General Counsel

Vendasta • Corman Park No. 344, SK

40d • Onsite

About The Position

The mission of the General Counsel is to build and manage a high-performing legal function that supports Vendasta's global scale as a strategic "Right-Hand" to the executive team. The incumbent of this role demonstrates exceptional business acumen, strategic legal planning, proactive risk management, and organizational stewardship and will be responsible for leading the organization's day-to-day and long-term legal strategy, managing capital market transactions, and overseeing corporate compliance and risk mitigation across an AI-first SaaS environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience (post-admission to the bar) in a law firm or as an in-house counsel: Preferably within a SaaS or technology environment.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor degree (JD).
• Active member in good standing with the Law Society of Saskatchewan (or equivalent reciprocal jurisdiction).
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written and verbal formats.
• Comprehensive expertise in corporate, commercial, and intellectual property law within technology or SaaS contexts.
• Proven capability to establish trusted organizational governance frameworks and manage ethical, secure AI strategy implementations (AI Vision/M5–M6 level alignment).
• Demonstrated competency in leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions from due diligence through post-close integration.
• In-depth knowledge of global privacy rules and data protection requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC).

Responsibilities

• Define overall organizational legal and AI strategies while overseeing ethical and responsible implementation of frameworks across all corporate, commercial, and intellectual property matters.
• Lead the legal strategy for upcoming mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity transactions, and partner with corporate development to navigate pre-and post-close due diligence and integration.
• Support the CFO in building out a comprehensive, best-in-class capital markets communication program to ensure organizational liquidity event readiness.
• Negotiate and draft sophisticated commercial agreements, policies, reports, and guidelines for suppliers, customers, and global business partnerships.
• Establish organizational governance frameworks and a centralized company policy repository, working with cross-functional policy owners to verify accuracy, alignment, and completeness.
• Oversee transactional negotiations while balancing the technical, commercial, financial, and legal priorities of the organization to effectively protect Vendasta’s business interests.
• Actively evaluate prospective macro-level risk and provide proactive guidance to the executive team on data privacy (including GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC) and changing global regulatory fields.
• Manage ongoing relationships, compliance workflows, and information requests with external legal stakeholders, regulators, creditors, and investors.
• Coordinate all corporate governance filings, administration of the Annual General Meeting (AGM), and the structural integrity of corporate shareholdings, records, minutes, and resolutions.

Benefits

• Accelerate your professional trajectory through rigorous learning tracks, continuous operational development, and exposure to cutting-edge AI methodologies designed to push the boundaries of the B2B SaaS industry.
• We are bound by a high-performance culture rooted in our core values—Drive, Innovation, Respect, and Agility—where the true reward is the complexity of the challenge and the scale of your global impact.
• At Vendasta, you will find the infrastructure to build, the ecosystem to innovate, and an elite peer group required to sharpen your expertise.
• Master your craft. Solve the impossible. Build the future of SaaS with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior