Legal Commercial Team Lead (Travel Tech)

Location: Remote; available locations are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia. Candidates must be willing to work in the European time zone and be qualified to practise law in England and Wales, an EU Member State, or hold a degree from a university in one of these countries.

Company

hirify.global is a global travel-tech company operating online booking platforms for individual travellers, travel agents, business-trip organizers, and hoteliers across more than 220 source markets.

What you will do

• Lead and develop the in-house legal team, set priorities, support junior and mid-level lawyers, and provide clear, timely advice to the business.
• Draft and negotiate partnership, B2B, B2C, licensing, and technology agreements, advising on contractual structures, risks, and strategic international transactions.
• Advise product and business teams on travel products, booking flows, customer journeys, ancillary services, cancellations, refunds, payment solutions, and new business models.
• Support market entry and international expansion through local regulatory assessments and advice on cross-border commercial arrangements.
• Advise on payment flows, merchant models, PSP integrations, consumer protection, e-commerce, package travel, intermediary liability, digital platforms, privacy, GDPR, and ePrivacy.
• Manage disputes, pre-litigation matters, arbitration, cross-border litigation, complex legal projects, and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Requirements

• Qualified to practise law in England and Wales or an EU Member State, or hold a degree from a university in one of these countries.
• 8+ years of post-qualification experience, including substantial in-house experience with an international consumer technology, digital platform, or travel technology business operating across the EU and UK.
• Experience with an online travel agency, bedbank, travel marketplace, travel distribution platform, or travel technology company.
• Experience leading or managing a legal team, or owning major cross-functional legal projects.
• Strong commercial contracting experience across common-law and civil-law jurisdictions.
• Sound understanding of online travel rules, including consumer protection, e-commerce, package travel, intermediary liability, payments, digital platforms, and privacy.
• Experience advising on commercial and product matters across several European jurisdictions and managing complex cross-border matters with external counsel.
• Strong project management skills, effective collaboration across the business, and a practical approach to explaining risks and recommending next steps.
• Fluent English, written and spoken, at C1 level or higher.

Nice to have

• Fluent Russian, written and spoken.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules and the opportunity to work remotely.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities for professional growth.
• Internal adaptation, training, soft-skills, and leadership development programs.
• Partial compensation for external training and conferences.
• Corporate English school with group and individual lessons and speaking clubs.
• Corporate prices on hotels and travel services, plus an additional paid MyTime Day Off.