Senior Corporate Counsel

Location

San Francisco Presidio HQ or Bellevue

About the Role

Armada is seeking a pragmatic, business-minded Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal team, reporting directly to the Head of Legal. This is a high-impact role for a seasoned attorney who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants to own significant workstreams across corporate governance, strategic transactions, commercial matters, and operational legal support.

As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, People, and Operations, helping Armada scale responsibly and efficiently. You will independently lead a wide range of legal initiatives, including corporate governance, strategic transactions and financing, entity management, and corporate legal operations, exercising judgment on complex matters where established precedent may not fully apply.

This role is ideal for an attorney who combines deep legal expertise with sound business judgment and is excited to build the policies, processes, and playbooks that will scale with a rapidly growing technology company.

What You’ll Do

• Own corporate governance matters, including preparation of board and committee materials, resolutions, minutes, and consents, and maintenance of corporate records across the corporate group.
• Lead legal workstreams for strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, financing transactions, and strategic partnerships; independently manage diligence, structuring support, and documentation from inception through close.
• Drive subsidiary management and entity governance across domestic and international jurisdictions, including formations, qualifications, annual filings, and compliance obligations; direct local counsel to ensure entities remain in good standing.
• Manage equity-related matters, including equity award documentation, cap table coordination, 409A processes, and employee equity programs, advising People and Finance stakeholders on complex equity questions.
• Develop and implement corporate policies, compliance programs, and risk management processes as Armada scales globally, including policies governing insider trading, conflicts of interest, and corporate conduct.
• Serve as a primary legal advisor to Finance, People, Operations, and business leaders on corporate and operational legal matters, adapting guidance to diverse audiences and driving alignment across stakeholders.
• Select, direct, and manage outside counsel on corporate, employment, compliance, and transactional matters, ensuring quality and cost efficiency.
• Design and own legal templates, playbooks, workflows, and operational processes that drive efficiency and scalability, and guide their adoption across the company.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice on complex issues that balances risk management with execution velocity, exercising independent judgment where facts are ambiguous and precedent is limited.
• Mentor and support more junior legal team members and cross-functional partners as the Legal function grows.
• Contribute across a wide variety of legal and operational projects in a collaborative, high-ownership environment. Armada moves fast and priorities shift; flexibility and good judgment are essential.

What We’re Looking For

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• 6+ years of relevant legal experience, including training at a top law firm; meaningful in-house experience at a high-growth technology company strongly preferred
• Deep expertise in corporate law, commercial transactions, and corporate governance
• Demonstrated track record independently leading strategic transactions, financing matters, and M&A from diligence through close
• Exceptional drafting, negotiation, organizational, and project management skills, with the ability to run multiple complex workstreams in parallel
• Ability to distill complex legal concepts into practical, decision-ready guidance for executives and business stakeholders
• Proven ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, evolving environment, determining approach and methods on new matters with minimal oversight
• Experience building legal processes, policies, and playbooks from the ground up
• Strong attention to detail with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Collaborative team player with excellent judgment, persuasion, and communication skills; recognized as a go-to resource on complex matters
• Excited to work in a high-growth environment where no task is too big or too small
• Interest in infrastructure, AI, emerging technologies, or high-growth technology businesses is a plus
• All-in on Armada's mission to Bridge the Digital Divide for customers and partners operating in the world's harshest and most contested environments.

Why Join Armada

• Opportunity to shape the legal foundation of a rapidly scaling technology company
• Ownership of strategic, operational, and commercial legal matters end to end
• High visibility and direct partnership with company leadership
• Collaborative, mission-driven culture with meaningful ownership and impact
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package