Senior Director, Corporate Counsel

• What You’ll Do
• Build the Corporate Engine & IPO Readiness
• Design and implement a best-in-class corporate governance framework to transition VAST from a late-stage private company to a public-market-ready enterprise.
• Manage legal workstreams that identify and manage risk and prepare us for future diligence events.
• Own the Board of Directors and Committee process: collaborate with the CLO and CEO on agendas, draft minutes, and manage board prep.
• Strategic Transactions & Capital Markets
• Act as the lead legal counsel for all M&A, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
• Manage the full deal lifecycle: from NDAs and due diligence to definitive agreement negotiation and post-closing.
• Support the CFO/CLO on capital markets activities, including future financing rounds, secondary offerings, and debt facilities.
• Global Expansion & Subsidiary Governance
• Partner with Finance and Tax to lead VAST’s international expansion, including entity formation, intercompany agreements, and local regulatory compliance across EMEA, APJ, and beyond.
• Manage the corporate governance and annual compliance for all global subsidiaries and affiliates.
• Generalist Leadership: Tax, HR & Equity
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the People (HR) team on executive compensation, global equity incentive plans (including tax implications), and sensitive employment matters.
• Partner with Finance on tax structuring, insurance programs, and corporate audits.
• Build and scale "Legal Ops" processes, templates, and playbooks to drive efficiency.
• Pedigree & Experience: J.D. with 6+ years of combined experience at a Tier 1 law firm (Capital Markets/M&A) and in-house at a high-growth, late-stage technology company.
• The "Scale" Factor: Proven experience navigating the transition from private to public; you have ideally been "at the table" for an IPO or a major multi-billion dollar exit.
• Technical Breadth: Deep expertise in corporate law, SEC reporting, and equity plan management. You understand the nuances of the "disaggregated" software/hardware business model.
• Global Mindset: Experience managing multinational corporate structures and the "Permanent Establishment" risks associated with rapid international scaling.
• Judgment & Velocity: Exceptional ability to provide "business-first" legal advice.
• Ownership: You are a builder. You are excited by the prospect of creating a function from scratch rather than just maintaining a pre-existing one.
• The opportunity to report directly to a CLO at one of the fastest-growing companies in tech.
• A "seat at the table" for the strategic transactions and governance decisions that will define the company's future.

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