15 oct
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Seqera Labs
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Santander
15 oct
Seqera Labs
Santander
* Seqera is hiring a full-time in-house lawyer. Legal work today is split between a fractional Head of Legal and external firms, and the volume has outgrown that setup. You will take on the day-to-day legal work, contracts above all, and build the systems that keep it running as the company grows * You will report into the fractional Head of Legal, so you have a senior lawyer to escape to and learn from while owning your own desk from week one. As the legal function grows, so does the scope of this role * We’re looking for a hands-on qualified lawyer with 3 to 6 years’ post-qualification experience who can draft and negotiate a SaaS agreement without close supervision, and who wants to broaden into privacy, employment, IP and corporate work * You’ll work day to day with Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, IT & Compliance and People, helping the company move fast while staying protected * You will run commercial contracting and legal operations end to end, and support the Head of Legal on corporate governance,
data privacy (working closely with Seqera’s IT & Compliance team and external providers such as our external DPO), employment, IP and compliance * Commercial contracting: * Draft, review and negotiate customer agreements, MSAs, DPAs, SaaS terms, NDAs, partner and vendor contracts. This is the bulk of the job * Run deals with Sales and Revenue from first draft to signature, escalating the harder points * Develop and maintain contract templates, fallback positions, and playbooks to accelerate deal cycles * Provide pragmatic, business-oriented advice on contract interpretation and risk * Review procurement/vendor/advisor contracts as required * Legal operations: * Set up and run contract lifecycle management: one repository, clear naming, version control, renewal and expiry tracking * Automate the routine work: self-serve NDAs, approval routing, standard clause libraries * Report on contract volumes, cycle times and open matters * Corporate and compliance suppor
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