vay
Legal, Vice President (VP)
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · Exec
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Incident ResponseComplianceM&AProcurementCorporate LawRoboticsLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Ever imagined saying, "I helped launch the future of transportation"?
- We're rewriting the rules of urban mobility.
- We're live in Las Vegas and scaling fast, powered by a strategic investment of up to $410 million from Grab.
Compensation
- A stake in Vay's future - not just a salary.
Benefits
- Experience supporting fundraising rounds, growth equity transactions, venture financing, M&A, due diligence, or other strategic corporate transactions.
- 🌴 Flexible Paid Vacation Days
- 🏥 Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- 🏋️♂️ Wellness Hub free gym access & wellness app subscriptions
Company info
- First to roll out vehicles in both Europe and the USA on public roads without a human being inside & currently the 2nd largest commercial, driverless car fleet in the Western World.
- We've partnered with Kodiak to bring remote-driving technology to autonomous trucks in the US, showcasing our ability to integrate our system into heavy-duty commercial vehicles and expand the applications of our tech across the US.
- We've completed 10's of thousands of trips so far and are busy multiplying our Las Vegas fleet just to meet demand!
- Lead Vay's legal function across the US and Europe, setting the strategy, priorities, operating model, and ways of working as the company scales.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, leadership team, and board across legal, regulatory, commercial, risk, privacy, employment, corporate, and strategic matters.
- Own corporate governance and company structure, including board matters, subsidiary governance, equity management, option grants, 409A processes, and equity plan administration.
- Lead legal workstreams for fundraising, strategic transactions, partnerships, commercial alliances, M&A, due diligence, and future corporate development opportunities.
- Build and own Vay's regulatory strategy for Remote Driving across federal, state, municipal, US, European, and future market requirements.
- Own commercial legal work across vendors, suppliers, customers, partnerships, vehicle procurement, insurance, leasing, maintenance, and strategic agreements - including scalable templates, approval workflows, and legal playbooks.
- Lead Vay's data privacy and protection program across CCPA, GDPR, passenger data, vehicle telemetry, Remote Driving session data, operational recordings, employee data, and vendor data processing agreements.
- Design and manage Vay's insurance, risk, and incident response strategy, including commercial auto, general liability, D&O, E&O, cyber, product liability, safety reporting, litigation, government inquiries, and novel coverages required for Remote Driving operations.
- Advise across employment, IP, compliance, real estate, and outside counsel strategy, ensuring specialist support is used effectively where needed.
- Lead and develop the existing legal team, hire selectively as the function matures, manage outside counsel spend and performance, and set the standard for legal at
- At Vay, customers tap a button and a car arrives - with no one inside - powered by our world-first Remote Driving technology on real public streets.
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