German‑Qualified SaaS Legal Counsel, DACH — Remote, Part‑Time

Location: Germany

This is a key legal role for a German and English-speaking tech lawyer qualified in a jurisdiction in the DACH region (preferably Germany). You will be working with the Sales and Commercial teams to manage the negotiation and closing of commercial contracts for the licensing of Smart Communications cloud based SaaS services and the provision of related services to customers, predominantly in the financial, insurance and healthcare sectors.

You will be supporting the global business with a principal focus within our continental Europe sales region, particularly the DACH region, where we are newly expanding the company’s customer footprint through a recent acquisition. The role will also support the business in all legal matters relating to the day to day running of the group, including customer negotiations, regional procurement, compliance, responding to supplier RFPs and dealing with data protection/regulatory queries.

The role is based in UK and is Remote. Initially part-time (two days per week) with a view to growing as the regional sales efforts grow.

About Smart Communications

Summary This is a key legal role for a German and English-speaking tech lawyer qualified in a jurisdiction in the DACH region (preferably Germany). You will be working with the Sales and Commercial teams to manage the negotiation and closing of commercial contracts for the licensing of Smart Communications cloud based SaaS services and the provision of related services to customers, predominantly in the financial, insurance and healthcare sectors.

You will be supporting the global business with a principal focus within our continental Europe sales region, particularly the DACH region, where we are newly expanding the company’s customer footprint through a recent acquisition. The role will also support the business in all legal matters relating to the day to day running of the group, including customer negotiations, regional procurement, compliance, responding to supplier RFPs and dealing with data protection/regulatory queries.

The role is based in UK and is Remote. Initially part-time (two days per week) with a view to growing as the regional sales efforts grow.

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Who are you?
Ideally you would be a German qualified lawyer with experience of handling negotiations of SaaS implementations with large regulated organisations. You have the ability to negotiate complex technology contracts in either English or German. Experience in deployment of on-premise software would also be an advantage. We need someone who can run our continental European legal function with a good degree of autonomy.

You will be able to function in a flexible and changing business environment, be persuasive and a good negotiator on the fundamentals of a SaaS based offering. We need a person who can find solutions to the challenges of new product launches and sales of SaaS solutions to existing customers with on premise software predominantly in Germany and Switzerland. You would report to the General Counsel in London and receive the support of the wider legal team in the materials and working practices of Smart Communications.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing and innovative business with opportunities to make an impact in new jurisdictions for our products.

The responsibilities of the role include:
Working proactively with the sales teams in Europe on the creation and negotiation of commercial agreements (whether on Smart Communications or customer paper) relating to:

• Master Agreements for multi tenanted SaaS.
• Partnership/Collaboratio…