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Senior Counsel, Corporate and Securities

Posted Nov 28
Full Time
New York, New York

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!

As Senior Counsel, Corporate and Securities, you will help develop our corporate legal strategy, ensuring we stay ahead in a constantly evolving tech landscape.

_This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

_ What you’ll do at Figma:

  • Assist with corporate legal matters, including corporate governance, M&A, venture investing and equity administration
  • Ensure the Company remains compliant with all applicable corporate and securities laws and regulations, including potential future SEC requirements
  • Help lead public company readiness projects
  • Provide support and advice relating to the Company’s expanding international operations, including creating and managing corporate subsidiaries
  • Help build and maintain a robust, public company-ready corporate compliance program
  • Build and maintain processes and infrastructure, such as playbooks, templates, metrics, and self-serve tools, to help scale the legal function
  • Partner with other critical collaborators across accounting, finance, people and communications.

We'd love to hear from you if you have/are:

  • 8+ years of legal experience at a top tier law firm and in-house legal department
  • A J.D. and are a current member in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar
  • Deep knowledge of corporate and securities laws and SEC reporting
  • Experience working on a variety of M&A transactions
  • Proactive, driven, and adaptable; you should be able to prioritize and balance multiple projects, path-find, and recalibrate advice in view of shifting priorities, legal developments, and risk tolerance

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and business judgment; an ability to distill complex issues and concisely explain why it matters.
  • A strong self awareness around what you know and what you don’t know. You should have a sense of curiosity and desire to learn what you don’t know.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.

Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):

$198,000—$308,000 USD

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

  • Holding interviews in an accessible location
  • Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
  • Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
  • Changing the mode or format of interviews

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