General Counsel @ Leading Industrial Tech Company

About the Company

This late stage VC-backed industrial technology company sits at the intersection of hardware, software, and materials science, enabling makers and manufacturers at all levels to iterate faster and operate more efficiently across the product lifecycle. A global innovation leader, they are partnering with customers worldwide and across industries–including leading technology companies, automotive innovators, and global consumer brands–to reinvent how physical products are designed, prototyped, and manufactured

Job Overview

This is an executive-level opportunity to join a high-growth company as its General Counsel, reporting to the CEO and serving as a key member of the leadership team. The successful candidate must be a strong business leader generally, with a legal background.

The company is looking for a business-oriented legal leader with strong judgment, intellectual rigor, and the ability to advocate for strategic decisions. This is a broad, hands-on role requiring ownership across the full legal stack—corporate, commercial, IP, regulatory, employment, and litigation.

The General Counsel will work closely with executive leadership, the Board, and members of the legal team, helping guide the company through continued growth, increasing complexity, and long-term strategic initiatives.

This position is based in the greater Boston metropolitan area, though the company may consider a transitional hybrid arrangement on a case-by-case basis.


Key Responsibilities 

• Lead all legal activities across the company, including corporate, commercial, regulatory, compliance, and employment matters.
• Develop and execute IP strategy, including prosecution and litigation management.
• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor, customer, and financing agreements.
• Serve as a member of the executive leadership team and partner closely with the Board of Directors.
• Advise on legal and business risks across a diverse product portfolio spanning hardware, software, and regulated offerings.
• Manage internal and external counsel across commercial, litigation, IP, corporate, and regulatory matters.
• Support financing activities, corporate governance, and strategic transactions.
• Optimize and implement scalable legal processes and frameworks to support continued growth.
  
  About You

• You are highly intelligent, driven, and bring strong business judgment to your work.
• You have excellent negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and counterparties.
• You are hands-on and comfortable operating in a lean, fast-paced environment.
• You understand what high-performing teams and organizations look like from experience in top-tier environments.
• You are comfortable making recommendations when asked to weigh probabilities, expected outcomes, and business impact—not just provide legal analysis.
• You have a genuine interest in the company’s products and the broader manufacturing and technology landscape.

Preferred

• Experience in high performing, high-growth or startup environments
• Global IP/Patent strategy expertise
• Risk tolerance and ability to navigate uncertainty in a fast-paced environment

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