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Senior Legal Counsel

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Computer Literacy
  • Professionalism
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Multitasking
  • Training And Development
  • Teamwork
  • Organizational Skills
  • Willingness To Learn

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Fully licensed as a lawyer in a US state
  • 5-7+ years of transactional experience in the software industry including drafting and negotiating standard and vendor order agreements, SaaS, and software license contracts
  • Experience or exposure in computer science or IP licensing
  • Experience negotiating a variety of contracts including EU regulations (e.g., DORA addenda) and privacy-related agreements (DPAs, Transfer Impact Assessments)

Requirements:

  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and presenting for execution a wide variety of agreements such as vendor agreements, customer order contracts, SaaS and alliance agreements, software development, SOWs, NDAs, and licenses for engineering teams
  • Legal support of global HR operations, including compliance matters (GDPR, EU AI Act, Cyber Resiliency Act)
  • Consult with internal clients to develop business and legal terms, provide training and leadership regarding laws and obligations pertaining to assigned programs
  • Provide advice regarding EU, state and federal regulations applicable to the business

Job description


Company


Our vision is to be the most trusted, flexible and easy to use data and data management platform. The Actian Data Intelligence Platform, enables organizations to unify, manage, and analyze data seamlessly across hybrid and cloud environments. Our
cloud-native solutions empower customers to explore, securely exchange, and derive real-time insights from their data—driving smarter, faster business decisions at a fraction of the cost. Today, 24 Fortune 100 companies rely on Actian technology for
mission-critical applications that impact daily life.


Position Overview – SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL


The ideal candidate for this role will have 5-7+ years of transactional experience in the software industry including experience drafting and negotiating standard and vendor order agreements, SaaS, and software license contracts.

Experience or exposure in computer science or IP licensing preferred.


The ideal candidate will also have strong organizational skills, and he or she will
demonstrate the ability to multi-task.

The company values professionalism with skills and interest and openness to learning and developing new areas of expertise.
Compensation is competitive.



Responsibilities:
  • Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and presenting for execution a wide variety of individual and outbound agreements, such as vendor agreements, customer order contracts, SaaS and alliance agreements, software development, SOWs, NDAs, and documentation and licenses for engineering teams.
  • Legal support of global HR operations, including compliance matters (e.g.,
    GDPR, EU AI Act, Cyber Resiliency Act, etc.).
  • Assist with any office related and customer compliance matters including ensuring compliance to employee policies, obligations, rights, including matters relating to internal HR regulations, auditing reimbursements, facilities,
    terminations etc.
  • Consult with internal clients to develop business and legal terms, provide training and leadership regarding laws and obligations as they pertain to assigned programs.
  • Provide advice regarding EU, state and federal regulations applicable to the
    business.
  • Assist with the continuous improvement of templates of agreements for the
    contracting process.

  • Legal Training and Skills:
  • Fully licensed as a lawyer in a US state
  • Experience in dispute resolution and mediation
  • Experience negotiating a variety of types of contracts, including contracts related
    to EU regulations (e.g. DORA addenda, etc.)
  • Excellent drafting of a variety of privacy-related agreements and documents
    (DPAs, Transfer Impact Assessments, etc.)
  • Experience with a variety of marketing vendor contracts (trade show agreements,
    lead generation agreements)

  • Our Offer:
  • Attractive career and training opportunities
  • Appreciation, trust and respect at all levels
  • A work environment characterized by flat hierarchies
  • Work/life balance in a Home Office with flexible working hours
  • Work & travel in an international environment
  • Team events, diverse fairs and seasonal onsite company partie
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