Head of Legal

We're building AI thought partners to make people smarter and more creative, accelerating the creation and sharing of knowledge in financial services. We're unabashedly ambitious, and we're dead set on building the biggest Financial AI company in the world. Our team is lean, smart, and endlessly curious.

About The Role

As the founding Head of Legal at Rogo, you will play an instrumental role in shaping our growth and trajectory. We’re operating in one of the most exciting and complex spaces, reinventing one of the largest industries in the world with the most powerful technology of our time. You will own Rogo’s entire legal strategy, covering product development, corporate matters, finance, and commercial strategy.

What You Will Own

• Commercial & Vendor Contracts – Lead high-value MSAs and data-licensing agreements with major banks and content providers; create playbooks and negotiation standards to streamline smaller deals.

• AI Compliance & Governance – Own internal AI-safety and model-training policies; ensure compliance with industry and regulatory requirements

• IP & Data Strategy – Build a defensible patent portfolio, and protect Rogo’s rights in all customer and vendor contracts.

• Corporate Management – Board governance, equity financings, cap-table management, employment matters, etc.

• Strategic Projects – Provide legal and commercial guidance on new products or strategic initiatives

• Brand & Thought Leadership – Position Rogo as the benchmark for secure, compliant AI in finance through industry engagement and public-facing content.

What You Will Need

• Top-tier law-firm training; in-house experience strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of financial services and software licensing

• Experience with complex commercial deals, IP strategy, privacy, and corp-gov.

• Deep interest in AI, software, and finance

• Commercially-minded

• Strong communicator with credibility across counsel, CISOs, and boards.

• Bonus

  • Working knowledge of AI governance, data licensing, and generative-model IP.

  • Proficient in SaaS/cloud licensing, open-source, SLAs, and security terms.

  • Early lawyer at a hyper-growth startup

Who You Are

• You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup

• You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.

• You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance

• You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity

• You are collaborative, organized, and thoughtful.

Why Join Rogo?

• Exceptional traction: strong PMF with the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms.

• World-class team: we take talent density seriously. We like working with incredibly smart, driven people.

• Velocity: we work fast, which means you learn a lot and constantly take on new challenges.

• Frontier technology: we're developing cutting-edge AI systems, pushing the boundaries of published research, redefining what's possible, and inventing the future.

• Cutting Edge Product: Our platform is state-of-the-art and crazily powerful. We're creating tools that make people smarter, reinventing how you discover, create, and share knowledge.