VP & General Counsel

VP & General CounselToronto, OntarioApplyAbout Clutch:  We’re on a mission to reinvent the way people buy, sell, and own cars. Are you game?  Clutch is Canada’s largest online used car retailer, delivering a seamless, hassle-free car-buying experience to drivers everywhere. Customers can browse thousands of cars from the comfort of their home, get the right one delivered to their door, and enjoy peace of mind with our 10-Day Money-Back Guarantee… and that’s just the beginning.  Named five years in a row to the Globe & Mail’s list of the Top Growing Companies in Canada and also awarded spots on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ lists, we’re looking to add curious, hard-working, and driven individuals to our growing team.  Headquartered in Toronto, Clutch was founded in 2017 and currently services Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island. Clutch is backed by several world-class investors, including Altos Ventures, Canaan Partners, BMO Capital, iA Financial, and FJ Labs. To learn more, visit clutch.ca.  About the role:  We are on a mission to build a world-class company that is trusted by customers, employees, partners, regulators, and investors. As we scale rapidly, we are looking for a strategic, business-minded VP & General Counsel to lead Clutch’s legal function and serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team.  Reporting directly to the CEO, this high-impact role will own the company’s legal strategy and day-to-day legal execution across commercial contracts, employment and HR matters, privacy and data security, consumer protection, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, risk & insurance program oversight, and automotive retail compliance, including OMVIC and applicable provincial requirements. You will operate at the intersection of legal, business, product, operations, finance, and risk — helping Clutch move quickly while building durable, scalable processes that protect the company and support growth.  This is a unique opportunity for a builder: someone who brings strong legal judgment, pragmatic business instincts, and the ability to create a modern legal function for a category-defining Canadian company. The right person will help us Deliver Wow by making complex legal and regulatory work feel simple for the business, Take Extreme Ownership of outcomes, Check the Glovebox by building strong legal fundamentals, and Win Together with teams across Clutch. These values are part of Clutch’s cultural framework, alongside Experiment Relentlessly and Refuse to Settle.  Importantly, this is a hands-on, build-from-zero role. For the foreseeable future you are the legal function — drafting the agreements, writing the playbooks, and making the judgment calls yourself — before you build a team around you.  What you'll do:  Legal Strategy & Executive Counsel: Serve as the company’s senior legal advisor, partnering closely with the CEO and executive team on strategic initiatives, risk management, regulatory matters, governance, and high-impact business decisions.  Commercial Contracts & Negotiation: Lead review, drafting, and negotiation of key commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, SaaS and technology agreements, marketplace and automotive partnerships, financing-related agreements, real estate and operations agreements, and other strategic business contracts.  Consumer Law & Advertising Compliance: Own legal oversight of consumer-facing policies, disclosures, advertising claims, purchase and sale processes, warranty and protection products, refund policies, and customer communications to ensure compliance with applicable consumer protection laws and regulations.  Automotive & Dealer Regulation : Lead Clutch’s compliance approach for OMVIC and applicable provincial motor vehicle dealer requirements, including licensing, advertising, disclosures, sales practices, complaints, audits, and internal training.  Privacy, Data Security & AI Governance: Build...