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Fractional General Counsel

Pocket
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San Francisco, CA$200/hr - $300/hrContractPosted 1w ago

About the role

Fractional, ongoing General Counsel role for Pocket, a YC-backed hardware + software AI voice recorder company. Owns and builds the legal function, coordinating external counsel, internal teams, and legal strategy as the company scales globally.

Responsibilities

  • Own and prioritize the company's legal roadmap and day-to-day legal matters.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for external law firms.
  • Coordinate legal work across internal teams and external counsel.
  • Track legal matters, deadlines, deliverables, and outstanding decisions.
  • Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and legal spend.
  • Build scalable legal processes, infrastructure, and approval workflows.
  • Proactively identify and escalate material legal risks.
  • Coordinate corporate governance and board-related matters.
  • Oversee equity, ESOP, stock options, and capitalization matters.
  • Support fundraising, financing, and corporate transactions.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements.
  • Oversee vendor, manufacturing, partnership, and enterprise agreements.
  • Manage NDAs and other day-to-day contracts.
  • Develop standardized contract templates and approval processes.
  • Oversee employment and contractor agreements.
  • Coordinate employee separations and related documentation.
  • Manage IP assignment and confidentiality matters.
  • Support employee policies, handbooks, and HR compliance.
  • Coordinate immigration and employment-law matters with specialist counsel.
  • Coordinate privacy, data protection, and consumer protection matters.
  • Oversee product-related regulatory and compliance requirements.
  • Support the development of internal compliance programs.
  • Coordinate litigation and disputes with external counsel.
  • Ensure legal advice translates into clear, actionable business decisions.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally combining leading law firm and in-house experience.
  • Experience advising venture-backed, high-growth technology companies.
  • Strong foundation in corporate governance and commercial agreements.
  • Working knowledge of employment, privacy, compliance, and litigation management.
  • Experience coordinating multiple external law firms and legal workstreams.
  • Ability to operate independently and exercise sound legal judgment.
  • Highly practical, commercially minded, and execution-oriented.
  • Ability to distinguish material business risks from theoretical legal concerns.
  • Comfortable working directly with founders and senior leadership.
  • Strong organizational skills and a bias toward action.
  • Builder mentality — excited to create scalable legal infrastructure rather than inherit an established department.
  • Experience with consumer technology, hardware, AI, international operations, or high-growth DTC businesses is a strong plus.

Skills

Required:Legal OperationsCorporate GovernanceCommercial ContractsEmployment & ImmigrationPrivacy & Compliance
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Pocket

Take Notes in the Real World

Pocket is a small AI device that turns everything you say and hear into clear notes, action items, and search. We combine custom hardware, AI, and software to build the best note-taking experience for people who talk and move fast

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