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DispatchVP of Legal
Dispatch seeks a Head of Legal, also known as VP of Legal, to direct the daily legal operations as an initial individual contributor. This hands-on position…
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VP of Legal at Dispatch is a full-time role. Work arrangement: Not specified. Location: United States. No salary is shown in this listing. It was posted on Oct 2, 2026. This listing is paused and not taking applications at the moment.
Job Description
Dispatch seeks a Head of Legal, also known as VP of Legal, to direct the daily legal operations as an initial individual contributor. This hands-on position suits an experienced commercial attorney capable of making practical risk assessments and establishing legal infrastructure for an early-stage company.
The role involves close collaboration with executive leadership, sales, customer success, product, security, finance, and people departments. Key focus areas include enterprise commercial agreements, privacy and data matters, and scalable legal processes. Specialized corporate duties such as fundraising and investor relations will continue under outside counsel.
Operating as the primary internal legal resource, this position requires an individual who enjoys close proximity to business objectives and high-volume contracting tasks. The candidate will help the organization scale efficiently by balancing commercial goals with calculated risk management.
Responsibilities
- Manage commercial contracts including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating MSAs, order forms, statements of work, and multi-year enterprise agreements
- Lead negotiations with enterprise customers alongside their legal, procurement, privacy, and security teams
- Formulate pragmatic positions regarding indemnification, liability limits, intellectual property, warranties, and other commercial terms
- Design and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval thresholds, and fallback positions
- Implement systems and processes to handle contract intake, negotiation, approval, execution, and management
- Draft and negotiate data processing agreements, privacy terms, and security addenda
- Advise on data residency, breach notification, subprocessors, retention, customer data usage, and AI restrictions
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and security on legal aspects of new offerings, data flows, and AI/ML features
- Provide routine employment legal support covering offer letters, contractor agreements, and separations
- Supervise outside counsel usage and transition appropriate responsibilities internally over time
Requirements
- J.D. from a top law school
- Active membership in good standing with the bar of at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 5 to 15 years of total legal experience
- Minimum of 3 years of in-house experience with direct commercial contracting ownership
- Law firm training in commercial contracts, privacy, technology transactions, or a related area
- Demonstrated experience negotiating enterprise agreements, MSAs, and order forms for a B2B SaaS company
- Experience negotiating data processing agreements and security addenda covering breach notification, data residency, subprocessors, and AI usage
- Background in reviewing third-party data-sharing arrangements
- General employment law background covering offer letters, consulting agreements, and employee separations
- Experience managing outside counsel and determining when specialized advice is needed
- Experience at an organization with under 250 employees or at Series C or earlier stage
Qualifications
- Experience serving as the first internal legal hire for a company
- Experience shifting major legal functions from outside counsel to an internal team
- Experience creating contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and approval frameworks from scratch
- Working knowledge of the financial services ecosystem including wealth managers, asset managers, and custodians
- Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or related compliance programs and enterprise security reviews
- Experience evaluating or implementing contract lifecycle management software
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The Head of Legal reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO).
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