Corporate Counsel

Algolia
London, ENG Full Time
POSTED ON 5/4/2023 CLOSED ON 8/1/2023

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Counsel position at Algolia?

Algolia is looking to add a corporate counsel with a focus on commercial transactions and privacy to our growing Legal and Compliance Team! The ideal candidate will be a key partner to our Sales, Marketing, Security, Product and Engineering teams and support our growing revenue team, products development, documentation and vendor procurement agreements.  This is a great opportunity for a dynamic, tech savvy lawyer with a passion for helping a business to scale. This role will contribute to shaping commercial contracting processes and policies, training team members to accomplish the same, impact the development and lifecycle of products and learn and take on new areas of the law.

YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF:

  • Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including enterprise SaaS, software license, data processing agreements, partnership and alliance, consulting, reseller, referral, non-disclosure and other commercial agreements
  • Partner cross-functionally with global teams on a variety of commercial matters and vendor agreement review
  • Provide internal privacy guidance and to our revenue teams (e.g. data processing agreements, data transfers)
  • Provide guidance to Product, Engineering, Marketing and Security on issues related to new and existing products and documentation
  • Partner with the extended support team (including sales operations and security) to support and develop processes for contract and knowledge base management
  • Develop training materials and conduct training sessions for business teams
  • Manage outside counsel for quality and expenses as needed

YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:

  • Professional level fluency and drafting in English, and ideally German
  • Qualifications as an EU or UK lawyer (current or past)
  • At least 4 years of experience in the IT or corporate team of a global law firm with training in corporate law; and a big plus for in-house relevant work experience in a growing technology company
  • Strong transactional experience with drafting and negotiating complex enterprise SaaS agreements, including in regulated sectors (e.g. public, banking)
  • Expertise in privacy compliance
  • Excellent legal and business judgment 
  • Passion for partnering with Sales and closing deals
  • Strong communication and analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Track record of initiative, collaboration and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

  • Expertise in privacy compliance programs and internal tools
  • Experience in audits with privacy authorities
  • Experience with dispute resolution and litigation management

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

  • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
  • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
  • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
  • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
  • HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

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