[Hiring] Mid-Level Corporate ECVC Associate @Talent Search PRO

Role Description

As a Corporate ECVC Associate, you'll advise startups on day-to-day matters, venture transactions, and possible acquisitions. You'll run point on venture financings — drafting and negotiating primary financing documents and ancillaries, disclosure schedules, and cap tables — while guiding founders and CEOs through employment agreements, separations, and board consents as a trusted advisor. You'll work alongside senior associates and partners on deals ranging from SAFEs to $300M+ transactions, with real end-to-end ownership.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the main point of contact for 20+ startups on daily general counsel needs
• Lead venture capital financings end-to-end, including drafting principal financing agreements
• Advise founders on corporate governance, equity grants, employment matters, and commercial agreements
• Work directly with partners on complex transactions with significant autonomy and ownership
• Manage client relationships in a founder-facing capacity

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of corporate ECVC experience at a top venture/startup law firm (e.g., Fenwick, Orrick, Cooley, Wilson Sonsini, Goodwin, Gunderson)
• 3+ years consistently at one firm — stability and commitment matter
• ~15+ venture deals per year, including 5+ equity rounds where you led drafting
• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Experience drafting and negotiating venture financing documents (SAFEs, convertible notes, Series A/B), plus cap table management and disclosure schedules
• Comfortable being founder-facing and owning client relationships independently
• Comfortable with a 1,200+ billable hour target
• Tech-forward mindset

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience as main point of contact for 20+ startups on day-to-day GC needs
• M&A experience (strategic, sell-side)
• Pro forma modeling experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Total compensation: $190,000–$270,000 (based on 1,200–1,350 billable hour range)
• 80/20 salary/bonus split; 1,200-hour minimum target with pay for every hour above
• 401(k) + firm-contributed profit sharing and cash balance retirement plan
• Health insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Home office stipend
• Origination credit for business development

Interview Process

• Screener / knowledge assessment call (15–20 minutes)
• Take-home technical assignment
• Partner interview #1
• Partner interview #2

Role Responsibilities

• Advise startups on day-to-day matters, venture transactions, and possible acquisitions
• Run point on venture financings
• Guide founders/CEOs through employment agreements, separations, and board consents
• Work alongside senior associates and partners on deals ranging from SAFEs to $300M transactions