Associate General Counsel, Product and Commercial

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies🚀. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by tier-one venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

As Associate General Counsel, Product and Commercial, you would be an integral part of our legal team, reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, and working with us to provide expert legal counsel while supporting the smooth and efficient operation of our marketplace business. This is the perfect role for an experienced lawyer with an entrepreneurial mindset, incredible attention to detail, and a passion for learning and growing, who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Advise the business on a wide range of complex product and commercial matters.

• Lead the drafting and negotiation of strategic commercial agreements.

• Oversee the reviewing and drafting of template agreements governing the operation of the marketplace.

• Advise clients and key stakeholders on complex legal issues, marketing and operational matters, and business strategy, and manage/assess risk in connection with the company’s products and commercial relationships.

• Proactively manage large-scale projects and ‘go to market’ launches with long-term goals.

• Identify and manage cross-functional strategic initiatives related to the company’s products and commercial relationships.

• Build positive and highly collaborative relationships across Hiive.

Required Skills:

• A J.D. or L.L.B. with a license to practice law in the United States or in Canada.

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally having started out at a law firm, and honed in-house at a technology company.

• Proven experience in drafting and negotiating vendor, marketing and other complex and strategic commercial agreements.

• Substantial experience counselling product teams on a broad spectrum of applicable legal issues.

• Experience advising fintech or technology companies or financial institutions.

• A keen interest in creative legal problem solving, including researching novel and ambiguous areas of law.

• A desire to work on an agile team providing pragmatic advice and guidance to product, business, and operations teams that are moving very quickly.

• A track record of sound judgment and composure in high-pressure situations.

Nice to have:

• Experience in a tech start-up, high growth company, or private equity or venture capital fund.

• In-house legal experience in a publicly traded company.

• Experience with securities transactions.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.

• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.