Banyan Software
Director, Legal Affairs & Operations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Director
Sponsorship not specified$175k-$200kDetected 19 days ago
Incident ResponseNegotiationM&AProcurementRecruitingCorporate LawLeadershipCommunicationPlain Language
About the role
- Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc.
- 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.
- Director, Legal Affairs & Operations Banyan Software | Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) | Head Office Legal Team This is not a typical in-house legal role.
Responsibilities
- Lead post-close legal onboarding for newly acquired portfolio companies: review their existing contract stack, identify gaps and risks, align templates and processes with Banyan standards, and build the foundation for the OpCo to manage its own commercial matters going forward.
- Once set up correctly, OpCos run their own commercial negotiations
- Maintain and develop a roster of overflow counsel across North America who service OpCo day-to-day legal needs, billing the OpCo directly.
- Manage IP matters for the global portfolio through a dedicated external law firm relationship, coordinating filings, renewals, enforcement questions, and strategic IP matters on behalf of portfolio companies
- Manage privacy and data incidents across the portfolio, working with Banyan's cyber insurance carriers and information security team to coordinate incident response, breach notifications, and remediation efforts
- Build and maintain a self-serve legal resource library: template contracts, negotiation playbooks, approval checklists, and plain-language guidance that empowers operators to move independently
- Create the kind of materials that answer questions before they are asked, reducing legal friction and building operator confidence at scale
- Champion the principle that accessible legal infrastructure is a competitive advantage for the businesses we support, and prove it
- We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
Requirements
- 6-9+ years of experience, with meaningful in-house time at a technology or software company.
- You have operated in a lean environment, owned a broad scope, and are comfortable being the primary legal voice in the room.
- Experience at large, highly structured organizations with narrow mandates is less likely to be the right preparation for this role.
- Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI tools in your legal practice: not theoretical familiarity, but actual workflow integration with results you can speak to
- Strong commercial judgment: the ability to identify what is actually material, give a plain-language answer, and help a business move forward
- Experience managing external counsel relationships, including coordinating instructions across matters, reviewing invoices, and ensuring the advice fits the business context
- You are not the bottleneck.
- You are the person who makes sure there does not need to be one.
Skills
- not theoretical familiarity, but actual workflow integration with results you can speak to
- Comfortable operating autonomously, advising senior leadership, and making good calls under ambiguity
- you write for operators, not judges
- Nice to Have
- Experience with M&A transactions: reviewing purchase agreements, conducting due diligence, or supporting post-close integration
- Familiarity with multi-jurisdiction corporate governance and entity management across Canada, the U.S., UK, or Australia
- Prior experience in a shared services, portfolio, or multi-company legal model
- Travel: Periodic (~10%)
- Advise on HQ employment matters including complex terminations, policy questions, workplace investigations, and HR-adjacent legal issues
- Engage cross-functionally with Banyan's M&A, Finance, HR, and Operations teams on legal matters that touch the holding company
Compensation
- CAD $175,000-$200,000 base salary, excluding annual bonus and equity (when applicable).
- Salary is based on a number of factors including market conditions, location and may vary depending on job-related skills and experience.
- This position is for an existing vacancy.
- As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.
- We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
- Recruitment Notice
Benefits
- Together, we unite for equality and equity.
Equal opportunity
- Contact us at any time with questions about our process or to request accommodation.
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