Senior Legal Counsel

About Centric Software:

Centric Software® is a global leader, providing an innovative and AI-enabled product-concept-to-commercialization platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes. We equip retail, fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and consumer goods brands with pioneering best-of-breed solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products. Our technology powers brands to streamline processes, drive efficiency and operate with confidence in an ever-changing market.

Our story is one of rapid growth, bold ideas and extraordinary opportunities. We’re here to challenge the status quo—and we’re looking for brilliant people who want to do the same. No matter where you are in the world, this is your chance to be part of something exceptional.

The Legal Team

We are a passionate, collaborative, friendly, and hardworking international legal team, reflective of Centric Software as a whole. As a strategic business partner, we pride ourselves in providing business-minded, innovative, and world-class legal services, with a proven track record of demonstrating our value to our organisation and contributing to the ambitious objectives of our company.

As a reflection of our continued growth, we are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to own all legal matters for the DACH region - spanning technology transactions, labour law and corporate governance - with the autonomy to make decisions and drive outcomes with minimal day-to-day oversight. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes ownership rather than waiting for direction, a with a technology transactional background.  The role will report to the Legal Director, EMEA, (London-based) and sits within the EMEA legal team, with seamless collaboration within the EMEA legal team, but also with the global legal team. This position can be office-based in Germany or remote, including from outside Germany, provided the candidate is a German-qualified lawyer.

Your career opportunity

You will have an amazing opportunity to play a key role in supporting the company's rapid growth, both at the DACH/European level but also globally, while helping to shape Centric Software's legal function. Beyond owning DACH, you will be encouraged to take on ad hoc responsibilities across our broader legal organization, contributing to our ambitious objective to transform ourselves into the legal department of the future - with the opportunity to contribute to, lead, or implement initiatives that modernise how we deliver legal services worldwide, from automation to analytics. 

This role also offers a path to expand your scope over time.  Candidates who demonstrate strong ownership and initiative over time will have the opportunity to have increased responsibilities across the global legal organisation.

Your Day-to-Day

• Independently own DACH region from a legal standpoint, while working closely as part of the wider EMEA legal team - supporting EMEA, and global colleagues as needed 
• EMEA lead supporting the DACH sales team
• Structure, draft, and negotiate master agreements for software, services, and cloud, statements of work, and other technology transactions affecting Centric Software's commercial business, managing a multi-million-euro transaction pipeline and negotiating directly with customer legal and procurement teams
• Advise regional management and executives on all aspects relating to commercial disputes and contribute to their resolution
• Collaborate as a trusted legal advisor and provide leadership to cross-functional stakeholders (HR, Marketing, Finance, R&D, etc.) on topics such as labour law, corporate governance, marketing activities and other topics arising in your region
• Lead or contribute to global initiatives, including presenting to Centric Software’s executives

Your Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• German-qualified lawyer with 5-10 years of relevant experience as a seasoned technology transactional lawyer, with strong substantive knowledge of IT/technology law needed to confidently draft and negotiate complex technology transactions, gained as in-house legal counsel and/or in private practice
• Extensive experience with complex multinational SaaS and cloud contracts and transactions in a fast-paced, technology-driven company, 
• Comfortable operating autonomously in a fast-paced, quarterly driven business environment
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to lead deals to closure independently and negotiate confidently and directly with customer legal and procurement teams
• Able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously and meet demanding deadlines without sacrificing clarity, in a multicultural, diverse, and fast-paced environment
• Solid understanding of data privacy in a B2B and B2B2C context (not limited to German privacy law); CIPP/E or CIPM certification is a plus
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate successfully with and provide leadership to cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience managing outside counsel and/or legal budgets is a plus
• Comfortable using AI tools and contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms to drive efficiency, and open to adopting new tools as our legal tech stack evolves (currently including Summize, Claude, and ChatGPT)
• Fluency in German and English is required; additional European languages are a plus

What We Offer

• Flexibility to work remotely or from an office in Germany
• Genuine growth opportunity within a fast-scaling, global legal team
• International exposure across the DACH, EMEA as well as globally

Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information.