Legal Counsel, Procurement

Overview

An organization is seeking a highly skilled and commercially-minded Legal Counsel to join their legal team. This role focuses on managing complex commercial agreements, particularly vendor and SaaS contracts, to support global business growth. The position involves strategic collaboration with cross-functional teams including product, sales, and operations to provide practical legal advice that balances risk and opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate a high volume of vendor and commercial agreements ensuring favorable terms and risk mitigation
• Provide strategic commercial legal advice to stakeholders across the organization
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and legal processes to support scalable operations
• Collaborate with procurement, finance, and operations teams to facilitate vendor onboarding and management
• Identify legal risks and opportunities in commercial relationships and provide clear, actionable guidance
• Stay up to date with relevant laws and regulations affecting commercial contracts across multiple jurisdictions

Requirements

• Rigorous legal training, preferably with experience at a reputable law firm
• Significant experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating vendor agreements, SaaS contracts, and other commercial contracts
• Ability to understand business objectives and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice
• Strong analytical skills to quickly grasp complex issues, identify risks, and propose creative solutions
• Demonstrated automation and AI capabilities
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Experience working remotely is a plus but not required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced, global environment
• Familiarity with HR technology or SaaS industry legal challenges

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual salary range: $42,400 to $95,450 USD, dependent on location, skills, experience, and market factors
• Competitive compensation aligned with geographic pay differentials to ensure fairness
• Stock options
• Flexible paid time off and working hours
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• Mental health support services
• Learning and development budget
• Home office budget and IT equipment
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

Location

• This is a fully remote position
• Applications from candidates based in EMEA will be prioritized

Additional Information

• The role reports to the Associate General Counsel, Infrastructure
• The organization supports asynchronous work allowing flexible scheduling to promote work-life balance
• The hiring process includes interviews with recruiters, team members, hiring managers, a written exercise, and employment verification
• The organization is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply
• Accommodations are available upon request during the recruitment process

Interested candidates should submit their CV or LinkedIn profile in English. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.