Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Webflow sits in a mature corner of the SaaS ecosystem where product-led growth meets enterprise expectations, and the legal surface area expands accordingly. A corporate-focused Associate General Counsel role signals a shift from primarily commercial enablement to governance, capital structure, and transaction readiness, which are increasingly central as SaaS companies professionalize their operating model and prepare for public-market scrutiny.
For a SaaS legal career, this remit builds durable leverage: board and entity work that scales across jurisdictions, repeatable playbooks for strategic transactions, and the mechanics of public company readiness, including securities and SOX frameworks. That combination is highly portable across later-stage SaaS businesses because it connects legal judgment to company-building milestones like acquisitions, financing, and disclosure discipline.
This role fits a senior corporate lawyer who prefers being embedded with operators rather than staying purely advisory, and who is comfortable translating complex requirements into workable processes. It will suit someone who enjoys owning cross-functional programs, managing external counsel effectively, and developing a corporate legal function that can support both day-to-day decisions and inflection-point events.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Webflow is the agentic web marketing platform for modern marketing teams, helping organizations build, manage, and optimize high-performing web experiences that drive predictable growth and strengthen brand trust. Building at Webflow will need grit, because we move fast, without ever sacrificing craft or quality.
We’re looking for an Associate General Counsel, Corporate to spearhead Webflow's corporate legal function, with an emphasis on corporate governance, public company readiness, and strategic transactions. You’ll play a critical role supporting Webflow’s continued high-rate growth and maturation, balancing legal compliance with a calibrated business mindset.
About the role:
- Location: Remote-first (United States)
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Exempt
- The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We've structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills.
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- United States (all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
- Zone A: $240,000 - $300,000
- Zone B: $225,000 - $282,000
- Zone C: $211,000 - $264,000
This role is also eligible to participate in Webflow's company-wide bonus program. Target amounts are a percentage of base salary and vary by career level. Payouts are based on company performance against established financial and operational goals.
Please visit our Careers page for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter
- Application Information:
- Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled
- This posting is for an existing vacancy
- Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer
As the Associate General Counsel, Corporate you’ll be responsible for:
- Board Administration: Manage preparation for board and committee meetings, prepare materials, maintain corporate records and minutes, advise on governance practices
- Entity Management: Oversee corporate structure, subsidiary governance, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions
- M&A Support: Lead legal due diligence, negotiate transaction documents, and manage post-acquisition integration from a legal perspective
- Corporate Transactions: Negotiate and draft complex commercial agreements, financing documents, and other strategic transactions
- Public Company Readiness: Drive Webflow’s public company readiness, including due diligence coordination and working with external counsel.
- Employment and Litigation: Lead our internal employment function, as well as our litigation efforts as they may arise
- Securities and SOX Compliance: Develop and implement securities law compliance program and insider trader policies. Develop and implement SOX compliance framework, if and when applicable, including internal controls, disclosure procedures, and certification processes
- Leadership: Build and lead Webflow’s corporate legal team, manage outside counsel relationships, and optimize and create scalable corporate legal processes and operations
About you:
Requirements:
- JD degree with at least one active bar membership
- 10+ years of relevant experience, with experience at a nationally-recognized law firm (required), and ideally a mixture of late stage private and public company experience
- Experience with securities laws, corporate governance, M&A transactions, SEC reporting requirements, and SOX requirements
- Experience with driving public company readiness, or managing public company compliance
You’ll thrive as an Associate General Counsel, Corporate if you:
- Possess excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills
- Operate with a strategic, pragmatic mindset with ability to balance legal risk management with business objectives
- Have experience in technology or SaaS industry (preferred)
- Are a creative thinker, collaborative, and excited to contribute to a lean but growing Legal team on a variety of projects which may fall outside of your core expertise
- Have a track record of forming and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships
- Are accountable, adaptable and an effective multi-tasker. You are able to manage multiple, sometimes competing, demands for your time, and you manage expectations and anticipate needs
- Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact
Our Core Behaviors:
- Build lasting customer trust. We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first.
- Win together. We play to win, and we win as one team. Success at Webflow isn't a solo act.
- Reinvent ourselves. We don't just improve what exists, we imagine what's possible.
- Deliver with speed, quality, and craft. We move fast because the moment demands it, and we do so without lowering the bar.
Benefits
- Ownership in what you help build. Every permanent Webflower receives equity (RSUs) in our growing, privately held company.
- Health coverage that actually covers you. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and their dependents, with Webflow covering most premiums.
- Support for every stage of family life. 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and 6+ weeks of additional paid leave for birthing parents. Plus inclusive care for family planning, menopause, and midlife transitions.
- Time off that’s actually off. Flexible vacation, paid holidays, and a sabbatical program to help you recharge and come back inspired.
- Wellness for the whole you. Access to mental health resources, therapy and coaching.
- Invest in your future. A 401(k) with 100% employer match (up to $6,000/year) in the U.S., and support for retirement savings globally.
- Monthly stipends that flex with your life. Localized support for work and wellness expenses — from Wi-Fi to workouts.
- Bonus for building together. All full-time, permanent, non-commission employees are eligible for our annual WIN bonus program.
Temporary employees may be eligible for paid holiday and time off, statutory leaves of absence, and company-sponsored medical benefits depending on their Fixed Term Contract and their country/state of employment.
Remote, together
At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Webflow will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Please note:
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Upon interview scheduling, instructions for confidential accommodation requests will be administered.
To join Webflow, you'll need a valid right to work authorization depending on the country of employment.
If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.
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