The Sr. Director, Legal will focus on corporate governance, SEC filings, compliance, and strategic transactions while supporting the HighLevel legal team in multiple practice areas.
Position: Sr. Director, Legal
Reports To: Chief Legal Officer
Location: US (Remote)
About us
HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies, entrepreneurs and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. Today, HighLevel supports SMBs across 150+ countries, fueling community-driven growth rooted in real customer outcomes.
To date, businesses operating on HighLevel have generated over $7 billion in ecosystem value, demonstrating the impact of shared infrastructure at scale. By centralizing conversations, automation and intelligence into one system, we help businesses move faster, reduce complexity and execute efficiently.
Behind the platform, HighLevel powers more than 4 billion API hits and 2.5 billion message events daily. With 250 terabytes of distributed data, 250+ microservices and over 1 million domain names supported, our architecture is built for performance, resilience and long-term scalability.
Our people
With over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, HighLevel operates as a global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership. We value initiative, clarity and execution, creating space for ambitious people to build systems that support millions of businesses worldwide. Here, innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated and people come first, no matter where they call home.
Our impact
Every month, HighLevel enables more than 1.5 billion messages, 200 million leads and 20 million conversations for the more than 1 million businesses we support. Behind those numbers are real people building independence, expanding opportunity and creating measurable impact. We’re proud to be a part of that.
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Who You Are
We are seeking an experienced lawyer to join our team as Sr. Director, Legal focused on securities and governance work. The Sr. Director, Legal will work on a broad range of U.S. securities and corporate law matters, including board/committee governance, SEC filings, subsidiary maintenance, corporate compliance, and strategic transactions.
This role will also lean into other practice areas as needed to assist the HighLevel legal team in its mission of business enablement for the entire company. The ideal candidate will be someone with strong subject matter expertise and a track record of impact at a high-growth private/public company. The Sr. Director, Legal will report to the Chief Legal Officer.
What You Will Do
- Develop and oversee our corporate governance function in conjunction with the CLO ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, regulatory requirements and governance best practices.
- Create and maintain the board and committee calendars, establishing structured annual governance work plans and proactively driving agenda setting in partnership with executive leadership.
- Lead cross-functional coordination of board and committee materials, ensuring executive-ready quality, strategic clarity, and timely delivery.
- Serve as Assistant Corporate Secretary, drafting and reviewing board resolutions and minutes, ensuring and governance integrity.
- Lead planning and execution of annual stockholder and governance meetings, ensuring strong shareholder experience.
- Own and oversee the integrity of corporate records.
- Direct governance oversight of corporate subsidiaries, ensuring structural compliance.
- In conjunction with other functions (such as investor relations, SEC reporting, global equity, and compensation), draft and file timely and accurate SEC filings, including 10-K, 10-Q, proxy, 8-K, Section 16 forms, etc.
- Collaborate with others to develop and maintain a company-wide CSR/ESG program, process for monitoring related-party transactions, and similar corporate initiatives.
- Assist with planning for any annual meeting of stockholders.
- Manage compliance processes including our insider trading policy, 10b5-1 trading plans, and pre-clearance requirements.
- Draft and maintain corporate policies, including charters, bylaws, committee charters, code of conduct, and various governance policies.
- Monitor regulatory developments in governance, ESG, cybersecurity, and other areas.
- Assist the CLO in the execution of corporate transactions.
- Serve as a senior governance advisor across the organization, providing counsel on implications of strategic decisions.
What You’ll Bring
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- 15+ years total experience, including 5+ years of experience in corporate, securities and public company reporting experience, including public company in-house experience.
- In-depth understanding of SEC regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, listing exchange rules, and corporate governance standards.
- Excellent business partnering skills with a bias toward action.
- A strong work ethic with experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines and a high-volume workload.
- Outstanding organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor your message for wide-ranging audiences and the ability to distill complex issues into easily understood concepts.
- Willingness and ability to operate at multiple levels - deep within the details and big picture - with strong awareness of when to leverage each to achieve a business impact.
- Commitment to producing excellent, accurate work in a timely manner.
- Experience working on a diverse, cross-functional legal team.
The salary range for this position is $275000 - $403500 annually. (Bonus Pay included)
EEO Statement
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an employer subject to affirmative action regulations, we invite you to voluntarily provide the following demographic information. This information is used solely for compliance with government recordkeeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Providing this information is voluntary and refusal to do so will not affect your application status. This data will be kept separate from your application and will not be used in the hiring decision.
Top Skills
Corporate Governance
Corporate Policies
Governance Practices
Sarbanes-Oxley
Sec Regulations
U.S. Securities Laws
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