Senior Legal Counsel
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As the leading provider of agentic digital experience software Sitecore brings together content commerce and data into one composable platform that enables brands to deliver millions of meaningful adaptive experiences every day. Trusted by global leaders such as American Express Porsche Starbucks and LOréal Sitecore helps brands transform engagement through experiences that are not only personalised but predictive and dynamic.
Our foundation is our peoplea diverse passionate and collaborative global team spanning over 25 countries. We believe that every experience matters and that belief starts with how we work together.Our valuesguide how we lead innovate and connect. They are the behaviours that bring our mission and vision to life every day in every interaction.
As we continue to evolve we are actively cultivating AI skills across our teams to unlock new levels of creativity efficiency and insight. From engineering to customer experience AI capabilities are becoming integral to how we design build and deliver the next generation of digital experiences.
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About the Role:
As Senior Legal Counsel you will support Sitecores commercial and compliance operations across EMEA sales regions. You will lead the drafting and negotiation of customer-facing contractsincluding outbound licenses SaaS/cloud agreements and service offeringsand support vendor and supplier agreements. You will also contribute to broader compliance and corporate initiatives. You will also negotiate Data Processing Agreements as part of standard SaaS contracting working closely with the Data Protection legal team on escalated issues.
This role requires a strategic business-minded attorney who thrives in a fast-paced collaborative environment and is comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders across geographies.
What Youll Do:
- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts primarily software licensing and SaaS/cloud agreements including risk assessment and internal approvals
- Negotiate Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and related privacy terms as part of standard contracting workflows with support from DP legal as needed
- Serve as the primary legal interface for the sales organization offering strategic guidance and ensuring process compliance answering first level of privacy and data protection queries
- Maintain and evolve contract templates playbooks and clause libraries
- Deliver internal training on legal policies and processes
- Collaborate with Finance Privacy and Product teams to implement and oversee legal compliance programs
- Support general corporate matters and special projects as needed
- Support to the product team
What You Need to Succeed:
- Minimum 78 years of post-qualification experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Law degree and license to practice law
- Proven expertise in SaaS/cloud contracts intellectual property rights and software licensing
- Demonstrated ability to advise on global privacy and data protection frameworks and to negotiate DPAs SCCs and related contract terms in SaaS environments
- Ability to translate business needs into pragmatic legal solutions with clear concise drafting
- Comfortable interacting with senior management and cross-functional teams
- Strong business acumen and ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines
- Familiarity with AI-related legal issues and tools
Additional Skills That Could Set You Apart:
- Experience supporting Sales teams in a legal capacity preferably at software providers companies
- Good understanding of software development and technologies eagerness to learn Sitecores products and services
- Experience working with stakeholders across multiple geographies
- Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus
- Sales and Customer Success are the key to our success! We are tapping into an exciting $30B market opportunity that is still very much in its infancy and feel its never been a better time to join Sitecore as we look to grow by 30% YoY. Growth for us means growth for you and your career.
- Great team and company culture! You can find out more about our company culture in the Sales and Customer Success team and our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace on our YouTube Channel. Thanks to the work of every employee globally Sitecore has been recognised for award-winning Culture by Comparably.
Sitecore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity without unlawful regard to race colour ancestry religion gender national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability veteran status or any other local legally protected characteristic.
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About Company
Sitecore connects content, data, and personalization in one AI-powered platform. Move faster, work smarter, and create experiences that redefine what’s possible.
