Sr. Compliance Counsel

Title: Sr. Compliance Counsel

Location: Remote US

Reports To: VP, Legal 

Schedule: 8 am to 5 pm EST | Mon-Fri

About HighLevel: HighLevel is a cloud-based, all-in-one white-label marketing and sales platform that empowers marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. With a focus on streamlining marketing efforts and providing comprehensive solutions, HighLevel helps businesses of all sizes achieve their marketing goals. We currently have 1000+ employees across 15 countries, working remotely as well as in our headquarters, which is located in Dallas, Texas. Our goal as an employer is to maintain a strong company culture, foster creativity and collaboration, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for our employees wherever they call home. 

Our Website -https://www.gohighlevel.com/ 

YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g 

Blog Post -https://blog.gohighlevel.com/general-atlantic-joins-highlevel/ 

Our Customers: HighLevel serves a diverse customer base, including over 60K agencies & entrepreneurs and 450K million businesses globally. Our customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to enterprises, spanning various industries and sectors.

Scale at HighLevel: We work at scale; our infrastructure handles around 3 Billion+ API hits & 2 Billion+ message events monthly and over 25M views of customer pages daily. We also handle over 80 Terabytes of data across 5 Databases.

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Compliance Lawyer to join our legal team. This role is critical in ensuring that our organization adheres to legal standards and in-house policies, thus mitigating legal risks and safeguarding our reputation. The Compliance Lawyer will be responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring compliance programs, advising on legal compliance, and ensuring adherence to regulatory and corporate policies across the organization.

Who You Are:

Our ideal candidate is a strategic and creative thinker with strong business acumen and experience with SaaS companies. You are able to appreciate business objectives and implement streamlined compliance processes. You possess strong research skills, project management skills, and have significant policy drafting experience.  

You have a passion and experience training and counseling engineers, developers, and other business stakeholders on how to X critical legal matters. PlusYou are a highly knowledgeable on the following: global privacy laws, FTC compliance (consumer protection), HIPAA, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

• Compliance Program Development: Design, implement, and manage company-wide compliance programs that meet regulatory and legal requirements.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Keep up-to-date with changes in laws and regulations that affect the organization’s business operations and compliance practices, advising on necessary adjustments.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct regular risk assessments and audits to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk, providing corrective guidance where needed.
• Policy Drafting and Implementation: Draft, update, and enforce corporate policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Training and Education: Conduct compliance training sessions for employees to raise awareness on compliance issues and ensure adherence to policies.
• Internal Investigations: Lead internal investigations into suspected or reported violations of compliance policies, working with relevant stakeholders and reporting findings.
• Regulatory Reporting and Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for regulatory authorities, preparing required reports and coordinating inspections, if applicable.
• Advisory Role: Provide strategic advice and guidance to senior management on compliance-related issues, including anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, data protection, and corporate governance.

• Education: JD degree from an accredited law school; active license to practice law in [relevant jurisdiction].
• Experience: Minimum of 7 of experience as a compliance lawyer or in a similar legal/compliance role, preferably within [industry, e.g., financial services, healthcare, etc.].
• Knowledge: Strong knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, TCPA, COPPA, BIPA and HIPAA) and federal government agencies requirements. 
• Excellent communicator: Ability to clearly articulate risk exposures and simple solutions in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
• Leadership:  Strong leadership skills, work ethic, excellent judgment, a good sense of humor and passion for helping the business succeed

• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proven ability to develop and implement effective compliance programs.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
• Proficient in compliance software and technology platforms, a plus.

• Ethical Judgment: Maintains integrity and exercises sound ethical judgment in all decisions.
• Proactive Mindset: Proactively identifies potential risks and areas for improvement within the compliance framework.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Skilled in resolving complex compliance issues through innovative, practical solutions.

EEO Statement:At HighLevel, we value diversity. In fact, we understand it makes our organization stronger. We are committed to inclusive hiring/promotion practices that evaluate skill sets, abilities and qualifications without regard to any characteristic unrelated to performing the job at the highest level. Our objective is to foster an environment where really talented employees from all walks of life can be their true and whole selves, cherished and welcomed for their differences, while providing awesome service to our clients and learning from one another along the way!