Description
About the Company
Our client is a global software company, already a market leader and set for exciting growth. Its software is used by some of the world’s largest companies and it has a bright future.
About the Role
As part of exciting growth plans, we are recruiting a Senior Legal Counsel to support the growth of the global business, including working closely with leadership and go-to-market teams, structuring and closing SaaS contracts with customers, and collaborating cross-functionally across the global organization. You will be joining a winning team and you’ll need to enjoy thriving in a very fast-paced environment in a dynamic, high-growth, AI-first, enterprise SaaS company.
Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, negotiate, and close SaaS, software, support and cloud contracts.
- Lead the negotiation of master agreements, NDAs, SOWs, and tender responses.
- Develop and refine playbooks and corporate standards and ensure governance of contractual terms against those.
- Provide accurate, pragmatic, and timely legal advice across a range of commercial and operational matters.
- Dive into other ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed, including using the Legal AI tools and working with other teams.
Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer with 7+ years post qualification experience.
- In-house SaaS/Software company experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven experience delivering on a wide range of complex commercial contracts and demonstrable ability to independently handle complex negotiations.
- Experience with Legal technical tools, revenue recognition and privacy matters.
- Proactive, “roll-up your sleeves” attitude.
- Highest degree of professional ethics and integrity, with demonstrable confidence when providing legal advice.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization and time-management skills – this is an extremely fast paced company with same-day response expected.
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
