Founding General Counsel — Build the Legal Function

Perry Weather; Kentucky; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Voluntary benefits

Office culture events

Job summary

Perry Weather is seeking its first General Counsel to build the legal function from the ground up and report directly to the President. You will own all legal work across the company, from customer contracts to corporate governance, privacy, and IP protection.

As the company grows, this role will support international expansion, potential M&A, and partnerships, while coordinating with the CFO and CTO. This is a hands‑on, foundational leadership role based in our Oak Lawn–Dallas office.

Responsibilities

• Customer contract negotiations. Lead negotiation of new customer contracts and renewals across our verticals – including enterprise, government, and public‑sector customers – working closely with sales to keep deals moving without sacrificing the company's position.
• Commercial agreements. Own partnership, referral, and reseller agreements, vendor and supplier agreements (SaaS, data, and hardware suppliers), staffing and consulting agreements, NDAs, real estate leases, and other commercial agreements.
• Corporate legal. Handle entity governance, bylaws, and other corporate matters, and support financings, banking relationships, and other corporate transactions alongside our CFO.
• Employment and IP. Support employment matters (offer letters, separation agreements, contractor arrangements) alongside our People function, and manage the protection of our intellectual property.
• Privacy, security, and compliance. Handle the legal side of data privacy, security, and compliance matters, partnering with our CTO.
• Everything else legal. You are the point person for all things Legal at Perry Weather, including coordination of outside counsel for various specialty matters.
• Build the legal function. As our first legal hire, you'll build the function from scratch:
• Templates and playbooks. Standardize our customer contract templates and build negotiation playbooks with pre-approved fallback positions so deals move faster and sales knows what is negotiable.
• Contracting process. Create a legal intake and review process with clear SLAs, so the business knows when legal is needed and gets fast turnaround when it is.
• Legal tech stack. Own and level up our legal tooling —AI-assisted contract review, document management, etc.
• Obligation and renewal tracking. Stand up visibility into contract terms, renewals, and surviving obligations across customers, vendors, and leases.
• Outside counsel. Consolidate and manage our outside counsel relationships and the legal budget, deciding what stays in-house vs. goes outside.
• Counsel to leadership. Be a pragmatic advisor to the President and leadership team, and train the broader team on contracting basics and legal risk.

Job description

Perry Weather is seeking its first General Counsel to build the legal function from the ground up and report directly to the President. You will own all legal work across the company, from customer contracts to corporate governance, privacy, and IP protection.

As the company grows, this role will support international expansion, potential M&A, and partnerships, while coordinating with the CFO and CTO. This is a hands‑on, foundational leadership role based in our Oak Lawn–Dallas office.