The role We’re looking for a General Counsel to help Affinda scale from $20+ million revenue to $100+ million over the coming years. This is a high impact role within a rapidly growing AI scale‑up, where you will lead the legal function with a clear mandate to support the growth of the business. You must be a systems thinker, be proactive in your adoption of AI and have a highly commercial mindset.
What makes this role compelling
High impact:
Join the leadership team of one of Australia’s fastest‑growing AI companies, shaping how organisations adopt and use AI in practice.
Real influence:
Be the person the founders and execs turn to on the toughest judgement calls, blending commercial, legal and risk perspectives.
Own the legal function:
Autonomy and authority to build the systems and playbooks to help us move faster while appropriately managing risk.
Support new legal products:
Leverage your experience, insights and legal network to support the development of recent drafting tools for the legal industry.
Why now As the world races towards AGI and the pace of AI adoption accelerates, we are uniquely positioned to help organisations capture the full potential of this once-in-a-generation shift. For a senior legal professional, this is a chance to guide how a fast‑growing AI company behaves, contracts, manages risk and builds trust, while staying very close to how AI is reshaping the practice of law itself.
You will
Refine and maintain standardised customer contract templates.
Establish playbooks to support scalable contracting processes.
Support sales with clear, pragmatic and timely legal advice.
Promote a commercial pragmatic, solutions‑oriented culture within the legal function.
Advise on privacy, data protection, IP and information security.
Support corporate projects, capital raisings and strategic transactions.
Maintain practical governance, risk and compliance frameworks.
Manage relationships with external counsel.
Partner with legal tech product teams on strategy and feedback.
What you'll bring
3+ years leading a legal function (e.g. in‑house legal counsel) or business unit (e.g. GM).
Expertise in contract law with experience negotiating complex commercial contracts.
Commercial judgement that appropriately balances growth and risk.
Systems mindset, with a focus on building scalable processes to support growth.
Genuine curiosity about AI and comfort adopting modern AI tools in your own workflow.
Nice to have
In‑house experience in a high‑growth tech business.
Experience with international contracting, data and regulatory issues.
Public markets experience.
Compensation & location Compensation: Commensurate with experience. Package made up of salary plus long‑term incentives.
Melbourne, Australia
Flexible working arrangements with regular in‑person collaboration
How to apply
Your CV
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