Vice President, General Counsel & People

About the Role

This is a full-time, on-site role located at Axiado's San Jose, CA headquarters, combining three areas of executive responsibility: General Counsel, executive ownership of the People/HR function, and operational oversight of Axiado's international subsidiaries and branch offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Legal & Corporate Governance

  • Serve as the company's principal legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors
  • Manage corporate governance and board and stockholder matters
  • Lead contract negotiations and management across commercial, licensing, vendor, and partner agreements
  • Support IP strategy and IP portfolio management, including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets
  • Design and implement compliance programs and oversee regulatory compliance, including product compliance, export control and data protection obligations relevant to a semiconductor and security technology company
  • Manage and continuously improve cybersecurity management controls
  • Identify and mitigate legal risk across the business; structure and close transactions, including financings, M&A, and strategic partnerships

• People & HR Leadership

  • Serve as the executive owner of the People function; the Head of HR reports directly to this role
  • Drive the development and maturation of HR infrastructure, policy, and processes appropriate to a fast-growing company of this stage
  • Own full-cycle HR outcomes: hiring and offer approval, compensation and leveling integrity, benefits, terminations, and employee relations
  • Drive headcount planning and organizational design in partnership with department leaders
  • Ensure HR policy and practice align with employment law across all jurisdictions in which Axiado operates

• International Subsidiary & Regional Operations Oversight

  • Provide operational oversight of Axiado's international subsidiaries and branch offices including direct or dotted-line reporting relationships with Site Managers covering local entity governance, compliance, labor relations, and facilities/vendor matters
  • Drive local entity statutory compliance, local company filings/records, export-controls and trade compliance, local cybersecurity/physical security posture, and facilities/vendor governance

• Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Collaborate with executive leadership to align legal, people, and regional operational strategies with business objectives
  • Uphold legal, ethical, and compliance standards across the organization globally

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in the technology or cybersecurity sectors
• Extensive experience with corporate governance, compliance, contract negotiation, risk assessment, and regulatory law
• Strong knowledge of intellectual property law and IP portfolio management
• Experience overseeing international subsidiary legal and business affairs
• Excellent leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal abilities
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
• Bar membership in good standing, with eligibility to practice law in California
• Comfortable operating as a hands-on player-coach across multiple functions simultaneously, in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment with evolving priorities

Pay

Compensation Range - $180,000 - $250,000