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About the Role

As General Counsel & Company Secretary, you will serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and Board, ensuring legal, regulatory, and governance excellence across the business. You will own the global legal strategy, manage corporate governance frameworks, support the Board, and advise on high-stakes calls including AI adoption, capital raises, M&A, and major commercial contracts. This role requires strong leadership to shape a legal function that enables the business to move fast while managing risk.

Responsibilities

Lead Culture Amp's legal strategy end to end, balancing risk management with business goals.
Act as Company Secretary, running governance for the Board and its committees and staying on top of statutory obligations.
Advise the executive team directly on high-stakes calls: AI adoption, capital raises, M&A, regulatory compliance and major commercial contracts.
Lead and grow the global legal team, including the Directors of Legal (Commercial, and Product & Privacy), lifting the whole function's service and capability.
Own risk management and GRC, setting the framework and cadence that keeps risk visible to the exec team and Board.
Own the company's global privacy strategy, keeping data protection compliant and enabling privacy-first product work.
Champion a culture of trust and pragmatism, balancing proactive risk mitigation with enabling business growth.

Requirements

15+ years PQE, with deep corporate law and governance expertise, ideally in-house in SaaS or technology-driven industries.
Proven track record advising boards and executive teams on complex legal, compliance, and regulatory issues.
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.
Strong knowledge of global privacy law and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, the Australian Privacy Act), with comfort setting risk tolerance in ambiguity.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a high-performing legal team.
Strong drafting skills, with the ability to produce precise, accessible documentation including contracts, policies and governance materials.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at the highest levels.
Experience leading a Governance, Risk, and Compliance function, including familiarity with AI Governance frameworks (e.g. ISO42001).

Skills

Corporate law
Governance
Leadership
Legal strategy
Risk management
AI adoption
Capital raises
M&A
Commercial contracts
Privacy law
Data protection
Drafting
Communication
Stakeholder management
GRC
AI Governance frameworks

Location

Local Culture Amp office

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

15+ years PQE

Benefits

Equity through Employee Share Option Program
Learning programs and coaching
Quarterly refresh days
Extended end-of-year break
Monthly allowance for wellbeing and lifestyle
Inclusive parental leave from day one
MacBook and budget for home workspace
Five annual social impact days
Medical insurance coverage (US & UK only)

About the Company

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.
Powered by people science and the most comprehensive employee dataset in the world, the most innovative companies including Canva, On, Asana, Dolby, McDonalds and Nasdaq depend on Culture Amp every day.
Culture Amp is backed by leading venture capital funds and has offices in the US, UK, Germany and Australia.
Culture Amp has been recognized as one of the world’s top private cloud companies by Forbes and most innovative companies by Fast Company.

Equal Opportunity

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement, but your unique experience matters. If you’re interested in joining us, we strongly encourage you to apply and help us build a more diverse and impactful team.
If you require reasonable accommodations or adjustments due to a disability to complete the online application or to participate in the interview process, please contact accommodations@cultureamp.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.