Senior Legal Counsel at OpenZeppelin

About OpenZeppelin

OpenZeppelin is the security standard that onchain finance is built on. Founded in 2015, our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to an open financial system, built on open standards and secured by rigorous research. Our open source Contract Libraries have facilitated over $35 trillion in onchain value and are used by 10 of the top 10 tokenized money market funds and 9 of the top 10 stablecoins by market cap. We combine AI native security tooling with deep research and a decade of audit expertise to support leading institutions and crypto native teams shaping the next generation of digital assets, including DTCC, Fidelity, Coinbase, Uniswap, Aave, and the Ethereum Foundation, across the full secure development lifecycle.

OpenZeppelin is seeking an experienced, commercially minded lawyer to support a wide array of legal matters at a growth stage blockchain security company enabling the world to move onchain. You will be a member of the dynamic operations team and report to OpenZeppelin's Associate General Counsel, managing all legal operations and driving the commercial contracting process. You will also advise on the wide range of legal issues typical for a remote and global tech company, balancing legal considerations with company values and strategic objectives. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of blockchain technology, high growth business operations, and law.

What You'll Do

• Draft, negotiate, and close a wide variety of agreements and manage the process behind all client and vendor agreements, supporting all commercial and contractual matters and deal flow for OpenZeppelin.
• Proactively provide risk weighted advice to business leaders that succinctly balances commercial upside against corresponding legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk.
• Collaborate with and support the General Counsel on intellectual property strategy and licensing (with a focus on open source issues), privacy, compliance, acquisitions, and other diverse matters.
• Work across cross functional teams as a business partner, including Sales, Finance, Operations, HR, and IT and Security.
• Design and execute automated processes for contracting and complying with contractual obligations, building automations using AI and advanced tools.
• Design and execute staff trainings and compliance practices on a variety of topics, in line with the requirements of a regulated and publicly traded organization.
• Manage legal records and organize corporate governance processes for entities in multiple jurisdictions.
• Tackle assigned projects that help the company meet its goals and take ownership of projects of personal interest.

What You'll Bring

• 8 to 10 years of relevant legal experience, including in house experience at a high growth company in the blockchain and digital assets space.
• Demonstrated experience and comprehensive knowledge in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements in the blockchain space, including open source expertise.
• Highly analytical with impeccable attention to detail.
• Creative problem solving and negotiation skills with a pragmatic, business minded approach to legal analyses and risk assessments.
• Comfortable with high levels of responsibility and self direction, with excellent follow through skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Expert communicator, verbally and in writing, capable of explaining complicated topics to those without legal training.
• A law degree and a license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction.

Benefits

• Meet your teammates at company gatherings around the world.
• Enjoy the flexibility of fully remote work.
• Take the time you need with flexible time off.
• Grow your family with 8 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a one time $3,600 baby bonus.
• Build your ideal home office with up to $500 in equipment support.
• Stay covered with medical insurance.
• Keep growing with learning and development opportunities.
• Get a monthly stipend for your preferred co-working space.

Equal Opportunity

OpenZeppelin is an equal opportunity employer that values different perspectives and is committed to building a diverse workforce, including but not limited to diversity of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin.

Use of AI in Recruiting

As part of the recruitment process, OpenZeppelin may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence, to assist in reviewing applications and assessing candidate qualifications. These tools support the People team by identifying relevant skills and experience and are not used to make decisions solely by automated means. All hiring decisions involve human review. Personal data provided as part of an application is processed in accordance with OpenZeppelin's Data Privacy Notice.