Fast Facts

Join ParentSquare as a Legal Counsel where you will leverage your SaaS licensing experience to support legal processes in a growing ed-tech company that enhances communication between schools and parents.

Responsibilities: Draft and negotiate SaaS subscription agreements, assist with RFP responses, and review vendor contracts while supporting cross-functional teams.

Skills: Strong communication skills, independent work ethic, ability to manage legal risks against business objectives, and experience in tech or educational sectors.

Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years in-house legal experience, familiarity with student data privacy laws, and prior experience with SaaS agreements is highly preferred.

Location: Remote work with the team based in Santa Barbara, CA.

Compensation: $150000 - $180000 / Annually

Who We Are

ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that's changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sounds simple? We strive to keep it that way! Over 20,000 schools and 10 million parents and guardians across the U.S. utilize our platform to stay informed and involved from the way they prefer to be notified - email, text, voice, web, app, and social - to the ways they can interact with schools - forms, sign-ups, payments, RSVPs, language translations, chat and more. We just celebrated our 13th anniversary and are excited to continue advancing K-12 communications equity with our intuitive and easy-to-use platform so districts and schools can connect with all parents and guardians.

Who We’re Looking For

We are searching for a dynamic Legal Counsel with SaaS licensing experience who will contribute to our rapidly growing company. You’re an incredibly organized person who can handle the day-to-day legal requests that are ever present, and you’ll play an active role in helping develop and communicate new processes to the departments supported by Legal. You are a self-starter who can communicate complicated concepts to non-lawyers efficiently, providing cross functional teams valuable support and guidance.  

As a member of a rapidly growing team, you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and help scale into the growth that's at our fingertips. And most importantly, you are passionate about impacting the lives of students through communication. 

This role will include: 

• Essential Knowledge 
• Ability to review contracts across the enterprise, focusing mainly on: 
• Drafting and negotiating SaaS subscription agreements with schools and districts nationwide
• Interpreting and assisting a cross-functional team with RFP responses
• Reviewing and negotiating vendor contracts
• Core Skills, Competencies and Characteristics:
• Clear communicator, both orally and in writing 
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to strike a sensible and practical balance between legal risks and business objectives 
• Previous experience at a tech company, or with a school or school district 
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity 
• Excellent judgment and analytical skills 
• Admission to any State bar in good standing 
• Additional Skills and Competencies
• Strong consideration will be given to attorneys who, in addition to demonstration the Essential Knowledge, may be experienced in any of the following areas of legal practice:
• Student data privacy laws (FERPA and COPPA)
• Data security practices
• Product laws, including regulatory requirements and marketing advice

Our Ideal Candidate will have: 

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience of practicing law in-house with a combination of public and private companies (mature start-up experience a plus)
• Significant experience in drafting and negotiating revenue based SaaS agreements
• Prior in-house experience with a cloud-based/internet software company strongly preferred
• Experience working directly with internal business/sales teams and procurement teams
• Experience contributing to RFP responses
• Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders from sales, business development, customer success, marketing, procurement and leadership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done 
• Enthusiasm for advancing educational attainment and improving the day-to-day interaction between students, teachers, parents, and school administrators 

The perks of working for us are great! 

• Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
• An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1 
• Paid Parental Leave
• Stock options
• Health + wellness reimbursements
• Generous PTO that increases each year 
• 15 paid holidays, including your birthday! 

As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive. 

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

The salary range for this role will be $150,000 to $180,000 DOE.