Head of Legal - ClassDojo

About Dojo

Dojo started as a simple way for teachers to show parents what happened in class. Today it's used in 95% of US K-8 schools and by 1 in 4 American families, reaching about 50 million kids across 180 countries. We reached this scale with around 220 people and have never paid for a user.

Families trust us with their kids, and we're now building on that trust. On Dojo Islands, kids explore a shared world with friends after school. Dojo Tutor connects families with tutors. Sparks is an AI tutor for every kid, and Login with Dojo will let children sign in safely anywhere online.

Our mission is to give every child on Earth an education they love. We hire for talent density, with team members joining from Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, and Y Combinator.

The Job

Every product mentioned lives in a category where the rules haven't been written yet. State legislatures, the FTC, and the EU are establishing them now. What should a shared online world for eight-year-olds allow? How should an AI talk to a child? Who verifies a kid's identity, and what happens to that data? Some company will answer these questions well, in public, and earn long-term trust from parents and schools.

As Head of Legal, you'll sit on the leadership team and work directly with our co-founders. You'll own all of legal: product, privacy, commercial, corporate, employment, IP, regulatory, and litigation. You'll inherit strong foundations, including a small in-house team, trusted outside counsel, and working commercial and privacy processes.

Your First 18 Months

Make Dojo the Company Parents Trust Most

• Decide where Dojo stands on the hardest questions in kids' tech, and articulate it publicly before regulators decide: AI interactions with children, kids playing together online, and revenue models for kids' products.
• Determine which seals and certifications impact parent and district trust, then achieve them.
• Establish privacy as a key reason districts choose Dojo.
• Manage regulatory interactions effectively to protect product momentum and brand reputation.

Make Legal an Accelerator for Shipping

• Partner early with product, engineering, and partnerships teams to refine plans, find viable shipping paths, identify real blockers, and guide immediate action.
• Turn around standard contracts in hours and product questions within two days.
• Develop playbooks that streamline district data agreements, partnerships, and vendor negotiations.

Build a High-Performing Legal Team

• Lead and scale a small, exceptional in-house team while holding outside counsel to budget and quality standards.
• Integrate AI into daily workflows for contracts, data agreements, and privacy reviews, optimizing spend and output.
• Manage M&A, financing, and board matters alongside our CFO, maintaining readiness for deals and capital raises.

Qualifications

• Experience leading legal at a consumer tech company of 100 to 1,000 people where product and engineering drive core value.
• Proven track record of accelerating business teams and providing decisive, ownership-oriented counsel.
• Deep ownership of consumer privacy, ideally for children's products (COPPA, FERPA, state student privacy laws, CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and emerging AI regulations).
• Experience managing M&A, financings, and board governance alongside a CFO.
• Experience leading high-performing teams, managing outside counsel to budget, and leveraging specialist networks.
• Direct experience applying AI to legal workflows to drive team leverage.
• Strong written communication, concise decision-making, and high adaptability.

Bonus Qualifications

• 10+ years in legal practice, ideally with child-directed products or student data.
• Background in strategy consulting, operations, finance, or engineering.
• Prior experience refining an existing legal function or leading distributed legal teams.
• Experience speaking publicly to regulators, press, or strategic partners.