Clutch (withclutch.com)
VP & General Counsel
Toronto, Ontario · Vp · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
A/B TestingIncident ResponseComplianceNegotiationCorporate LawEmployment LawLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- These values are part of Clutch's cultural framework, alongside Experiment Relentlessly and Refuse to Settle.
- Legal Strategy & Executive Counsel: Serve as the company's senior legal advisor, partnering closely with the CEO and executive team on strategic initiatives, risk management, regulatory matters, governance, and high-impact business decisions.
- You'll help Clutch "check the glovebox" by mastering the basics, avoiding skipped steps, and creating repeatable processes that earn trust.
Responsibilities
- Commercial Contracts & Negotiation: Lead review, drafting, and negotiation of key commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, SaaS and technology agreements, marketplace and automotive partnerships, financing-related agreements, real estate and operations agreements, and other strategic business contracts.
- Consumer Law & Advertising Compliance: Own legal oversight of consumer-facing policies, disclosures, advertising claims, purchase and sale processes, warranty and protection products, refund policies, and customer communications to ensure compliance with applicable consumer protection laws and regulations.
- Automotive & Dealer Regulation: Lead Clutch's compliance approach for OMVIC and applicable provincial motor vehicle dealer requirements, including licensing, advertising, disclosures, sales practices, complaints, audits, and internal training.
- Privacy, Data Security & AI Governance: Build and maintain a scalable privacy and data governance framework, including policies, consent flows, incident response, vendor risk review, data retention, privacy impact assessments, and practical guidance on product, analytics, AI, and customer data use.
- Risk Management & Process Development: Build practical legal processes, templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and training programs that help teams move faster while managing risk consistently.
- Corporate Governance & Board Support: Support corporate governance, board materials, investor matters, financings, entity management, policies, and other corporate legal requirements as Clutch continues to scale.
- External Counsel Management: Manage external counsel efficiently across specialized matters, ensuring high-quality advice, clear accountability, and disciplined legal spend.
- Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing legal function over time, fostering a culture of strong judgment, ownership, speed, high standards, and practical problem-solving.
- Autonomy & ownership - opportunity to build the legal function, influence company strategy, and create scalable processes across the business.
Nice to have
- Deep experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts with strong business judgment and a bias for practical, scalable solutions.
- This is an in-office role based out of our downtown Toronto headquarters or our Mississauga flagship facility.
- Familiarity with Canadian employment law and experience partnering with HR and business leaders on sensitive employee matters is an asset.
- Experience advising on privacy, data security, data governance, and technology-related legal issues, including practical application of Canadian privacy laws.
- Strong understanding of consumer protection, advertising, e-commerce, and customer-facing compliance obligations.
- Experience with automotive retail, OMVIC, vehicle sales, consumer financing, insurance/warranty products, or regulated consumer marketplaces is a significant asset.
Skills
- This posting is for an existing, open vacancy.
Compensation
- Pay decisions reflect objective criteria: skills, performance, market benchmarking, responsibilities and working conditions.
- This posting is for an existing, open vacancy.
- Clutch is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.
- We use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applications.
- Final hiring decisions are made by our team.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plans include healthcare, dental care, vision care, prescriptions, life insurance and dependent coverage; start from day 1.
- Help shape the future of car buying and selling in Canada by leading a critical function for a fast-growing, consumer-facing technology company.
Company info
- Serve as the company's senior legal advisor, partnering closely with the CEO and executive team on strategic initiatives, risk management, regulatory matters, governance, and high-impact business decisions.
- As we scale rapidly, we are looking for a strategic, business-minded VP & General Counsel to lead Clutch's legal function and serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team.
- What we're looking for:
Equal opportunity
- If you require accommodation at any stage of the interview process, please email talent@clutch.ca.
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