General Counsel
UpGuard(6 months ago)
About this role
The General Counsel will lead UpGuard’s global in-house legal function for its pre-IPO cybersecurity SaaS business. Reporting to the COO, this role provides enterprise-wide legal leadership and counsel across all areas of the company. The GC will partner closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to support growth while managing legal and regulatory risk. The position is fully remote within specific U.S. states and sits at the intersection of legal, technology, and business strategy.
Required Skills
- Legal Strategy
- Team Leadership
- B2B SaaS Contracting
- Product Counseling
- Compliance Management
- Data Privacy
- Trade Compliance
- Anti Bribery
- AI Governance
- Corporate Governance
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Qualifications
- Law Degree
- Bar Admission In Good Standing
About UpGuard
upguard.comUpGuard is a cyber risk posture management platform that unifies vendor supply‑chain risk, external attack surface monitoring, and human workforce security into a single view. It provides continuous monitoring, vendor security assessments, security ratings, breach and exposure detection, and automation to collect evidence and drive remediation. Enterprises use UpGuard to centralize third‑party risk programs, quantify security posture, and streamline workflows across security, procurement, and compliance teams. The company positions its platform as an end‑to‑end solution for reducing supply‑chain and operational cyber risk at scale.