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About Us Pearl is AI for professional services at global scale, combining advanced AI with verified human expertise to deliver help that is accurate, accountable, and fast. Since 2003, our network has connected millions of customers with licensed professionals across 196 countries, making real expertise available anytime, anywhere. Our Values Data driven: Data decides, not egos Courageous: We take risks and challenge the status quo Innovative: We're constantly learning, creating, and adapting Lean: We focus on customers, using lean testing to learn how to serve them best Humble: Past success is not a guarantee of future success About the Role As the Deputy General Counsel, Legal Operations & AI at Pearl, you’ll serve as a strategic legal leader and trusted advisor helping shape the company’s continued growth, while building a modern, AI-enabled legal function. In this role, you’ll partner closely with senior leaders across the business to manage complex legal issues and support high-impact business initiatives. You’ll lead a high-performing legal team while working across a broad range of legal matters, with particular emphasis on corporate governance, commercial transactions, privacy, consumer protection, litigation, and global compliance. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced in-house legal leader who is energized by innovation and excited about leveraging AI to improve how legal work gets done. We’re looking for a strategic corporate generalist who combines strong legal judgment with business pragmatism, communicates exceptionally well in both synchronous and asynchronous settings, and enjoys helping legal teams evolve through thoughtful adoption of new technologies. What You’ll Do Help set the strategy for the Legal Department and all matters under its purview. Partner with senior leaders to advise on legal strategy, governance, risk management, and key business initiatives. Support the day-to-day operations of the Legal Department and lead a high-performing, collaborative legal team. Help identify opportunities to leverage AI to improve legal research, drafting, knowledge management, and operational efficiency. Serve as a trusted business partner who translates complex legal issues into practical, business-focused guidance for leaders across the organization. Strengthen legal operations, entity management, governance processes, and team workflows while enabling the Legal Department to scale alongside the business. Advise internal teams on the laws and regulations applicable to the company’s business, platform, and growth initiatives. Oversee significant legal matters while delegating effectively and supporting the team across the broader legal workload. Provide practical guidance across a broad range of corporate, employment, privacy, consumer protection, and regulatory matters. Oversee outside counsel in connection with litigation, disputes, and other high-stakes matters. Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements and strategic transactions. Help train employees on legal issues, company policies, and risk-aware decision-making. Partner cross-functionally with leaders across the company in a highly collaborative, often asynchronous working environment. What We’re Looking For 12+ years of relevant legal experience, including 5+ years of in-house experience. Deep experience advising leadership teams on strategic legal, governance, risk management, and business matters. Experience serving as a broad corporate generalist, with strength in corporate governance, commercial transactions, and corporate matters. Demonstrated curiosity about AI and enthusiasm for incorporating AI tools into legal workflows. Experience evaluating or adopting AI-enabled workflows is a plus. Experience working on class action litigation and consumer protection issues. Experience supportin