Senior Corporate Counsel, GTM Legal

Senior Corporate Counsel, GTM Legal

Are you a legal innovator who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and risk management? Do you enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to build scalable legal processes that directly impact revenue? Are you excited to be the go-to legal advisor guiding go-to-market strategy at a high-growth fintech startup? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

Ridgeline's legal team is dedicated to protecting the company's core values by delivering sound and practical advice to business decision makers. As our Senior GTM Legal Architect, you'll be a strategic partner to Sales, Product, and Finance, ensuring our Go-To-Market operations are built for velocity, compliance, and long-term growth. You'll work closely with Ridgeline's VP of Legal and Corporate Secretary as a trusted co-pilot, driving excellence in contract lifecycle management and enabling commercial success through smart, efficient legal processes. This role offers the opportunity to use cutting-edge technologies, including AI tools like ChatGPT, to reimagine legal workflows and optimize operations at scale.

What will you do?

• Design strategic legal processes and playbooks that accelerate Ridgeline's revenue growth
• Facilitate seamless collaboration between Sales and Legal through effective training, enablement, and relationship-building
• Guide customer-facing teams through complex enterprise SaaS transactions with sharp negotiation and legal insight
• Define and improve intake processes, escalation criteria, and operational playbooks to streamline execution and scale
• Enhance and evolve contract lifecycle management systems tailored for vertical SaaS complexities
• Collaborate with internal IT and external vendors on legal technology systems and integrations
• Advise on a range of legal matters and functional areas, partnering with external counsel when necessary
• Build and mature a strong commercial legal function, including delivering L&D resources to elevate legal team capability

Desired Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of in-house commercial legal experience drafting, negotiating, and closing enterprise SaaS and other technology contracts
• 3+ years' experience enabling sales teams on high-complexity transactions and advising on data classification and privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Trustworthy teammate with excellent judgment and integrity
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across legal and business stakeholders
• Strong tech-forward mindset; comfort with platforms like Evisort, SFDC, Google Workspace, and Microsoft Word
• Generalist orientation and a growth mindset—no task is too small, and personal growth aligned with company growth motivates you
• JD required

Bonus:

• Experience with legal tech integrations or automation platforms
• Familiarity with procurement workflows or RevOps structures in high-growth SaaS environments
• Background in advising fast-paced startups or scaling legal teams from early to late stage

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry.

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a "Best Workplace for Innovators," by The Software Report as a "Top 100 Software Company," and by Forbes as one of "America's Best Startup Employers."

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

The cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $185,000 - $242,000. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above.

As an employee at Ridgeline, you'll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.