In-House Counsel

Position summary

Regara sits at a demanding intersection: an early-stage AI company building software that helps customers prepare regulated, high-stakes submissions to health authorities. The In-House Counsel is Regara’s first dedicated lawyer and its hands-on legal operator — the person who turns outside-counsel dependence into in-house capability. The role owns day-to-day legal work across enterprise SaaS contracting, data protection, intellectual property, and the AI-governance and liability questions unique to Regara’s product, advising the CEO and functional leaders and knowing when a matter warrants outside counsel. It is a build-from-the-ground-up role for a pragmatic lawyer who balances rigorous risk management with the speed an early-stage company needs.

Key responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise SaaS agreements end to end — MSAs, DPAs, order forms, NDAs, and the NDA-gated POC and demo agreements Regara runs with prospects.
• Own data protection and privacy, with particular care for the confidential, proprietary regulatory data customers entrust to the platform (GDPR and US state privacy law).
• Advise on AI governance — product disclaimers, terms of use, and the allocation of liability for AI-generated regulatory content — in partnership with the regulatory and engineering teams.
• Manage intellectual property: protecting the regulatory corpus, models, and brand, handling licensing terms, and clearing third-party and data-source rights.
• Serve as practical legal advisor to the CEO and functional leaders, translating legal risk into clear business guidance.
• Build scalable contract templates, playbooks, and self-serve processes so the business can move quickly without taking on undue risk.
• Handle employment, vendor, and general corporate and commercial matters, and maintain corporate records and entity housekeeping.
• Support security and compliance initiatives on the legal and contractual side alongside the relevant owners, as the company matures.
• Manage outside counsel efficiently — scoping, budget, and escalation — reserving them for genuinely specialized matters.
• Support fundraising and corporate transactions with the CEO and external counsel as they arise.

Qualifications

Required

• Juris Doctor (JD) and active membership in good standing with at least one US state bar.
• 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house experience at a technology or SaaS company (law-firm plus in-house background welcome).
• Strong command of commercial/SaaS contracting, data privacy, and intellectual property.
• Experience structuring agreements that involve sensitive customer data and/or regulated industries.
• Sound commercial judgment and the ability to operate independently and hands-on in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, and the discretion the role demands.

Preferred

• Experience in AI/ML, healthcare, life sciences, or another regulated-technology sector.
• Familiarity with HIPAA, GDPR, FDA’s posture on software, and emerging AI regulation.
• Experience advising on AI product liability, disclaimers, and terms of use.
• Experience supporting venture financings.
• Experience with security and compliance certification programs such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or ISO 42001.

What success looks like

Within the first year, Regara has scalable contracting and data-protection frameworks in place, faster deal cycles with less reliance on outside counsel, a defensible position on AI liability and disclaimers, and a trusted in-house legal partner the leadership team turns to as the company scales.