• Own Pathify’s legal strategy, operating rhythm, and risk framework (including a pragmatic risk register). • Set clear internal processes for legal review, approvals, escalation, and recordkeeping. • Provide practical, business-oriented advice to executive leadership and functional leaders. • Lead customer contracting (MSAs, order forms, amendments, DPAs/security exhibits, procurement terms). • Create and maintain templates, accepted edits library, and negotiation playbooks to improve speed and consistency. • Establish an intake process and service levels for contract review so support is predictable, not ad hoc. • Support vendor and partner agreements as required. • Own Pathify’s privacy and data protection posture across customer and end-user contexts. • Ensure product and customer-facing terms/policies remain aligned to product capabilities, including AI-enabled functionality. • Partner with Security/Engineering/Product to translate legal requirements into implementable controls (retention, deletion, access controls, audit/logging, vendor management). • Manage regulatory requirements relevant to Pathify’s markets (e.g., GDPR and education-related privacy/data requirements), coordinating with specialists as needed. • Maintain corporate governance hygiene for the Delaware parent and Australian subsidiary, including Board/stockholder consents, delegated authorities, subsidiary oversight, and required filings (via outside counsel where appropriate). • Partner with CFO and external advisors on corporate structure decisions supporting growth, fundraising, and cross-border operations. • Own the legal documentation underpinning cross-border operations (intercompany services agreements, IP licensing arrangements, cost allocations, and related policies), aligned with finance operations and external tax strategy. • Coordinate with tax advisors on transfer pricing workstreams by ensuring appropriate contracts, governance, and evidence are in place to support the intended tax treatment. • Provide legal support on tax-adjacent matters (e.g., employee mobility, permanent establishment risk, withholding concepts), partnering with Finance and specialists. • Maintain and improve employment templates and policies, ensuring local compliance across all jurisdictions where Pathify employees reside. • Advise People/Leadership on employment matters, investigations, terminations, and policy interpretation, using local counsel where appropriate. • Support equity administration legal workstreams (option grants, plan/document updates, 409A coordination, equity-holder support), partnering with Finance and external specialists. • Establish repeatable processes and documentation standards for cap table and equity-related actions (e.g., Carta workflows). • Maintain Pathify’s IP hygiene: employee/contractor IP assignment, confidentiality controls, trademark strategy, and brand protection. • Manage software/legal topics including open-source software (OSS) compliance basics, inbound/outbound licensing terms, and legal review of product releases as needed. • Lead triage and management of disputes, claims, complaints, and demand letters; oversee outside counsel when needed and keep matters tracked and decision-ready. • Serve as legal lead for security/privacy incident response (with Security/IT), including notifications and customer/regulator communications. • Partner with the CFO/Finance team on risk mitigation via insurance (D&O, EPLI, cyber, etc.), aligning contract risk allocation with coverage and supporting claims management. • Build and maintain a “minimum viable” compliance program appropriate for a scaling SaaS company (code of conduct, key policies, training cadence, reporting mechanism, records retention/legal hold). • Build a contract/document repository and simple tracking for obligations, renewals, and key terms. • Manage outside counsel efficiently with clear scopes, budgets, and deliverables. • Create “self-serve” legal enablement for teams where appropriate (guides, FAQs, training, templates).