Senior In-House Counsel

Summary

Join JumpCloud's growing legal team as the third attorney, working remotely in England. You will collaborate with the General Counsel, Senior Counsel, and Senior Paralegal, providing legal advice to various business stakeholders. Responsibilities include reviewing and drafting commercial contracts, identifying legal and regulatory issues, maintaining subsidiaries, and driving legal department efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses 3-7 years of experience, a law license in good standing in the UK, exceptional communication skills, and experience with data protection compliance. Experience with M&A and employment matters is strongly preferred. JumpCloud offers a remote-first work environment and a supportive team culture.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice (and in good standing) in the country of your residence (United Kingdom)
• 3-7 years of experience with a mix of in-house and law firm experience
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are a must with the ability to work with a cross-functional team
• Skills in analyzing contractual risk; drafting and negotiating experience
• Experience with data protection compliance is a must
• Organizational skills with great attention to detail, ability to work independently, manage several simultaneous projects, adjust priorities, handle matters expeditiously, proactively, and through completion
• Strong work ethic with a customer/client focused approach
• Adaptability to a changing environment as JumpCloud grows
• Initiative to pursue opportunities for improving efficiency

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts, including: customer, master services, SaaS, MSP, reseller, integration, marketing, and vendor agreements
• Providing sound, practical, and strategic legal advice to go-to-market teams as well as the HR, Finance, Security/IT, Product, Innovation, Marketing, and Executive teams
• Identifying legal and regulatory issues with product and marketing initiatives, operational matters, and customer engagements, including privacy and data security issues, and working with the appropriate resources to devise effective and creative solutions
• Maintaining subsidiaries in a number of countries, including India, UK, Singapore, Mexico; and helping to establish and maintain additional subsidiaries
• Developing and leading initiatives to drive legal department efficiency through the use of technology, processes, forms, and best practices
• Assisting with compliance initiatives for employment practices in numerous jurisdictions, information security (e.g., SOC2 and ISO), and personal data protection (e.g., GDPR and ISO)
• Thinking ahead, seeing around corners, and helping prepare for legal and business issues that may arise in the future
• Working with internal clients to advise on negotiation strategy and ensure the contemplated legal terms will meet business needs over the long term
• Working with stakeholders in the business to analyze, manage, and mitigate risk
• Developing and improving our library of form agreements and templates to comply with changes in law and changes in the market
• Collaborating with other members of the Legal Team to improve standard processes for contracting and complying with contractual obligations
• Performing other duties or special projects as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellence in legal drafting
• Excellent computer skills (Adobe, Microsoft, Google)
• Experience with SalesForce

Benefits

Remote work