Head of Legal, Risk, and Compliance

Overview

Leads legal, risk, compliance, and procurement for a fast‑growing fintech/proptech SaaS.

Key Responsibilities

• contract management
• risk management
• compliance
• governance
• equity admin
• m&a

Tasks

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

Requirements

• negotiations
• risk management
• m&a
• ai governance
• deputy gc
• leadership

What You Bring

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

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Benefits

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

About Built

-Transformed cumbersome draw management through real-time, collaborative cloud software. -Serves commercial and residential construction lenders, developers, general contractors, and vendors. -Typical projects include large-scale commercial builds and housing developments involving complex financing. -Offers live collateral monitoring, draw automation, payment tracking, lien waiver handling, and compliance oversight.

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