Legal Counsel

Kiddom Inc; San Francisco, New York (CA, NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering educational platform as their first dedicated legal counsel, where your expertise will directly influence the company's growth and compliance. This role offers the opportunity to draft and negotiate critical agreements, ensuring that the organization adheres to all legal standards while supporting its ambitious goals. Collaborate with a passionate team committed to transforming K-12 education through innovative technology. This is not just a job; it's a chance to make a meaningful impact in the education sector while enjoying a supportive and inclusive work culture. If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)

10 paid sick days per year

Unlimited vacation time

Paid family leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in legal matters and corporate governance.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review legal documents ensuring clarity and alignment.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Identify legal risks and propose practical solutions.

Skills

Legal Contract Drafting

Negotiation Skills

Compliance Assurance

Risk Assessment

Corporate Governance

Communication Skills

Business Acumen

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

As Kiddom’s first dedicated legal counsel, you will use your deep understanding of legal contracts and organizational partnerships to support and protect our rapidly growing business. Reporting to the VP of Strategy and Operations, this individual will collaborate across departments, and ultimately be responsible for:

Responsibilities:

• Drafting & Reviewing Agreements: Creating, reviewing, and refining legal documents, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with company goals
• Negotiation Support: Collaborating in negotiations, protecting and enforcing the company’s interests
• Compliance Assurance: Ensuring Kiddom is set up to comply with relevant commercial, transactional, and privacy laws & regulations
• Risk Assessment: Identifying potential legal risks and proposing practical solutions to mitigate them
• Process Improvement: Developing standard templates and streamlining processes for recurring legal needs to enhance consistency and scalability

This role will interface directly with Counsel representing clients, partners, and vendors.

Who you are...

• You have demonstrated success working across a wide range of legal matters, including oversight for all corporate reporting and obligations, and corporate governance experience (including management of board and committee).
• You’re an excellent oral and written communicator, able to synthesize and present complex ideas simply and understandably to employees at all levels, as well as the executive team and the Board.
• Your strong negotiation skills are balanced with an above-average business acumen, informing your legal recommendations.
• You have deep experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of top-priority commercial agreements.
• You have provided legal support for sales organizations at scale. You work autonomously and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
• You have a proven ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.

$160,000 - $200,000 a year

Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role-related ability during the interview process.

What we offer

We are a passionate, collaborative team focused on building transformative education technology and making a measurable impact in K-12 education.

We strive to create an inclusive, positive team culture where everyone is respected and valued for everything they bring to Kiddom, not just what they produce.

Full-time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day:

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 10 paid sick days per year
• Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.

COVID Vaccination Policy

Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events. We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.