Emergence

Director of Legal

Remote - US · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$275k-$375kDetected 22 hours ago

NegotiationM&AIntellectual PropertyLeadership

About the role

Emergence is hiring its first dedicated legal hire.
You will work closely with a fractional General Counsel who will mentor you and a curated bench of outside specialist counsel who handle deal work, litigation, and matters requiring deep subject-matter expertise.
You are not expected to be a specialist in every area - you are expected to know the business well enough to triage correctly, resolve what's routine, and route what isn't to the right place.

Portfolio legal operations and support
Build and operate the infrastructure this function currently lacks: centralized matter intake and tracking, legal playbooks, escalation protocols, and portfolio-wide reporting.
partner with senior legal leadership and specialist outside counsel on substantive template design, negotiation positions, and risk parameters.
Support the development and ongoing management of an outside-counsel panel, including matter routing, performance tracking, and coordination around pricing and engagement terms.
Commercial, corporate, and post-acquisition support
Manage entity and subsidiary governance across the holding structure.
Support legal workstreams following new acquisitions, including coordinating legal intake, tracking remediation items, and escalating material issues to senior legal leadership and business stakeholders.
Develop sound judgment about when to escalate matters, which specialist to engage, and when issues require senior legal review.

3-5 years of legal experience, ideally with meaningful time at a smaller company or an early-stage in-house function, not exclusively at a large law firm or a large corporate legal department
Ability to apply legal judgment across multiple industries simultaneously without deep expertise in each regulatory regime.
Experience working across multiple business lines or subsidiaries simultaneously
Familiarity with legal matter-management, intake, contract-lifecycle, or AI-assisted legal-operations tools

We offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package.
The base salary range for this role is $275,000-$375,000, plus a performance-based bonus and equity. Placement within the range is based on job-related factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.
Route M&A, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, tax, and specialized regulatory matters (including healthcare privacy) to appropriate outside counsel.

Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses.
We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks.

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