Manager, Legal Counsel (Cloud Services)

Location: Philadelphia, US; hybrid work in the Philadelphia office three times a week. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Company

hirify.global provides cloud infrastructure, cloud services, hosting, web presence, productivity, and digitalization solutions to small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise customers across Europe and North America.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including customer terms, hosting and cloud services agreements, reseller and partner agreements, software licenses, DPAs, and strategic supplier contracts.
• Advise on product launches, go-to-market activities, marketing, advertising, consumer protection, intellectual property, sanctions and export controls, privacy, data protection, and information security.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks, recommend practical mitigations, and advise business leaders on day-to-day operations and customer compliance matters.
• Own priorities for the US legal function, act as the escalation point for complex or high-risk matters, and line-manage and mentor the paralegal function.
• Improve legal processes, templates, playbooks, contract lifecycle management, and risk management testing; prepare updates for senior management.
• Support corporate governance, AI governance, NIS2 readiness, information security programs, stakeholder training, and coordination of outside counsel.

Requirements

• Active license to practice law in good standing in at least one US state or jurisdiction, with approximately 3–6 years of post-bar practice or equivalent in-house counsel experience. Admission to the Pennsylvania Bar is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of US state privacy laws, including CCPA/CPRA, CPA, and VCDPA, with practical experience supporting privacy compliance or privacy officer responsibilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to translate legal risk into clear, practical guidance.
• Strong organization, prioritization, and time-management skills, with high attention to detail and a solutions-oriented approach.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Ability to work in the Philadelphia office on a hybrid basis three times a week.
• Strong foundation in pre-litigation dispute resolution.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with industry frameworks and regulators.
• Experience line-managing or mentoring a legal or paralegal professional.
• Experience working for or advising US-based technology, hosting, cloud, or online service providers.
• Experience with corporate governance, entity management, and state or federal corporate filings.
• Experience supporting AI, information security, or certification initiatives such as ISO 27001.
• Experience supporting or managing litigation and pre-action disputes, including instructing and coordinating external counsel.
• Commercial contracting expertise across various vendor and supplier agreements.
• Experience with early case assessment, pre-litigation claims, cease-and-desist notices, and practical business resolutions.
• Familiarity with online intermediary liability, CDA § 230, DMCA § 512 safe harbors, statutory law-enforcement disclosures, the Stored Communications Act, ECPA, intellectual property principles, and modern state comprehensive data privacy frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Open structures, flat hierarchies, and a friendly working culture with strong team spirit.
• Opportunity to collaborate with teams across Europe and North America.
• Work in a growing organization serving approximately six million customers across 18 markets.
• Inclusive workplace welcoming applications regardless of legally protected personal characteristics.