General Counsel at Optery, Inc.
- Location
- Remote (United States)
- Compensation
- $240k-$270k + Bonus
Optery, Inc. is hiring its first General Counsel to lead the legal charge in the privacy tech revolution. After achieving 1,906% growth and ranking No. 177 on the Inc. 5000, this profitable company is ready for a legal leader who wants to do more than just manage contracts.
In this role, you will hold data brokers accountable, interface with state Attorneys General, and scale the legal infrastructure of a product that has been the PCMag Editors' Choice for five consecutive years. If you have 8-15 years of experience and a passion for consumer data rights, join Optery, Inc. to define the future of digital safety.
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Role overview
As Optery, Inc.’s first General Counsel, you will build the legal function from the ground up, advising leadership on risk, regulatory compliance, and corporate strategy. Beyond traditional legal work, you will take a proactive role in holding data brokers accountable, ensuring they honor consumer privacy rights under laws like the CCPA.
About Optery, Inc.
Optery, Inc. is a Delaware corporation headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area that provides personal data management and removal services. Its platform scans data brokers and people-search websites for exposed personally identifiable information, such as home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and family details, then helps individuals, families, and businesses submit and track opt-out, deletion, and suppression requests. Optery combines patented search technology, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, human oversight, exposure reports, removal reports, screenshot verification, and enterprise integrations to reduce risks related to phishing, social engineering, identity theft, fraud, harassment, doxxing, and physical threats.
What you will do
- Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO and Board on commercial transactions, corporate governance, and strategic initiatives.
- Drive data broker compliance by interfacing with enforcement bodies like the CPPA and filing formal complaints with state Attorneys General.
- Manage end-to-end B2B SaaS negotiations and build scalable internal legal processes to support the company’s rapid international expansion.
Who this is a fit for
- Has 8–15 years of legal experience, including time at a top-tier firm and in-house experience at a technology or privacy-focused company.
- Possesses deep expertise in U.S. consumer data privacy frameworks and experience navigating regulatory agencies such as the FTC or CPPA.
- Demonstrates a strong background in startup equity financing, M&A activity, and the pragmatic negotiation of complex commercial contracts.
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead legal strategy for a profitable startup that ranked No. 2 in the Security category on the Inc. 5000 with nearly 2,000% growth.
- Directly impact the privacy landscape by enforcing groundbreaking consumer data laws like CCPA and VCDPA against non-compliant data brokers.
- Join a multi-year PCMag and CNET Editors’ Choice winner that has processed tens of millions of opt-out requests for hundreds of thousands of users.
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