Who We Are:

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.

Motive is proud to be a Forbes Cloud 100 company and a 2020 Career-Launching Company by Wealthfront.

About the Role:

Are you seeking a role where you can spread your wings with one of the most incredible legal teams of all time? Do you want to take on challenges with people who are trying to build a high-impact and efficient team (not just legal, but company-wide) who share your desire for excellence? Do you want to take on complex matters and business counseling, including matters of first impression in a dynamic field, while advising a rapidly growing business to be the best in the industry? Do you care about delving into an intoxicatingly interesting space aching for innovation? Do you desire growth by working cross-functionally with a highly collaborative company? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

We are seeking a Lead Legal Counsel for our Pakistan office to counsel our legal and business teams, as well as other key stakeholders on a range of issues, including regulatory, marketing, commercial, corporate, and data security and privacy. In this role you will be reporting into the Manager, Legal Counsel. We’re looking for a collaborative team member with strong problem-solving skills who can manage multiple, high-priority tasks in a fast-paced environment.

What You'll Do:

• Advise internal clients on legal matters relevant to Motive’s international operations in Pakistan and India, including employment, commercial contracts, corporate governance, litigation, compliance, privacy and other cross-border activities.
• Lead employee relations matters, including investigations, reporting, actions, templates, policies, training materials, compliance and litigation. Lead continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes.
• Assist with Pakistan and India subsidiary governance, including maintaining corporate records, ensuring compliance, and streamlining processes.
• Negotiate, draft, and review a broad range of commercial contracts, including contractor agreements, master service agreements and licensing agreements.
• Assist in managing commercial litigation, disputes and settlement.
• Monitor legal and regulatory changes in Pakistan and India, ensuring Motive’s policies and practices remain current and compliant.
• Assist with the successful completion of major programs and projects, as applicable.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the Company.
• Drive continuous improvements, scalability and operational excellence in legal processes and execution.

What We're Looking For:

• 8 to 10+ years of practice at a leading law firm and in-house experience managing complex international legal environments with expertise in two or more legal areas (e.g., employment, corporate governance, commercial contracts or litigation).
• A law degree (JD/LLB or equivalent) in Pakistan is required.
• Experience in India is a plus.
• Highly motivated, reliable, flexible, deadline-oriented, and able to manage multiple tasks independently.
• An owner’s mentality with the ability to execute in a fast-paced environment, juggle conflicting priorities to meet deadlines, adapt quickly to change and think creatively of solutions.