General Counsel & Company Secretary

Culture Amp | unspecified

General Counsel & Company Secretary opportunity at Culture Amp.

Job description

General Counsel & Company Secretary is a contract role with Culture Amp, based in Sydney. The position contributes to the employer's work through the function described in the vacancy, with day-to-day focus on Culture Amp is the world’s leading employee experience platform, revolutionizing how 25 million employees across more than 6,000 companies create a better world of work. Culture Amp empowers companies of all sizes and industries to transform employee engagement, drive performance management, and develop high-performing teams. Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company. For more information visit <a class="c-link" href="http://cultureamp.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://cultureamp.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">cultureamp.com</a>.</div>How you can help make a better world of work You're a strategic thinker with deep expertise in corporate law, governance and leadership, ready to lead and inspire a high-performing legal team. As General Counsel & Company Secretary, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and Board, ensuring legal, regulatory and governance excellence across the business. In this role, you'll own Culture Amp's global legal strategy while leading the Directors of Legal (Commercial, and Product & Privacy). You'll work closely with a global business, and your comfort operating in ambiguity, setting risk tolerance, and advising senior stakeholders will set you apart. Duties and responsibilities (Accountabilities): <ul> <li>Lead Culture Amp's legal strategy end to end, balancing risk management with business goals.</li> <li>Act as Company Secretary, running governance for the Board and its committees and staying on top of statutory obligations.</li> <li>Advise the executive team directly on high-stakes

Requirements

You'll work closely with a global business
and your comfort operating in ambiguity
setting risk tolerance
and advising senior stakeholders will set you apart. Duties and responsibilities (Accountabilities): <ul> <li>Lead Culture Amp's legal strategy end to end
balancing risk management with business goals.</li> <li>Act as Company Secretary
running governance for the Board and its committees and staying on top of statutory obligations.</li> <li>Advise the executive team directly on high-stakes calls: AI adoption
capital raises
M&A
regulatory compliance and major commercial contracts.</li> <li>Lead and grow the global legal team
including the Directors of Legal (Commercial
and Product & Privacy)
lifting the whole function's service and capability.</li> <li>Own risk management and GRC
setting the framework and cadence that keeps risk visible to the exec team and Board.</li> <li>Own the company's global privacy strategy
keeping data protection compliant and enabling privacy-first product work.</li> <li>Champion a culture of trust and pragmatism
balancing proactive risk mitigation with enabling business growth.</li> </ul> Qualifications
experience and knowledge required: <ul> <li>15+ years PQE
with deep corporate law and governance expertise
ideally in-house in SaaS or technology-driven industries.</li> <li>A proven track record advising boards and executive teams on complex legal
compliance and regulatory issues.</li> <li>Practical experience using AI in legal work (contract review
drafting
research)
with good judgement on where it's safe to lean on it and where it isn't.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of global privacy law and regulatory frameworks (GDPR
the Australian Privacy Act)
with comfort setting risk tolerance in ambiguity.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a high-performing legal team.</li> <li>Strong drafting skills
with the ability to produce precise
accessible documentation including contracts
policies and governance materials.</li> <li>Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
with the ability to influence at the highest levels.</li> <li>Experience leading a Governance
Risk
and Compliance function
including familiarity with AI Governance frameworks (e.g.