Commercial Lawyer
This is a new role for Oleeo. We are looking for a qualified lawyer to provide contract advice and support, as well as ideally be able to negotiate the best outcome in regards to Oleeo's client contracts.
The role will see you handle a broad range of legal work including client and partner contracts, procurement frameworks and GDPR matters.
You will need to be an experienced, well rounded and versatile lawyer who is able to communicate effectively within the business and to clients.
The primary focus is to work with the commercial and account management teams assessing new and renewing contracts; advising the teams strategically and ensuring robust and commercially viable contracts are consistently established. At times your further legal expertise on wider matters may be sought.
Some of the work you will focus on will be:
- New contract advice and if required, creating new/updated terms that are more consistently favourable for Oleeo including main contract template as well as NDA’s, partner and referral agreements
- Contract renewal advice for the account management team
- Work with the Commercial Manager, Global Head of Sales, and the account management team providing contract support
- Reviewing and advising on new partner contracts
- Directly report into the CEO providing high level feedback and advise on areas such as risk and commercial viability
- Support in negotiating the best outcomes commercially for Oleeo contracts with our clients
- Review/advise on public sector procurement framework agreements
- Support on client and employee data protection enquiries and process
The role would suit a commercial/IT/SaaS service contract lawyer with strong interpersonal skills and ideally in house experience, who wants a flexible role with a high degree of autonomy and a variety of work. We welcome flexible working and working remotely and if you want to come into the office once every couple of months to meet some of the team that would also be welcome. The hours should ideally be spread across 2-3 days a week to offer the business adequate coverage including being able to support our US West and East coast time zones.
- Commercially savvy
- Strong communicator internal including at board level and with clients
- Client and partner contracts
- Procurement frameworks
- Data protection experience - all aspects of GDPR for customers and employees
- A level of awareness on IP law
- US law general knowledge would be a bonus to work with our US counterparts
- SaaS industry experience welcome!
- 2+ years PQE
Oleeo means a diverse collection of things that together, make something beautiful.
That’s how we see ourselves; a diverse team of technology and talent acquisition professionals who’ve come together to achieve something - well beautiful.
Our purpose (and passion) is to help companies attract, engage and hire amazing, diverse teams that can change the world for the better. We've done that by assembling a diverse and growing team of our own.
We are pioneers in recruitment software and our solutions are built to accelerate and improve the entire recruiting process, creating a more meaningful and transparent experience for recruiters and candidates.
We have been established for over 20 years with offices in London, New York and a presence in Asia, and are proud to list some of the world’s most talented organisations like The Institute of Cancer Research, Morgan Stanley, The Metropolitan Police, and Bank of America among our customers.
We have a terrific culture where people work hard in a friendly, equal opportunities environment with a casual dress code, and benefits including a discounted local gym membership, cycle to work scheme, as well as plenty of coffee shops nearby.
5 REASONS TO JOIN US
Behind the scenes
We love our product so much that we gave ourselves a Net Promoter Score of +52! While it’s complex and challenging on the inside, it’s simple and user friendly on the outside – that’s what makes it interesting and exciting. As one of the pioneers, we’re not starting from scratch, we’re building from great foundations.
Atmosphere
No matter where you are based, there’s a great feeling of camaraderie. When we’re at Oleeo we’re informal and approachable – our founder Charles is always available. There’s a good balance – we have high expectations of one another and trust each other to get the job done.
Exposure
It’s an exciting time to join us, we operate in the cloud HR technology market, a sector with amazing levels of innovation and growth. From the outset, you get to work with top tier customers who are the world leaders in their sectors and see an immediate impact where you are helping them shape the future of talent acquisition.
Fun
All that you’d expect and more – lots of social events, drinks every Friday, table tennis and pool tables, bring your dog to work days and there’s a discounted gym next door!
Opportunities
We pride ourselves on our candidate experience from the outset, not just for our customers, but also for our people. With growth comes opportunity - we have a diverse, ambitious team many of whom have progressed not just within the teams they originally joined, but beyond and globally. We believe in the potential of our people, we know this is the reality because people come back to us. So, come and join Oleeo - we’re more powerful together.
This Vacancy is closed to applications.
