Director of Legal
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Is it still open?
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How old is it?
Posted 81d ago
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We have tracked this listing since 5 Oct 2026 (5 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently just now.
Is it remote?
Remote - US
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Who may apply?
United States
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What the ad says
…U.S.-based U.S.-based | Full-Time Who We Are Emergence is a thematic holding comp…
…U.S.-based U.S.-based, with a preference for candidates near New York or San Fran…
Pay
$275k–375k/yr
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The listing
Director of Legal, Emergence | Remote, U.S.-based | Full-Time
Who We Are
Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.
About the Role
Emergence is hiring its first dedicated legal hire. This is a foundational role: you will build the company's day-to-day legal function from the ground up, serving as the primary point of contact for legal matters across our entire portfolio. You will work closely with a fractional General Counsel who will mentor you and a curated bench of outside specialist counsel who handle deal work, litigation, and matters requiring deep subject-matter expertise. You are not expected to be a specialist in every area — you are expected to know the business well enough to triage correctly, resolve what's routine, and route what isn't to the right place.
What You'll Do
Portfolio legal operations and support
Serve as the first point of contact for legal questions across all portfolio companies, using an AI-assisted intake and triage system
Build and operate the infrastructure this function currently lacks: centralized matter intake and tracking, legal playbooks, escalation protocols, and portfolio-wide reporting.
Coordinate the collection, organization, implementation, and ongoing administration of contract templates; partner with senior legal leadership and specialist outside counsel on substantive template design, negotiation positions, and risk parameters.
Support the development and ongoing management of an outside-counsel panel, including matter routing, performance tracking, and coordination around pricing and engagement terms.
Commercial, corporate, and post-acquisition support
Review and negotiate routine vendor and customer commercial contracts within approved playbooks and escalation thresholds.
Manage entity and subsidiary governance across the holding structure.
Support legal workstreams following new acquisitions, including coordinating legal intake, tracking remediation items, and escalating material issues to senior legal leadership and business stakeholders.
Help establish repeatable post-acquisition legal integration processes across the portfolio.
Specialist coordination and risk escalation
Route M&A, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, tax, and specialized regulatory matters (including healthcare privacy) to appropriate outside counsel.
Develop sound judgment about when to escalate matters, which specialist to engage, and when issues require senior legal review.
Coordinate with HR on employment-related legal matters and support consistent documentation, approvals, and follow-through.
What We're Looking For
Must-haves
J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state
3-5 years of legal experience, ideally with meaningful time at a smaller company or an early-stage in-house function, not exclusively at a large law firm or a large corporate legal department
Comfortable operating without an established process already in place — you build the playbook rather than execute one handed to you
Strong commercial contract instincts and the judgment to know what's routine versus what requires outside counsel or escalation
A bias toward finding the path that lets the business move, while being clear-eyed about the risk
Ability to apply legal judgment across multiple industries simultaneously without deep expertise in each regulatory regime.
Nice-to-haves
Prior experience in a small, still-forming legal function where you helped build process rather than inherited one
Experience working across multiple business lines or subsidiaries simultaneously
Experience coordinating with specialist outside counsel on equity, incentive-compensation, or corporate-governance matters
Familiarity with legal matter-management, intake, contract-lifecycle, or AI-assisted legal-operations tools
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package.
The base salary range for this role is $275,000–$375,000, plus a performance-based bonus and equity. Placement within the range is based on job-related factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Location
Remote, U.S.-based, with a preference for candidates near New York or San Francisco.