Are you a trusted legal advisor who thrives on guiding high-growth companies through complex GTM motions? Do you enjoy translating legal nuance into business strategy and building scalable processes that accelerate revenue? Are you excited to collaborate cross-functionally with sales, product, and finance teams to create operational excellence at a modern SaaS company? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Senior Corporate Counsel at Ridgeline, you will be the primary legal partner enabling our Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy. Reporting to the VP of Legal, you'll bring a tech-forward and solution-oriented mindset to support enterprise sales, reduce friction, and scale our contract operations. You will develop and refine commercial legal processes, guide deal negotiations, and shape a trusted legal function embedded in the business. Working closely with multiple functions, you will help design and drive Ridgeline's revenue enablement engine. This is a role where your impact will be seen in both topline growth and operational maturity.

At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions-not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture. If this excites you, we'd love to meet you.

The impact you have:

• Design scalable and strategic legal processes and playbooks that enable Ridgeline's GTM execution
• Facilitate strong collaboration between sales and legal through training, documentation, and trusted partnership
• Guide complex SaaS contract negotiations with enterprise clients to close deals efficiently and thoughtfully
• Define intake systems, process architecture, and escalation frameworks that optimize for speed, compliance, and clarity
• Enhance and maintain contract lifecycle management tools, aligning them with the unique needs of a vertical SaaS business
• Partner with internal IT teams and external vendors to implement and refine legal technology solutions
• Provide cross-functional legal support, including collaboration with outside counsel when needed
• Foster the growth of Ridgeline's commercial legal team through development resources and mentorship
• Champion continuous improvement and act with ownership and integrity in every interaction

What we look for:

• 7+ years of in-house commercial legal experience, particularly in SaaS and enterprise tech contracts
• Proven track record enabling sales teams on high-value, complex transactions
• Experience advising on data classification, privacy, and compliance topics like GDPR and CCPA
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to translate legal guidance into practical business recommendations
• Tech-forward mindset and comfort using legal tech tools (e.g., Evisort, Salesforce, Google Workspace, Microsoft Word)
• JD required and admitted to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• A generalist mindset and excitement to grow alongside a fast-moving company
• You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship

Bonus:

• Experience implementing or managing CLM systems or working closely with RevOps teams
• Background in fintech or vertical SaaS environments
• Exposure to AI tools in legal workflows such as ChatGPT or other contract review technologies

About Ridgeline
Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry.

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a "Best Workplace for Innovators," by The Software Report as a "Top 100 Software Company," and by Forbes as one of "America's Best Startup Employers."

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace. Ridgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement. Please review the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement in full to understand our privacy practices: https://www.ridgelineapps.com/legal/candidate-privacy-policy.

Compensation and Benefits

The cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $185,000 - $242,000. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above.

As an employee at Ridgeline, you'll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.

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