MongoDB
Corporate Legal Director - Securities, M&A
New York City; Palo Alto; United States · Director
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About the role
- This role can be based out of our New York or Palo Alto offices or remotely in the United States.
- Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win.
- Learn more about what it's like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!
Responsibilities
- M&A & Strategic Growth: Lead legal strategy, diligence, drafting, negotiation, and post-closing integration for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments
- Legal Tech & Team Leadership: Direct external counsel performance and legal budgets. Drive operational innovation by implementing advanced technologies and AI workflows to optimize legal delivery across cross-functional teams
- SEC Compliance & Capital Markets: Own end-to-end public company reporting and disclosure processes, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and Section 16 filings.
- MongoDB is transforming the $138B+ data management software market by empowering developers to build the next generation of applications.
- Reporting to our Deputy General Counsel, you will serve as a strategic legal partner to the Board of Directors, executive management, Finance, HR, and Investor Relations.
- You will drive public company compliance, oversee corporate transactions, and architect scalable legal operations for a high-growth environment.
- Own end-to-end public company reporting and disclosure processes, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and Section 16 filings.
- Corporate Governance & Board Support:
- Lead legal strategy, diligence, drafting, negotiation, and post-closing integration for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments
Requirements
- Subject Matter Expertise: Proven record of leading public company SEC filings, corporate governance frameworks, M&A transactions, and board-level reporting
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication and advisory skills, with a track record of driving consensus and advising C-suite executives and board members
Skills
- Direct external counsel performance and legal budgets.
- Education & Bar:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing
Compensation
- Salary is one part of MongoDB's total compensation and benefits package.
- Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates.
- MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:
- Corporate Governance & Board Support: Advise senior leadership and the Board of Directors (and its committees) on corporate governance best practices, ESG, and annual stockholder meeting preparation, including managing the annual Proxy Statement
- Advise senior leadership and the Board of Directors (and its committees) on corporate governance best practices, ESG, and annual stockholder meeting preparation, including managing the annual Proxy Statement
Benefits
- Lead legal execution for equity/debt offerings and capital market transactions
Company info
- With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we're powering the next era of software.
- MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market.
- We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software.
- Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
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