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Senior Director, Corporate Legal (AGC)

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In-Office
New York City, NY, USA
220K-320K Annually
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In-Office
New York City, NY, USA
220K-320K Annually
Expert/Leader
Lead and scale Snorkel's corporate legal function: manage financings, M&A, governance, equity administration, entity formation, international expansion, outside counsel, and build scalable legal processes and playbooks.
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About Snorkel

Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. 
Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

Senior Director, Corporate Legal (AGC)What You’ll Do

Snorkel AI is looking for a Senior Director, Corporate Legal (AGC) to join our growing Legal team, reporting to Snorkel’s General Counsel. This is a highly visible role with broad ownership across corporate transactions, governance, equity, entity management, and international expansion.

As the first person in this role, you will help build and scale the corporate legal function for the next stage of Snorkel’s growth. You’ll work closely with Finance, People, executive leadership, and outside counsel, combining sophisticated corporate legal work with the hands-on operational work required in a fast-growing technology company.

This hybrid role is based in San Francisco or New York City.

Responsibilities
  • Lead private company financings, secondary transactions, M&A, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions from structuring through closing.
  • Support the General Counsel on Board and committee matters, including Board reporting, meeting materials, resolutions, minutes, governance matters, and transaction approvals.
  • Manage legal aspects of fundraising, investor diligence, shareholder matters, and ongoing corporate governance.
  • Own legal oversight of Snorkel’s equity plans and equity administration, including grants, exercises, transfers, approvals, and related documentation.
  • Help ensure the integrity of Snorkel’s cap table and capitalization records in close coordination with Finance, People, and external administrators.
  • Manage corporate formations, subsidiaries, entity governance, and ongoing corporate compliance.
  • Lead the corporate legal workstreams for international expansion, including foreign entity formation and stand-up, capitalization, governance, and ongoing local corporate compliance.
  • Manage and work closely with outside corporate counsel to drive high-quality, responsive, and practical advice while maintaining disciplined and efficient legal spend.
  • Build scalable processes, playbooks, templates, approval frameworks, and recordkeeping practices that allow the corporate legal function to scale with the business.
Who You AreMinimum Qualifications
  • J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
  • 10+ years of relevant corporate legal experience in private practice and/or in-house.
  • Significant experience advising venture-backed companies on private financings, M&A, corporate governance, and other strategic transactions.
  • A mix of top-tier corporate law firm and in-house experience, ideally at a late-stage, high-growth technology company.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. corporate and securities law applicable to high-growth private companies.
  • Experience with equity compensation, cap tables, capitalization records, and corporate governance.
  • Experience managing subsidiaries, corporate formations, and entity compliance.
  • Strong track record of managing outside counsel and working effectively with senior executives, Boards, investors, and cross-functional teams.
  • Excellent judgment, drafting, negotiation, and project-management skills, with the ability to move seamlessly between complex transactions and hands-on execution.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with Carta or similar equity management platforms.
  • Experience supporting international expansion and foreign entity formation and governance.
  • Experience with private-company secondary transactions or other liquidity programs.
  • Experience building or scaling a corporate legal function, infrastructure, or processes.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve and the Legal team is expected to be both strategic and highly execution-oriented.
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves and support business and legal matters that benefit from your judgment and expertise.

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Salary range(s) for this role
$220,000—$320,000 USD

Be Your Best at Snorkel

Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling rapidly—offering a unique combination of stability and the excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you’ll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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