Legal Counsel

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Legal Counsel negotiating enterprise SaaS contracts and advising on U.S. privacy, employment, and corporate law for Storyblok’s headless CMS. Supporting global legal projects, compliance initiatives, training, and process improvements across AMER, EMEA, and APAC.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, redline, negotiate, and own SaaS enterprise sales contracts, including MSAs, GTC/ToS, NDAs, DPAs, and other legal agreements
  • Advise on data privacy, intellectual property, information security, and corporate risk mitigation
  • Review and negotiate partnership agreements with AMER partners
  • Review and negotiate procurement and marketing contracts globally as needed
  • Support HR-related projects and U.S. employment and labor law matters
  • Draft, review, and maintain company-wide policies
  • Monitor legal and regulatory developments and advise on emerging risks and required adaptations
  • Provide legal advice on new product initiatives and feature launches
  • Provide legal training to different teams
  • Own cross-functional legal projects across multiple regions
  • Lead legal operational, compliance, and process improvement initiatives
  • Improve legal processes, templates, and governance frameworks
  • Build and maintain legal team documentation
  • Support administrative and project-based legal work
  • Provide accurate and concise legal research
  • Participate in the annual legal review and legal improvement process
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Partners, Product, People, Finance, HR, and other cross-functional teams
  • Support legal initiatives in EMEA and APAC and assist legal leadership with strategic priorities

Requirements:

  • Law Degree and Bar Admission to at least one jurisdiction in the U.S.
  • 3+ years of experience primarily drafting, redlining, and negotiating sales contracts
  • SaaS or fast-paced technology experience providing in-house support to enterprise sales teams strongly preferred
  • Prior negotiation experience with complex corporate agreements
  • Strong understanding of commercial contracting, with deep expertise in sales contracts and legal processes
  • Broad and in-depth specialized knowledge of the AMER legal framework
  • Some knowledge of EMEA and APAC legal topics preferred
  • Excellent English language skills
  • Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
  • Ability to manage a high volume of contracts under tight deadlines
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with Sales, Finance, HR, and Product stakeholders
  • Ability to provide concise legal advice to business teams
  • Ability to analyze different parties’ needs quickly and provide creative solutions
  • Ability to work independently and own matters end-to-end within a broader legal team structure
  • Understanding of complex legal and business processes
  • Organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • AI literacy and ability to leverage AI tools while applying sound judgment and critical thinking
  • Proactive, resourceful, solution-oriented, accountable, and professional approach

Benefits:

  • Monthly remote work stipend for home internet costs and electricity
  • Home office equipment package at the start, including laptop, keyboard, and monitor
  • Home office equipment upgrade or membership to a local co-working space after onboarding
  • Sick leave benefit
  • Parental leave
  • 25 days of annual leave plus local national holidays
  • Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material
  • VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)
  • Annual international team-building trip
  • Quarterly and monthly online get-togethers
  • Flexible schedules
  • Remote (home) work opportunity or funded Storyblok co-working space