Head of Legal (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $223,000–$319,000 USD base salary

Company

hirify.global develops secure networking software that connects people and devices, helping individuals and organizations protect networks and share access to internal tools.

What you will do

• Build and evolve the strategy, priorities, operating model, and team for the legal function.
• Advise executives and cross-functional leaders on complex legal issues, material risks, and practical business decisions.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Sales, Finance, People, Operations, and Marketing.
• Strengthen commercial legal capabilities, including hiring and developing a dedicated contracts leader.
• Build scalable legal processes, policies, systems, and decision-making frameworks.
• Manage outside counsel and coordinate legal guidance across the countries where hirify.global operates.

Requirements

• Significant legal experience, including meaningful in-house experience at a technology company and experience scaling legal functions in startup or high-growth environments.
• Law degree and active membership in good standing with at least one applicable state, provincial, or recognized bar association.
• Broad business judgment and experience advising executives on complex or consequential decisions.
• Experience partnering with technical, operational, and commercial teams.
• Experience building or improving legal capabilities, teams, programs, processes, or areas of practice.
• Strong communication skills, sound judgment, curiosity, and comfort moving between strategic leadership and hands-on execution.

Nice to have

• Experience with developer tools, infrastructure, cloud, networking, cybersecurity, data, or other technically complex software environments.
• Background in open-source software, licensing, APIs, integrations, marketplaces, or technology partnerships.
• Experience with product counseling, privacy, data governance, intellectual property, emerging technology, or AI-enabled products.
• Experience with cross-border data, data residency, corporate governance, financing, strategic transactions, or board matters.
• Experience building legal functions and leading in-house legal professionals at growth-stage companies.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, inclusive, remote-first work environment with virtual and in-person social events.
• Base salary, equity incentive plan, and comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits.
• Employer-funded retirement contributions and paid time off.
• $1,500 USD annual professional development budget, plus mentorship and coaching opportunities.
• Company laptop, monthly home internet reimbursement, and $500 USD for home office setup.
• Paid parental leave, including up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.