Fractional General Counsel for High-Growth Tech

Go Fractional; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Pocket is seeking a Fractional General Counsel to own, coordinate, and build the company’s legal function as we scale globally. You will be the central point of ownership for everything legal, connecting external counsel with internal teams, setting priorities, driving execution, and ensuring issues are resolved efficiently.

This ongoing fractional engagement requires consistent weekly availability and close collaboration with the founders, focusing primarily on U.S.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience with corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, and compliance matters.
• Experience advising venture-backed, high-growth technology companies.
• Strong governance and commercial agreements background.
• Working knowledge of employment, privacy, compliance, and litigation management.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the company's legal roadmap and day-to-day matters.
• Serve as the primary contact for external law firms and coordinate across internal teams.
• Track matters, deadlines, deliverables, and decisions; manage outside counsel budgets.
• Build scalable legal processes and approval workflows; escalate material risks.
• Coordinate corporate governance, equity-related matters, fundraising and transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements; manage NDAs and templates.
• Oversee employment agreements, IP assignments, and HR compliance.
• Coordinate privacy, data protection and regulatory matters; support compliance programs.
• Collaborate with founders and senior leadership; translate legal advice into business actions.
• Work primarily on U.S. matters with international counsel as needed.

Skills

8+ years legal experience

Venture-backed tech experience

External counsel coordination

Commercial judgement

Execution oriented

Collaborating with founders

Job description

Pocket is seeking a Fractional General Counsel to own, coordinate, and build the company’s legal function as we scale globally. You will be the central point of ownership for everything legal, connecting external counsel with internal teams, setting priorities, driving execution, and ensuring issues are resolved efficiently.

This ongoing fractional engagement requires consistent weekly availability and close collaboration with the founders, focusing primarily on U.S.