Senior Legal Counsel (Commercial and Product) Full Time

Diligent Corporation

Position Overview:

Diligent is seeking a talented, collaborative and experienced in-house commercial lawyer for an in-house Senior Legal Counsel to support our Commercial and Product teams.

As a member of the global legal team you will provide legal support and advice primarily to sales, customer success, marketing & products teams across EME A and work collaboratively with other lawyers across the region . The role will have an emphasis on drafting and structuring contracts with clients, prospective clients, and vendors but will also involve a variety of other corporate and commercial legal matters as they arise.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts , including SAAS , service level/support agreements, consultant agreements, DPA , and vendor agreements to ensure they meet legal, business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Assume responsibility for the entire client contracting cycle, from initial draft to finalization and signature, driving contract negotiations to timely and successful completion.
• Advise Product and Engineering teams on issues related to the development and rollout of new products and features throughout the product development lifecycle for Diligent’s governance, risk, and compliance offerings .
• Stay up-to-date on EMEA and ( as applicable) international laws and regulations .
• Identify legal issues in product development plans and work with the appropriate internal clients to create solutions and minimize risk.
• Establish relationships with key stakeholder departments, including Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Finance, Product, Engineering, and Security. Participate as a proactive and strategic business partner to senior managers and be a trusted advisor .
• Maintain superb attention to detail and provide timely legal support in a high volume, fast-paced environment to help the Diligent tea m navigate a complex and ever-changing regulatory environment .

Required Experience/Skills

• 6 – 1 0 years PQE .
• Experience reviewing and drafting contracts is required. International experience in EMEA is a strong plus.
• Experience with commercial contracts, in particular handling issues related to intellectual property and privacy/data protection is required . E xperience in IT, procurement, software licensing or SaaS is a strong plus , as i s familiarity with European regulations that may apply to tech companies ( e.g DORA , DSA, EBA Guideline etc.) .
• Foreign language fluency in Spanish, French or German is a strong plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to relate comfortably at all levels with our internal clients, both in EMEA and internationally.
• Highly motivated, strategic, detail-oriented individual with the ability to pro-actively organize a heavy workload and demonstrate excellent analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Outlook) is required