Senior Litigator

Full-Time | Fully Remote

Superior Executive & Legal Recruiting is conducting an exclusive search for a midsized California plaintiff-side employment law firm. This role suits an experienced litigator who has led a firm’s litigation practice, practice group, or litigation team, with a focus on litigation strategy, attorney performance, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Oversee litigation team performance, case strategy, and outcomes; manage outside counsel relationships

• Partner with leadership on case selection, litigation strategy, and performance metrics

• Recruit, coach, and develop litigation attorneys and staff

• Lead settlement strategy and negotiation on high-value, complex matters

• Drive operational and technology improvements to increase efficiency and attorney productivity

Qualifications

• Active California bar license

• 7+ years managing a plaintiff-side employment firm, practice group, or team

• Proven track record negotiating and resolving complex employment matters

• Strong business judgment and operational mindset

This role offers competitive compensation and incentives. All resumes will be treated with strict confidence.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell

We are seeking a Lead Counsel, Commercial Legal to lead Chainguard’s US commercial legal team, reporting to the Director of Commercial Legal who oversees the global commercial legal function. This is a people leadership role with real deal ownership. You will manage a team of legal professionals while remaining a hands-on negotiator and trusted partner to our US Go-To-Market organization.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned commercial attorney who has made the transition into legal management and knows how to lead a high-performing team without losing their edge as a practitioner. You are organized, decisive, and business-minded, equally capable of coaching a team member through a difficult negotiation and closing a deal yourself. You thrive in high-growth environments, operate with a strong degree of autonomy, and bring the judgment and credibility to earn the trust of both your team and your sales partners.

In addition to deep commercial expertise, this role requires experience navigating open source licensing considerations, familiarity with US federal and state privacy and data security frameworks, and comfort negotiating with highly regulated customers across industries such as financial services, healthcare, defense, and insurance.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of US-based commercial legal professionals
• Own the overall health, output, and velocity of the US commercial legal function, ensuring the team is well-resourced, well-coordinated, and operating at a high level
• Serve as a hands-on commercial attorney, personally managing a portfolio of complex enterprise deals from negotiation through close
• Draft, review, and negotiate the full range of commercial agreements — SaaS agreements, enterprise customer agreements, MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs, and partner and channel agreements — including on complex customer paper
• Partner with the global Director of Commercial Legal to align the US team’s practices, playbooks, and priorities with the broader commercial legal strategy
• Build and iterate on commercial playbooks, escalation frameworks, and template libraries tailored to the US market
• Create and maintain self-serve resources that empower Sales, Customer Success, and other go-to-market teams to move faster with less legal friction
• Negotiate directly with sophisticated customer counsel, including those at financial services, insurance, healthcare, defense, and pharmaceutical organizations
• Ensure commercial agreements align with open source licensing requirements and industry best practices
• Maintain familiarity with applicable US federal and state privacy laws (including CCPA/CPRA, state data breach notification requirements, and sector-specific frameworks) as they relate to commercial contracting
• Partner closely with Product and Security, and other cross-functional teams to align legal guidance with business and technical objectives
• Provide practical, risk-calibrated guidance to senior leadership and go-to-market stakeholders consistent with company policies and risk tolerance
• Own US quarter-end and month-end closing cycles, ensuring the team has what it needs to get deals across the line on time

What We’re Looking For

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal qualification with active bar or solicitor membership in good standing
• 10+ years of commercial legal experience, ideally combining law firm and in-house technology company experience
• Currently sitting in an in-house, sell-side commercial legal role; candidates whose current focus is procurement, vendor management, or buy-side contracting are not a fit for this role
• Currently managing a team of at least two legal professionals, with a track record of developing and retaining strong legal talent
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage a full commercial deal cycle from negotiation through close, including complex enterprise transactions on customer paper
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal and business issues into clear, actionable guidance for sales leaders and senior stakeholders
• Working knowledge of open source licensing and compliance considerations
• Proven ability to balance legal risk with business objectives while maintaining deal velocity
• Experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or related technology sectors strongly preferred
• Comfort leading a team through pressure, particularly during month-end and quarter-end closing periods

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to lead a team and own a function at one of the most exciting companies in the cybersecurity and open source space. You will have real authority over how Chainguard’s US commercial legal team operates — setting the tone, building the playbooks, and developing the people — while staying close to the deals that drive the business. As Chainguard continues to grow, so does the opportunity for the people who helped build it.

Base Salary Range

$221,000—$260,000 USD

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians” with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Chainguard will process your personal data in accordance with Chainguard’s Global Candidate Privacy Notice.

©2026 Chainguard. All Rights Reserved.

L'analyste principal, Conformité AML, joue un rôle essentiel dans le soutien des obligations réglementaires de Western Union au Canada, y compris dans les différentes provinces, notamment le Québec, ainsi qu'auprès des autorités fédérales compétentes.

This Role

Lead Paralegals own attorney relationships, client communications, and the smooth progression of cases from sign-up to resolution. You’ll be the primary point of contact for both firms and clients, coordinating with the broader Legal Ops team to keep every case moving efficiently while ensuring the client experience is exceptional. You’ll provide regular updates, anticipate and remove bottlenecks, and ensure attorneys always have case information a their fingertips.

You Will:

• Serve as the primary liaison between Finch, attorneys, and clients
• Maintain proactive communication with clients throughout treatment and the case lifecycle
• Provide detailed case status reports and updates to attorneys and firms
• Work with case managers, intake specialists, and demand reviewers to coordinate case progress
• Identify and resolve delays or issues before they affect outcomes
  
  

Your Team: Legal Operations

Legal Operations is responsible for delivering exceptional outcomes for our law firm partners and their injured clients with precision, speed & care. At Finch, we’re building a team of the top 1% of legal operators with experience from law firms across America, and enabling them with next-generation technology to serve more clients, with more humanity.

You Might Be a Fit if You:

• Have 10+ years of paralegal experience, ideally in personal injury or high-volume plaintiff work
• Are bilingual in Spanish and English (preferred)
• Are highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in communication
• Can build trust quickly with attorneys and clients alike
• Understand the importance of both client experience and case velocity
• Are able to work Pacific Time (PST) hours to support client needs
  
  

Compensation

$85,000 – $125,000 annual salary + equity

Additional benefits include:

• 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan
• In-office snacks, drinks, and daily team lunch and dinners
• Flexible PTO (we trust you to take the time you need)
  
  

At Finch Legal, we believe in practicing what we advocate.

As a company dedicated to upholding justice and protecting people in the workplace, we are equally committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment within our own walls. We welcome and support individuals from all backgrounds and lived experiences — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or veteran status.

We recognize that diversity strengthens our team, enriches our perspectives, and empowers us to better serve our clients and communities. At Finch Legal, inclusion isn’t just a value — it’s a practice.

Compensation Range: $85K - $125K

This Role

Lead Paralegals own attorney relationships, client communications, and the smooth progression of cases from sign-up to resolution. You’ll be the primary point of contact for both firms and clients, coordinating with the broader Legal Ops team to keep every case moving efficiently while ensuring the client experience is exceptional. You’ll provide regular updates, anticipate and remove bottlenecks, and ensure attorneys always have case information a their fingertips.

You Will:

• Serve as the primary liaison between Finch, attorneys, and clients
• Maintain proactive communication with clients throughout treatment and the case lifecycle
• Provide detailed case status reports and updates to attorneys and firms
• Work with case managers, intake specialists, and demand reviewers to coordinate case progress
• Identify and resolve delays or issues before they affect outcomes
  
  

Your Team: Legal Operations

Legal Operations is responsible for delivering exceptional outcomes for our law firm partners and their injured clients with precision, speed & care. At Finch, we’re building a team of the top 1% of legal operators with experience from law firms across America, and enabling them with next-generation technology to serve more clients, with more humanity.

You Might Be a Fit if You:

• Have 10+ years of paralegal experience, ideally in personal injury or high-volume plaintiff work
• Are bilingual in Spanish and English (preferred)
• Are highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in communication
• Can build trust quickly with attorneys and clients alike
• Understand the importance of both client experience and case velocity
• Are able to work Pacific Time (PST) hours to support client needs
  
  

Compensation

$85,000 – $125,000 annual salary + equity

Additional benefits include:

• 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan
• In-office snacks, drinks, and daily team lunch and dinners
• Flexible PTO (we trust you to take the time you need)
  
  

At Finch Legal, we believe in practicing what we advocate.

As a company dedicated to upholding justice and protecting people in the workplace, we are equally committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment within our own walls. We welcome and support individuals from all backgrounds and lived experiences — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or veteran status.

We recognize that diversity strengthens our team, enriches our perspectives, and empowers us to better serve our clients and communities. At Finch Legal, inclusion isn’t just a value — it’s a practice.

Compensation Range: $85K - $125K

This Role

Lead Paralegals own attorney relationships, client communications, and the smooth progression of cases from sign-up to resolution. You’ll be the primary point of contact for both firms and clients, coordinating with the broader Legal Ops team to keep every case moving efficiently while ensuring the client experience is exceptional. You’ll provide regular updates, anticipate and remove bottlenecks, and ensure attorneys always have case information a their fingertips.

You Will:

• Serve as the primary liaison between Finch, attorneys, and clients
• Maintain proactive communication with clients throughout treatment and the case lifecycle
• Provide detailed case status reports and updates to attorneys and firms
• Work with case managers, intake specialists, and demand reviewers to coordinate case progress
• Identify and resolve delays or issues before they affect outcomes
  
  

Your Team: Legal Operations

Legal Operations is responsible for delivering exceptional outcomes for our law firm partners and their injured clients with precision, speed & care. At Finch, we’re building a team of the top 1% of legal operators with experience from law firms across America, and enabling them with next-generation technology to serve more clients, with more humanity.

You Might Be a Fit if You:

• Have 10+ years of paralegal experience, ideally in personal injury or high-volume plaintiff work
• Are bilingual in Spanish and English (preferred)
• Are highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in communication
• Can build trust quickly with attorneys and clients alike
• Understand the importance of both client experience and case velocity
• Are able to work Pacific Time (PST) hours to support client needs
  
  

Compensation

$85,000 – $125,000 annual salary + equity

Additional benefits include:

• 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan
• In-office snacks, drinks, and daily team lunch and dinners
• Flexible PTO (we trust you to take the time you need)
  
  

At Finch Legal, we believe in practicing what we advocate.

As a company dedicated to upholding justice and protecting people in the workplace, we are equally committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment within our own walls. We welcome and support individuals from all backgrounds and lived experiences — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or veteran status.

We recognize that diversity strengthens our team, enriches our perspectives, and empowers us to better serve our clients and communities. At Finch Legal, inclusion isn’t just a value — it’s a practice.

Compensation Range: $85K - $125K

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

About the role

Flex’s ability to operate in every market we serve depends on maintaining a growing portfolio of state licenses, spanning consumer lending (servicing), loan brokering, and money transmission, and consistently demonstrating to regulators and bank partners that our oversight is precise, proactive, and scalable.

We are seeking a Director, Head of License & Exam Management to own this pillar end-to-end. This is not a maintenance role. Flex’s LEM function is early in its maturity journey, and this leader will be responsible for architecting the frameworks, systems, and team operating model that take it from a largely manual, reactive posture to a mature, automated, and exam-ready program.

You will design and execute Flex’s licensing strategy across all three entity types, build the infrastructure to manage a license portfolio that is growing in both volume and complexity, and ensure Flex is always prepared for state exams, audits, and bank partner reviews. You will partner closely with Legal, Product, Operations, Finance, and our bank partners to embed licensing and exam readiness into the way Flex operates, not bolt it on after the fact.

This role reports to the Chief Compliance Officer and is a critical leadership position within the Compliance organization.

What you’ll do

License Strategy & Operations

• Own Flex’s multi-state licensing strategy across servicing, brokering, and money transmitter licenses, including acquisition, renewals, amendments, and surrenders.
• Design and maintain a comprehensive license matrix that maps licensing requirements to Flex’s products, entities, and jurisdictions — ensuring the company always knows where it has the right to operate and where gaps exist.
• Build scalable workflows for license applications, renewals, and regulatory filings, leveraging licensing management platforms (e.g., Brico/NMLS integration) to automate deadline tracking, document management, and submission processes.
• Monitor regulatory changes at the state and federal level that affect licensing requirements, and translate those changes into actionable updates to internal policies, processes, and filings.
• Establish and own the escalation process for at-risk licenses, including remediation plans, stakeholder communication, and regulator engagement.
• Partner with Legal to evaluate licensing implications of new products, features, and market expansions — ensuring licensing readiness is embedded into product roadmaps and go-to-market planning.

Exam & Audit Management

• Architect Flex’s exam readiness framework, ensuring the company is continuously prepared for state regulatory exams, bank partner audits, and ad hoc regulatory inquiries.
• Lead exam execution end-to-end: scoping, stakeholder preparation, evidence collection, regulator meeting facilitation, data request tracking, and real-time internal reporting.
• Build and maintain a centralized repository of exam artifacts, response libraries, and institutional knowledge that accelerates preparation and improves response quality over time.
• Own post-exam processes including root cause analysis of findings, corrective action tracking, lessons learned documentation, and procedure updates.
• Develop pre-exam preparation programs — including mock exams and stakeholder readiness sessions — that strengthen Flex’s posture and reduce risk of surprise findings.

Regulatory Relationships & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as a primary point of contact with state regulators on licensing and exam matters, building constructive relationships that support proactive issue resolution and reinforce Flex’s credibility.
• Partner with Legal, Product, Operations, Finance, and Business Development to ensure licensing obligations and exam expectations are understood and embedded across the business.
• Represent the LEM function in internal governance forums, bank partner meetings, and senior leadership updates — translating licensing and exam posture into clear, decision-relevant insights.
• Generate compliance reporting on license health, exam readiness, and regulatory engagement — including dashboards, KPIs, and executive summaries that provide real-time visibility into the pillar’s performance.

Leadership & Program Maturity

• Define and execute a maturity roadmap that moves Flex’s LEM function from ad hoc to mature across license management, exam management, change management, and reporting.
• Implement AI-enabled workflows and automation to increase the speed, accuracy, and auditability of licensing and exam processes — with appropriate human-in-the-loop governance.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members, establishing clear performance expectations, creating career development paths, and building a bench of future compliance leaders.
• Set the operating rhythm for the LEM team — including prioritization frameworks, SLA-based workflows, and reporting cadences that ensure disciplined execution without bottlenecks.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of experience in licensing, exam management, or compliance operations at a fintech, bank, or regulated financial services provider, with progressively expanding scope and ownership.
• Direct experience managing multi-state licensing portfolios, including consumer lending, loan brokering, and/or money transmitter licenses.
• Proven track record of leading regulatory exam cycles end-to-end — preparation, execution, and remediation — with state regulators and/or bank partners.
• Deep knowledge of state licensing frameworks, NMLS processes, and the regulatory landscape governing consumer lending, payments, and money transmission.
• Experience building or significantly maturing a licensing or exam management function — moving it from reactive and manual to proactive and scalable.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Legal, Product, and Operations teams, translating regulatory obligations into operational guardrails that enable business velocity.
• Comfort with compliance technology and automation — experience implementing or governing licensing platforms, workflow automation, or AI-enabled compliance tools.
• Strong communicator who can represent Flex credibly with state regulators and translate complex licensing and exam dynamics into clear guidance for internal stakeholders.
• Organized, precise, and reliable — someone who instills confidence through the quality and consistency of their work.
• Experience with Brico, NMLS Consumer Access, or similar licensing management platforms.
• Familiarity with fintech–bank partnership models and the licensing implications of bank-sponsored lending or payments programs.
• Experience building exam response libraries, regulatory contact trackers, or evidence automation systems.
• Background in scaling compliance programs in a growth-stage or venture-backed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; JD or advanced degree a plus.

Compensation

Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, and compensation may vary depending on your primary work location. Work locations are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be commensurate with their experience, qualifications, and Flex’s internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks.

Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle)

$208,000—$260,000 USD

Tier 2 (Austin, Washington D.C. Philadelphia, San Diego, Chicago, Atlanta)

$187,000—$234,000 USD

Tier 3 (Salt Lake City, all other USA cities)

$176,800—$221,000 USD

Life at Flex

We understand that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self aware people to grow a successful company. Our HQ is located in New York City, but we have employees located throughout the US, Australia, Canada and South America. We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

Offices

Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.

Benefits

For full-time U.S. employees we offer:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision
• Company equity
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Free Flex subscription

For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer:

• Competitive compensation + company equity
• Unlimited PTO

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