Director, Commercial Legal

Qualified lawyer in your location (mandatory)

Technically an excellent commercial contracts lawyer. (Be prepared to give examples of difficult negotiations and specific legal points you’ve tackled.)

Previous in-house experience in similar roles

Passionate about working for a tech scale-up, specifically in HR-tech

Outstanding team leader who mentors, motivates, and brings people together

Excellent ability to build trusted relationships with key stakeholders in a fully remote environment.

The four points listed above provide a good overview of the key responsibilities for this role. In performing these responsibilities, you will be expected to:

Guide, mentor, and nurture a team, including proactively providing timely and constructive feedback to team members

Build strategic relationships with GTM stakeholders and increase Legal's influence and voice in important discussions about the company's commercial strategies

Identify company-wide legal issues and work with key internal stakeholders and external partners to implement efficient and effective solutions

Take on a leadership role in cross-team legal projects, collaborating with Remoters from other teams (GTM, Tax, Finance, Product, etc.) and the Legal Team to ensure projects are completed on time with high-quality deliverables

Institute best practices and lead training to help the Legal Team function more efficiently, expand knowledge base and expertise, and make legal advice easier to access and use for both other Remoters and clients