Entity Management Team Lead

**A little about us**:
Oyster is on a mission to create a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere.

In 2021, we grew rapidly, raising over $70 million in both Series A and Series B rounds and increasing our team size by nearly 10x. And we're just getting started

As a fully distributed startup, we've built an incredibly strong leadership team and employee base across 50+ countries (and counting). We embrace asynchronous communication and collaborative work. We live on our platform, and we're passionate about improving our product every day.

Hiring people internationally is complicated - engineering, legal, finance, operations, and HR processes all interact to make it happen. We'd like to find people who think this is as interesting a challenge as we do.

We're an inclusive and diverse workplace, and welcome applicants from marginalized groups - the world over.

**The Role ‍**:**Location**: Anywhere in the world UTC+/-12hr

Oyster is growing fast and its Legal team needs help We are looking for a high-performing Entity Management Team Lead to join our team, who can assist in keeping up with the demands of a growing global HR/tech company. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for leading Oyster's Entity Management Team to maintain Oyster's direct entities around the global, among other responsibilities, all of which will require critical thinking, innovation, and integrity. Being a fully distributed company, the Entity Management Team Lead will work synchronously and asynchronously with staff members all over the world. We are looking for someone with wonderful attention to detail, strong multi-task skills, high energy, a positive attitude and no camera shyness.

Reporting to the Lead Counsel, the Entity Management Team Lead will be responsible for, among other duties, the following,

**What you'll do...**:

- Leading the Entity Management team and be responsible for maintaining Oyster's direct entities around the globe
- Ownership of the Team's performance against company and Legal Team OKRs
- Support in sourcing and selection of appropriate partners for entity management
- Managing the corporate maintenance of Oyster entities across the globe and building the corporate infrastructure for us to be able to remain in compliance country by country
- Overseeing subsidiary management/compliance filings, including annual resolutions, Directors & Officers and other event driven changes
- Working closely with Oyster's Country Growth and Expansion team to understand corporate set-up in each country
- Providing support to Finance on forecasting costs associated with maintaining entities
- Working cross-functionally with Oyster teams to ensure country by country learnings are embedded in our operations. Seeking opportunities to recommend improvements cross-functionally and ensure that information learned and recommendations are shared with and filtered to the appropriate teams (including Finance, Product, and the Country Launch team)
- Project management for multi-country incorporations status to provide an easy source of reference for the team and other stakeholders at Oyster
- Updating knowledge bases with country specific information gathered during research and set up phases

**What we're looking for**:

- Experience in corporate entity management or international expansion, including finding and working with 3rd party vendors (e.g. law firms, accountants, etc.) to support international corporate management.
- 4+ years of experience in team management
- Working knowledge of, or prior experience with an employer of record, professional employer organization, or similar business construct would be helpful
- Experience with an entity management system (such as CT Corp, CSC Corporation, Athennian, Klea)
- Driven by the social impact mission and desire to use skills to influence global change and employment opportunities
- First class attention to detail and reasoning with extreme organization and a proven work ethic and excellent communication skills
- Open-minded on doing things differently to how they have typically been done before
- Excellent interpersonal skills, determination and tenacity, along with a sense of humor
- Remote-first advocate and passionate about creating change in the future of work landscape
- Proactive and uses independent judgment
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for solving problems and adding value to the company
- Be competent. Be unquestionably ethical. Have humility. Work hard. Celebrate wins. Don't be a jerk.

**Bonus Attributes**:

- Experience working in a fast-paced start-up
- Remote working experience a plus
- Prior experience in a corporate legal department, a plus
- Proficient in Google Suite of products (Gmail, Google Doc, Google Sheets)
- Experience with a Contract Lifecycle Management system preferred (e.g., Ironclad, SAP CLM, Apttus, Conga, or the like)
- Electronic signature software experience preferred (e.g., HelloSign