General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

The General Counsel & Corporate Secretary is Weave’s senior-most legal officer, responsible for leading the company’s legal, governance, enterprise risk, compliance, and security functions. Reporting directly to the CEO, this role provides legal, regulatory, and strategic guidance across the organization, ensures compliance with public-company obligations, and advises executive leadership and the Board on governance and risk. The GC also directs legal support for commercial contracting, product and marketing compliance, and information security oversight, while partnering closely with Finance on SEC filings, disclosure processes, and SOX/ICFR controls. As a strategic business partner, the GC delivers pragmatic, solutions-oriented counsel and works cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Security, People, and Finance to align legal, compliance, and governance programs with Weave’s business priorities, including support for mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

This position will be: In Office (local candidates)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

What You Will Own

Corporate Governance & Corporate Secretary Responsibilities

• Serve as Corporate Secretary, ensuring accurate and compliant Board and committee documentation, governance processes, and corporate records.

• Prepare, coordinate, and maintain Board and committee agendas, materials, minutes, resolutions, annual calendars, and governance filings.

• Advise the CEO, Board, and executive team on governance requirements, risk considerations, and public-company best practices.

• Support Board and committee meetings with legal oversight, governance guidance, and high-quality decision-making materials.
  

Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Security Leadership

• Own company-wide legal and regulatory compliance programs, policies, and controls.

• Provide leadership and oversight for Weave’s security function, ensuring strong alignment across legal, compliance, risk, privacy, and information security programs.

• Lead enterprise risk management efforts, including regulatory risk, privacy risk, cybersecurity legal risk, litigation exposure, and insurance programs.

• Maintain an independent escalation pathway to the CEO and Board for matters involving ethics, investigations, whistleblower concerns, or compliance issues.

• Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters, overseeing dispute resolution strategies to protect the company’s rights, reputation, and intellectual property.

• Strengthen privacy governance across the organization, including data-use frameworks, privacy controls, and incident response readiness.

Public-Company Responsibilities

• Partner with the CFO and Finance teams to oversee disclosure controls, SOX/ICFR processes, risk assessments, and public-company reporting obligations.

• Support and oversee preparation of SEC filings, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and completeness across all required disclosures.

• Advise on securities law, insider trading compliance, equity administration, governance documentation, and corporate policies.
  

Legal Operations & Business Support

• Lead day-to-day legal operations across commercial contracting, employment law, corporate compliance, privacy, IP, litigation, and general corporate matters.

• Improve and scale legal processes, templates, systems, and workflows to support a high-growth SaaS environment.

• Provide strategic legal guidance across Sales, Product, Engineering, HR, Finance, Operations, and other functions.

• Oversee outside counsel across commercial, employment, litigation, regulatory, and corporate matters.

• Manage legal department budget, outside counsel spend, and operational efficiency initiatives.
  

Strategic Transactions

• Lead legal strategy for M&A transactions, including structuring, due diligence, negotiation, execution, and post-close integration.

• Advise executive leadership on risk, deal terms, regulatory issues, and strategic considerations associated with acquisitions and partnerships.

• Build scalable frameworks and processes for evaluating and executing future strategic transactions.
  

What You Will Need to Accomplish the Job

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership.

• 15+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including a mix of law firm and in-house roles and meaningful exposure to public-company obligations and Board inte