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Senior Legal Counsel providing legal advice in various domains for a SaaS company. Serving as a legal partner in a high-growth environment with compliance and governance responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
- Provide practical, commercially-focused legal advice across corporate/commercial, privacy, regulatory, employment, and intellectual property matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and other customer, partner, reseller, and vendor contracts
- Act as a legal business partner to Sales, Customer Success, Product, Finance, People, Marketing, and Operations teams
- Support privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance initiatives in a SaaS environment
- Advise on employment-related matters, including drafting employment agreements, supporting employee relations escalations, and advising on compliance with applicable employment legislation across Canadian jurisdictions, the US and the UK
- Assist with corporate governance, transactional, and risk management activities, including internal policies and compliance workflows
- Help manage external counsel relationships to ensure high-quality advice and cost-effective legal spend
- Contribute to the development and optimization of Legal team operations, including contract templates, playbooks, workflows, automation, and process improvements
- Support internal compliance training and education initiatives to foster a culture of compliance
- Take on additional responsibilities and projects as the Legal team and company continue to grow
- Travel as required to support key company events (e.g. company kickoffs, team on-sites, team-building events, etc.)
Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer licensed to practice law in Ontario (or another Canadian jurisdiction with eligibility to transfer)
- 7–10 years of post-call experience with a strong foundation in technology and commercial law
- Experience gained at a leading Canadian law firm and/or in-house at a technology or SaaS company
- Demonstrated experience negotiating technology and SaaS agreements
- Working knowledge of privacy/data protection, employment, and IP issues relevant to SaaS businesses
- Strong business judgment with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial objectives
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Comfort with legal technology, contract management tools, and process improvement
- AI-first mindset with demonstrated curiosity and experimentation with legal AI tools, contract automation, and emerging legal technology use cases
- Prior in-house experience at a high-growth technology company preferred
- Experience supporting cross-border or international commercial arrangements
- Interest in contributing to legal best practices, playbooks, and operational improvements
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