Head of Legal

Pulley Inc.

Job Overview

Location

New York

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As Pulley's first Head of Legal, you'll build and own our commercial legal function, taking on the legal and contract work our team has been absorbing as we've grown, and putting real infrastructure behind it.
• In this role, you will:
• Build the legal processes, templates, and playbooks Pulley needs as it scales; much of this doesn't exist yet, so you'll be creating it.
• Advise leadership on corporate legal matters and flag risk before it becomes a problem.
• Partner closely with co-founders and cross functional leaders to help shape new products and service lines, weighing in early on legal and strategic considerations as we expand into new markets.
• Manage relationships with outside counsel for specialized needs outside your core focus (e.g., litigation, M&A, IP).
• Act as a trusted legal partner to teams across the company, translating legal complexity into clear, actionable guidance.
• Own end-to-end drafting, review, and negotiation of customer, vendor, and partner contracts.
• Partner closely with Sales and Revenue teams to structure deals and unblock negotiations.
• You're commercially minded: you see your role as helping the business move faster, not just minimizing risk.
• You're comfortable being the first legal hire and building a function from scratch, without a playbook handed to you.
• You default to pragmatic, business-friendly solutions over rigid process.
• You communicate clearly with non-lawyers and build trust quickly across functions.
• You're energized by high ownership and ambiguity in a fast-moving startup environment.

🎯 Requirements

• 6–9 years of experience in corporate/commercial legal work, ideally with a mixture of experience at a top startup-focused law firm with experience working in-house.
• Background in general corporate law, tech transactions, and commercial contracts, ideally supporting emerging companies, venture-backed startups, or growth-stage companies.
• Strong track record in commercial contracting: drafting and negotiating customer, vendor, and partner agreements.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission.
• Excellent judgment on when to solve something yourself versus loop in outside counsel.
• Comfort operating as a generalist, not a narrow specialist.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Opportunity to build and own a commercial legal function from scratch.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.

📍 Location

• New York
• Remote work not mentioned, but job is located in New York.

Skills & Technologies

Onsite

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About Pulley Inc.

Pulley provides cap-table management and equity planning software for startups and private companies. The platform tracks ownership, issues SAFEs and stock options, runs liquidity events, and maintains compliance with 409A valuations and Rule 701. Customers rely on Pulley to model fundraising rounds, manage stakeholder communications, and generate audit-ready reports. The company serves seed to late-stage firms and integrates with banking, accounting, and HR systems. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, Pulley competes with Carta and aims to simplify equity operations for founders, employees, and investors.

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