Legal Counsel

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business. 

Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.  

Legal Counsel

• Located in Paris, Toulouse or Aix-en-Provence, France
• Hybrid work possible

Your Team:

o You will work within PTC’s EMEA Legal Team, covering in-house legal topics across the EMEA Region, with focus on commercial business support for France, Switzerland and possibly the Nordic countries, as well as providing guidance on other areas of expertise such as labor law and helping oversee corporate maintenance activities for all of our European entities.

o We are passionate and committed about our work and pride ourselves in providing business oriented, pragmatic and high-quality legal advice – as well as being creative and innovative for process improvements and digital transformation.

o We innovate constantly and build out-of-the box cross-functional collaboration solutions, striving to be on the edge of legal technology and best practices. Be it AI, CLM, digital matter management or applying agile methods to how we work: we always strive to challenge the status quo and push for new perspectives on our day-to-day activities.

Your Impact:

o You will have the opportunity to contribute to extending PTC’s image and exponential growth strategy as a trusted business partner on business-critical solutions and digitization strategies by providing pragmatic legal advice with the required business acumen on all internal, customer and partner facing activities.

o You will have the chance to make your impact on PTC’s strategic move from an on-prem Subscription to a SaaS Company and support the Company throughout this transition with your guidance.

o You will have a special attention to IT law and licensing matters, giving legal advice to support commercial negotiations and suggest respective innovation. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute with your expertise in other areas such as labor law.

o You will be able to work on Legal Tech and Digital Transformation initiatives in a top-notch Legal ecosystem and by that influence and shape the way we will be working and doing business tomorrow.

Your Day-To-Day:

o Provide autonomous legal support and cross-functional guidance to the Sales, Channel Sales and Customer Success organizations by drafting and negotiating all types of commercial agreements, including Cloud/SaaS, software license agreements, services agreements and partner agreements.

o Help oversee the corporate maintenance activities in the EMEA region and provide guidance to our cross-functional business partners collaborating with the HR, Accounting, Tax, and the external consultants as well as with our Corporate teams at the headquarters. (desirable, however, not both of them cumulatively mandatory)

o Advise on all aspects of contract and IP/IT law, and collaborate with the Finance and Commercial-Desk teams on questions of US revenue recognition and applicable internal business rules.

o Advise relating to commercial disputes and their settlement, including software compliance and infringement matters.

o Partner with your cross-functional colleagues across EMEA and on a global level.

o Think about what makes us better and more efficient & effective – and then go implement!

Your Skills and Knowledge:

o You are a French qualified lawyer (preferably fully proficient in more than one jurisdiction) with 3+ years of relevant working experience gained as in-house legal counsel and/or in private practice in an international setting, with at least 2 years worked either in a specialist IT/IP law firm or in-house in an IT/IP company.

o Experience with complex contracts and transactions in fast paced technology driven companies, ideally with a focus on SaaS and Cloud transactions.

o Results oriented, pragmatic, adaptable to change, hands-on, self-starter able to work with incomplete information, innovative mindset and team player.

o Ability to collaborate successfully with and provide leadership to cross-functional stakeholders; to work on multiple projects at the same time, in a multi-cultural, agile, diverse and high paced environment.

o Excellent interpersonal skills with a (great) sense of humor, ability to listen.

o Excellent written & oral communication skills in French and English are a must, other European languages would be beneficial.

Your Place of New Work

Our offices in France are in Paris, Toulouse and Aix-en-Provence. At PTC, we do have a worldwide Flex@PTC policy that enables hybrid working models. Working from another office location in Europe is also possible.

Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you. 

If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?

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