General Counsel & Company Secretary
Culture AmpEmployee Experience company
Sydney, AustraliaDirector
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Legal & Compliance
About the role
TL;DR
Lead legal strategy, governance, and a global legal team for Culture Amp.
- •You're a strategic thinker with deep expertise in corporate law, governance and leadership, ready to lead and inspire a high-performing legal team.
- •As General Counsel & Company Secretary, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and Board, ensuring legal, regulatory and governance excellence across the business.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead Culture Amp's legal strategy end to end, balancing risk management with business goals.
- •Act as Company Secretary, running governance for the Board and its committees and staying on top of statutory obligations.
- •Advise the executive team directly on high-stakes calls: AI adoption, capital raises, M&A, regulatory compliance and major commercial contracts.
- •Lead and grow the global legal team, including the Directors of Legal (Commercial, and Product & Privacy), lifting the whole function's service and capability.
- •Requirements 15+ years PQE, with deep corporate law and governance expertise, ideally in-house in SaaS or technology-driven industries.
- •A proven track record advising boards and executive teams on complex legal, compliance and regulatory issues.
- •Practical experience using AI in legal work (contract review, drafting, research), with good judgement on where it's safe to lean on it and where it isn't.
- •Strong knowledge of global privacy law and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, the Australian Privacy Act), with comfort setting risk tolerance in ambiguity.
Required skills
Contract ManagementRisk ManagementCompliance ManagementM&AGDPRStrategic Planning
Benefits & perks
Equity, Learning programs and coaching, Quarterly refresh days, Extended end-of-year break, Monthly allowance, Inclusive parental leave, MacBook and budget to set up home workspace, Five annual social impact days, Medical insurance coverage
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptJavaC++C#GoRustRubyPHPSwiftKotlinScalaRSQLBashCObjective-CPerlLuaElixirClojureHaskellDartReactVue.jsAngularNext.jsSvelteHTMLCSS