Senior Legal Director, Commercial bei Staffbase SE

AboutStaffbase

In a polarized world, weinspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is tohelp organizations unlock the power of inspirational communicationso they can thrive in the Narrative Age. Ouraward-winning communications channels - intranet,employee app and email - deliver experiences that drive engagementand inspire hearts and minds.

We’re headquarteredin Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout theworld, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Ourinternational team counts more than 750 employees from 45+nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers thatwant to transform their employee experience. We are rapidlyscaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growingrevenue, and our customers love us.

As the SeniorDirector of Commercial Legal at Staffbase, you will lead a highperforming, legal team supporting the global commercial function,as well as the broader legal team as it aims to scale and evolveinto a modern, best-in-class legal businessunit.

What you’ll bedoing

Overseethe execution of a high volume of revenue generating commercialtransactions and procurement activities in DACH, Northern EMEA, USAand APAC

Lead and develop ateam of commercial lawyers and paralegals in a high-velocityenvironment, across multiple jurisdictions and languages, with astrong focus on individuallearning

Report to theGeneral Counsel and be a strategic partner to Procurement, Sales,Sales Enablement, Deal Desk andFinance

Collaborateproactively with stakeholders on legal risks, strategy, compliance,and policy in relation to enterprise sales, procurement,operations, and businessgrowth

Negotiate and executeon complex, high-risk enterprise transactions and take a pragmaticposition on risk wherenecessary

Develop, manageand deliver legal operations projects to scale the business, usingthe latest tech tools and modern legal design thinking, e.g.playbooks, contract lifecycle management tools, legal front door,AI chatbots

With Legal Ops,create metrics for the legal team, collect and analyse data, andregularly report to the wider company with the objective ofoptimising legalresources.

Deputise for theGC wherevernecessary

Whatyou need to besuccessful

Highlevel of business acumen with an appreciation for weighing legaland business risk

Businessproficiency in English andGerman

8+ years ofcommercial legal experience in an in-house legal department, withat least 5 years in a B2B SaaScompany

Expertise inTechnology law, SaaS, Software licensing, IP and, Data Privacy andLegal Ops

Excellentconsultative, advisory and influencingskills

Demonstratedstrategic approach to long-term action planning andexecution

Experiencedeveloping and leading distributed teams in a complex environmentwith a high volume of matters and differentcultures

Whatyou could set youapart

Corporateand M&Aexperience

Experience inpreparing a company forIPO

Whatyou'll get (forDACH)

CompetitiveCompensation - we offer attractive salary packagesincluding an Employee Stock OptionPlan.

Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybridwork, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of€1560.

GrowthBudget - all employees get a yearly budget for externaltraining of €1000, and one day off for growth per year (increase totwo days in 2ndyear).

Wellbeing - in addition to our yearly vacation of 30 days, we’re running a4-day-work week every year in August with fullpayment.

Support - we’re offering a company pensionscheme.

Sports& Health - join our sport courses in the offices orlease a bike with Staffbase. The offices are equipped with fruits,drinks andsnacks.

TeamBuilding - Regular team and office events including theyearly StaffbaseCamp.

VolunteersDay - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting asocial project. We will donate a small amount for that project inaddition.

EmployeeReferral Program - one of your friends is a fit to oneof our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonuspaid.

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