Exposure to M&A deal execution and integration.
• Builder mentality: thrives in ambiguity, creates systems from scratch, and scales processes.
• Proven success leading commercial contracting in SaaS, fintech, or payments.
• Prior role as a Deputy GC or #2 legal leader in a growth-stage SaaS or fintech company or comparable at a law firm.
• Leadership ability: track record of mentoring teams and collaborating across functions.
• Strong risk management mindset: able to design frameworks, not just execute checklists.
• Global entity management experience

Benefits

• Flexible working hours, paid family leave, ERGs & Mentorship opportunities
• Learning grant program to support ongoing professional development
• Robust compensation package, including equity in the form of stock options
• Series D Financing Round
• 401k with match and expedited vesting
• The rare opportunity to radically disrupt a $1.5T industry
• Competitive benefits including: uncapped vacation, health, dental & vision insurance

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance