Associate General Counsel

The Associate General Counsel role will manage high-volume legal requests (sales, customer success, vendor procurement, security, privacy), support our cross-functional teams, and drive strategic legal initiatives to enable Unanet's continued growth as well as Unanet’s transaction-readiness. The ideal candidate will combine technical understanding with practical legal expertise to protect company interests while enabling business objectives.

What You'll Do
Legal Request Management

• Manage high-volume legal ticketing system for customer success and sales teams (email, Slack, Salesforce legal cases)
• Provide timely, business-focused legal guidance on customer contracts and customer inquiries
• Develop efficient processes to prioritize and address legal requests

Contract Management

• Review, draft, and negotiate vendor agreements, NDAs, and other commercial contracts
• Support partner team with partner agreements and relationship management
• Maintain and update contract templates to reflect current business needs and legal requirements

Intellectual Property & Compliance

• Manage IP portfolio including trademarks, open-source code libraries, and software licensing
• Conduct and assist with privacy and security reviews for product development and data handling
• Develop and maintain compliance programs
• Create and deliver legal training programs for employees

Strategic Initiatives

• Support M&A activities including due diligence, integration, and post-acquisition matters
• Provide legal guidance on regulatory compliance
• Assist marketing team with IP protection, content review, and promotional compliance
• Collaborate with product teams on feature development legal requirements

Who You Are

• Juris Doctor degree and active bar membership
• 5+ years of in-house legal experience with SaaS/technology companies
• Strong understanding of software licensing, IP, privacy, and commercial contracts
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly
• Exceptional time management and organizational abilities
• Self-starter capable of working independently across departments
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple cross-departmental projects simultaneously
• Strong project completion focus and follow-through
• Proficiency with legal technology platforms (Ironclad, Zip, DataGrail, GC AI, etc.)

Your Differentiators

• Experience with AI regulation and implementation
• M&A transaction experience
• Experience scaling legal operations in growth-stage companies

Your First 90 Days

Days 1-30: Orientation & Foundation

• Complete comprehensive onboarding process and legal department orientation
• Meet with key stakeholders across all departments (sales, customer success, product, marketing, partner team)
• Review existing contract templates, processes, and legal request workflows
• Familiarize with current legal technology platforms (Ironclad, Zip, DataGrail, GC AI, etc.)
• Shadow General Counsel on ongoing matters and strategic initiatives
• Review IP portfolio including current trademark registrations and open-source code libraries, AI models and vendors
• Understand current compliance programs and regulatory requirements
• Complete initial assessment of legal request ticketing system volume and priorities

Days 31-60: Integration & Assessment

• Assess and evaluate current AI legislation and impact on Unanet business 
• Assess current compliance programs and identify improvement opportunities
• Start participating in cross-departmental meetings and legal training delivery planning
• Review and update contract templates to reflect current business needs and legal requirements
• Conduct initial privacy and security reviews for ongoing product development initiatives
• Establish efficient processes to prioritize and address high-volume legal requests

Days 61-90: Full Engagement & Strategic Contribution

• Assume joint responsibility for high-volume legal request management across all departments
• Lead contract negotiations with vendors and partners independently
• Propose and implement process improvements for legal operations efficiency
• Contribute actively to strategic legal initiatives and transaction-readiness efforts
• Begin managing partner agreements and relationship support for partner team
• Support marketing team with IP protection, content review, a