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Head of Legal
LegalRemote — United States
Published on 2026-10-27
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About this role
Retool is hiring a senior legal leader to own and scale its legal function. The role combines hands-on commercial and privacy work with executive advising, team leadership, and corporate legal support, including guidance on AI-related issues.
About the company
Retool is a software development company that provides a platform for building internal tools rapidly. They serve various industries by enabling businesses to create custom applications tailored to their operational needs.
The team
Legal team, reporting to the CFO and partnering with Sales, Finance, Trust, Product, and People.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the legal team, setting priorities and managing hiring, automation, and outside counsel.
- Own customer and vendor contracting, including complex SaaS agreements and strategic enterprise deals.
- Lead privacy and data protection legal work across products, contracts, and customer reviews.
- Advise on AI-related legal issues, including terms, responsible use, IP, data rights, and regulation.
- Build legal workflows, templates, playbooks, and policies, using AI tools where helpful.
- Advise teams on employment, IP, compliance, and operational legal matters.
- Manage outside counsel and the legal budget; support governance, equity administration, financing, and corporate development.
- Report on legal risk, workload, and team performance to company leadership.
What we're looking for
- J.D. and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 10+ years of legal experience, with deep B2B SaaS commercial contracting experience.
- Experience leading or managing attorneys or a legal function, or demonstrated readiness to do so.
- Working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and privacy requirements for enterprise SaaS and AI products.
- Familiarity with AI legal issues, including model and data licensing, IP ownership, and emerging regulation.
- Strong risk judgment, prioritization, and communication skills; able to explain legal tradeoffs to executives.
- Comfort handling high-volume commercial work independently.
- High ethical standards and curiosity about AI tools and legal technology.
Nice to have
- Experience with Ironclad or a similar contract management system.
- Corporate governance, financing, or employment law experience.