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Lead Counsel, Public Company Governance & Corporate Programs

HubSpot
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Job Description

Headquarters: United States

URL: https://www.hubspot.com/

Lead Counsel, Public Company Governance & Corporate Programs

Legal

Remote - USA

POS-20140

The Legal Team

HubSpot's Legal team is a proactive, business-enabling partner - not a back-office function. We help our teams move fast, smart, and responsibly, balancing innovation with rigor so HubSpot can scale as a publicly traded, AI-native company while maintaining trust, compliance, and clarity.

Role Summary

This is a role for a senior governance attorney who has earned the confidence of boards and committees, not just supported them. You will be HubSpot's primary governance lawyer - owning the company's governance policy framework, the NG&S Committee, the operational backbone for all three Board committees, proxy governance and annual meeting, and governance-focused investor engagement.

The governance attorney who succeeds here doesn't just maintain recurring programs - they actively improve how those programs work, bringing the same rigor to process design as to legal advice.

HubSpot is building an AI-first legal function, and we want someone who sees that as an opportunity to do governance work at a higher level of quality and scale, not as an obligation to satisfy.

This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Corporate Legal.

What You'll Do

1. Lead HubSpot's Governance Policy Framework

- Own HubSpot's governance policy framework, including committee charters, governance practices, director independence analysis, related-party frameworks, and Board refresh and skills matrix legal analysis.

- Lead the annual governance policy refresh, ensuring HubSpot's practices remain aligned with evolving NYSE requirements and governance best practices - and anticipating changes before they arrive.

2. Own the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee

- Serve as the substantive legal owner for the NG&S Committee, preparing materials, advising on agenda items, translating legal...