General Counsel

Great Minds PBC(Great Minds or the Organization)hasengagedMajor Lindsey & Africaon an exclusive basis to conduct a search for aGeneral Counselto be located in Washington, D.C. or Richmond, VA.

Company:Founded in 2007, by a group of education leaders, Great Minds PBC is a public benefit corporation and a subsidiary of Great Minds, a nonprofit organization. Great Minds advocates for a more content-rich, comprehensive education for all children. In pursuit of that mission, Great Minds brings together teachers and scholars to create exemplary instructional materials that provide joyful rigor to learning, spark and reward curiosity, and impart knowledge with equal parts delight.

Great Minds mission is to make the world a more knowledge-rich place. Great Minds strives to improve Pre-K through grade 12 education by supporting teachers with best-in-class curriculum materials and implementation products and services in math, English, science, history and other subjects. Best-in-class curriculum is knowledge-driven, coherent, uses research-based instructional methods that are proven to work for all learners, including but not limited to striving readers, students with dyslexia and English language learners. The Great Minds motto is Every child is capable of greatness.

For more information on Great Minds, please see: https://greatminds.org/.

Position Overview:Reporting to the CEO, the General Counsel Officer is responsible for developing and leading corporate legal strategy to promote Great Minds PBCs growth as a public benefit corporation. The General Counsel will act as a strategic partner and business advisor to the CEO and the Board of Directors, while managing a team of corporate counsel and other members of the legal department.

Experience:At least 15 years of broad based and progressively responsible corporate legal experience, including experience in a B2B setting. The ideal candidate will have experience in leadership roles within public company environments at various stages of growth, as well as robust public company reporting and securities compliance expertise.

Location:Regular in-office presence is required in Washington, D.C., or Richmond, VA.

Compensation:Competitive base, bonus, and equity, commensurate with experience.

Bar: Must be licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and willing and able to become licensed in Washington, D.C. within one year of joining Great Minds.