Director, Corporate Legal and M&a

Rubrik Rubrik · Enterprise · Palo Alto, CA · Legal

This role is for a Director, Corporate Legal and M&A at Rubrik. The responsibilities include SEC reporting, M&A transactions, corporate compliance (global trade, anti-bribery), and incident response. The role also involves leading and managing a team of legal professionals. A key aspect is the willingness to adopt and leverage AI tools to transform legal operations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepare, review, and manage the filing of SEC reports, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, the annual proxy statement, registration statements, and Section 16 filings (Forms 3, 4, and 5).
  2. Lead the legal workstream on acquisitions, investments, dispositions, and strategic transactions end-to-end — from diligence and deal structuring through negotiation of definitive agreements and post-closing matters – and work closely with Corporate Development to ensure legal terms reflect business priorities.
  3. Own and continue to build Rubrik’s global trade compliance program, including U.S. export controls (EAR), sanctions, and related screening and classification processes.
  4. Own the legal components of Rubrik’s incident response program, including leading the legal response to security incidents in coordination with Information Security, IT, Privacy, Communications, and senior leadership — directing forensics, insurers, and outside counsel to preserve privilege.
  5. Lead, mentor, and grow a team of corporate legal professionals, setting clear priorities and high standards across securities, M&A, compliance, and incident response.

Skills

Required

  • J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing of the California Bar (or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in California)
  • Approximately 8+ years of combined experience at a leading law firm and in-house, with substantial time supporting a public company.
  • Hands-on public-company securities experience, with deep working knowledge of ’33 Act and ’34 Act reporting, Section 16, Rule 10b5-1 plans, stock-exchange rules, and corporate governance best practices.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technology M&A transactions end-to-end, including diligence, definitive agreements, and integration.
  • Experience building or running corporate compliance programs — export controls/sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-corruption, and/or channel/partner compliance.
  • Experience advising on the legal aspects of cybersecurity incident response, breach notification, and regulatory disclosure (experience at a cybersecurity or high-growth technology company is a plus).
  • A demonstrated willingness to lean into AI — actively adopting AI tools and helping transform how every part of the corporate legal function operates, from SEC reporting and M&A diligence to compliance and incident response.
  • Excellent judgment, a pragmatic and business-ori

What the JD emphasized

  • public company securities work
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • corporate compliance
  • incident response
  • public company
  • technology M&A transactions
  • corporate compliance programs
  • cybersecurity incident response
  • AI tools