General Counsel & Head of Legal Operations (AI-First) at saas.group

This role is designed for a senior M&A attorney (6–10 years of experience) who is tired of traditional law firm bureaucracy and wants to lead at the intersectio

Work type: remote

Location: Remote

Salary: $100,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a senior M&A attorney (6–10 years of experience) who is tired of traditional law firm bureaucracy and wants to lead at the intersection of legal, tax, and technology. The ideal candidate likely comes from a top-tier Private Equity or M&A practice and has transitioned—or is eager to transition—into an "AI-native" workflow. You must be comfortable managing complex cross-border transactions and a $100M debt facility while acting as a "sophisticated buyer" of external counsel. As the first legal hire, you have the unique opportunity to build a "lean but high-leverage" department from scratch using an AI-augmented tech stack. The position is 100% remote and offers high autonomy, replacing billable hours with a focus on deal velocity and structural efficiency. Compensation includes significant participation in a Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) program, allowing you to share in the growth of a global SaaS portfolio. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have a JD/LLM and deep experience leading SPAs and due diligence for mid-market acquisitions. * Are "tax-literate" enough to model cross-border deal structures and transfer pricing logic using AI tools. * Prefer "prompt engineering" and automation over writing long-form legal memos. * Thrive in a high-trust, low-meeting environment where risk is quantified in dollars.

Job Description

### The Mission

We are a Delaware-incorporated, remote-first serial acquirer of SaaS companies across North America and Europe. With a portfolio spanning 6+ jurisdictions, a $100M debt facility, and a 400-person global team, our complexity is high, but our team is lean.

We are looking for our first General Counsel & Head of Legal Ops. We don't want to build a massive legal department; we want to build a massive legal advantage. You will be the architect of an AI-augmented legal and tax function that enables us to acquire 5+ companies per year with unprecedented speed and structural efficiency.

### The "AI-First" Mandate

In this role, your "Junior Associate" and "Tax Senior" are Large Language Models (LLMs). You will:

• Scale through Automation: Implement AI-driven due diligence to audit hundreds of SaaS contracts in hours.

• AI-Augmented Tax Structuring: Use advanced AI agents to perform "first-pass" research on cross-border tax treaties (US/EU), transfer pricing logic, and permanent establishment risks.

• Self-Serve Governance: Deploy internal AI tools to handle 80% of routine queries from our global team regarding SARs, HR compliance, and NDAs.

• Outside Counsel Optimization: Act as a "sophisticated buyer" of legal and tax services—using AI to verify work and ensuring we only pay for high-level "human-in-the-loop" sign-offs.

• M&A Execution: Lead the legal lifecycle of ~5 acquisitions/year. Own the SPA, manage local counsel in Europe/NA, and drive deals to close.

• Strategic Tax Structuring: Work at the intersection of legal and finance. Use AI to model tax-efficient deal structures (Asset vs. Share) and maintain our global transfer pricing framework between Delaware and our European subsidiaries.

• Debt & Capital: Manage our $100M debt facility—handling drawdowns, ensuring covenant compliance, and managing lender relations.

• Global People Ops: Oversee compliance for a 400-person workforce (FTEs, Contractors, EOR) across Germany, Austria, France, Finland, Canada, and the US.

• Equity (SARs): Manage and scale our Stock Appreciation Rights program globally.

• The M&A Quarterback: You have 6–10 years of experience (JD/LLM required), likely coming from a top-tier Private Equity or M&A practice.

• AI-Native: You don't just "use" AI; you prompt-engineer your workflow. You are comfortable building a "no-code" legal stack.

• The "Tax-Literate" Generalist: You aren't a CPA, but you understand the "geometry" of international tax. You can use AI to navigate a tax treaty and know exactly when to pull in a specialist for a final "stress test."

• Operational Mindset: You value deal velocity over long memos. You quantify risk in dollars, not just "could/might" language.

We expect you to own the budget for and implement:

1. AI Due Diligence: For contract analysis and liability mapping.

2. Entity Management: For our 6+ global subsidiaries.

3. CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management): To automate SaaS sales and vendor agreements.

4. Tax AI Research: To stay ahead of OECD/Pillar Two and local European tax changes.

### Why Join Us?

• Blueprint Power: You are the first hire. You define the tech stack and the strategy.

• No Billable Hours: Success is measured by the efficiency of the "Acquisition Engine."

• High Leverage: Manage a $100M facility and a global portfolio with the best tools available.

• Incentives: Significant participation in our SAR program.

• Ultimate flexibility: We’re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.

• Freedom and autonomy: We’re a high-trust team, and you’ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way — with plenty of help from the team when you need it.

• Minimum bureaucracy: We don’t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable.

• Small & friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.

• Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning and expertise with each other internally.

• Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.

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saas.group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you're passionate about working with a team that values innovation, excellence, and fairness, we encourage you to apply.

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