Associate General Counsel

wyzecam.com•Kirkland, WA

About The Position

Wyze is seeking a senior, business-minded legal generalist to join our legal team as Associate General Counsel. This is a high-impact role for an attorney with strong law firm training and meaningful in-house experience who can operate independently, exercise sound judgment in complex and ambiguous situations, and provide practical guidance across a wide range of commercial, product, consumer, and operational matters. This role sits at the center of the business. You will partner closely with the General Counsel and cross-functional leaders, help navigate difficult and fast-moving issues, and play a key role in continuing to build the legal function for the company’s next stage of growth. The right candidate will be equally comfortable advising on high-stakes risk questions, influencing senior stakeholders, and rolling up their sleeves to handle the day-to-day work that keeps the business moving.

Requirements

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
Significant experience as a business attorney, including both strong law firm training and meaningful in-house counseling experience
Substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements
Demonstrated experience advising on consumer protection, privacy, and related product or commercial legal issues
Exceptional business judgment and the ability to assess risk in nuanced, ambiguous, and high-stakes situations
Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and drive matters to resolution with minimal oversight
Strong executive presence and the ability to influence and partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal analysis into clear, practical, business oriented guidance
High integrity, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach that builds trust and credibility across the organization
Comfort thriving in a lean, fast-paced environment with broad responsibility

Nice To Haves

Experience counseling product, consumer, or commercial teams in a technology company
Experience supporting hardware, connected device, consumer electronics, or other physical product businesses
Experience building or improving legal processes, templates, and scalable self-service tools
Genuine interest in consumer technology and the ways devices, software, and services intersect in the customer experience

Responsibilities

Partner closely with the General Counsel and leaders across the company on a broad range of legal, regulatory, compliance, and risk management matters
Serve as a legal leader on commercial, consumer, product, and operational matters across the business
Advise on matters affecting Wyze’s products and services, including consumer protection, privacy, marketing, product, regulatory, IP, employment, governance and related risks
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including supply, licensing, AI, SaaS, services, vendor, confidentiality, and other business-critical agreements
Identify legal issues proactively, and assess, prioritize, and drive practical solutions in a fast-moving environment where many questions do not have clear black-and-white answers
Deliver practical, business-oriented guidance that enables informed decisions while appropriately managing legal and reputational risk
Influence and partner effectively across functions and levels, with the judgment, candor and conviction to speak up on important issues
Build scalable legal support through practical training, templates, tools, and guidance that help the business move faster and operate responsibly
Manage outside counsel thoughtfully and efficiently with a strong sense of the business’ priorities
Operate with strong ownership across both strategic and operational work in a lean legal function