Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial & Privacy

Location: Israel; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global provides identity verification and digital trust solutions for banks, fintechs, marketplaces, and platforms worldwide, with headquarters in Amsterdam, an R&D center in Hod Hasharon, and teams across Europe, the U.S., and Asia.

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate complex international commercial agreements, including customer MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, POCs, reseller and partner agreements, vendor and procurement agreements, and NDAs.
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, Partnerships, and Procurement throughout deal and renewal cycles, balancing speed with risk management.
• Own contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, escalation of non-standard terms, and deal risk.
• Negotiate DPAs with customers and vendors in close partnership with the DPO.
• Lead contract intake, review, approval, and management processes and improve them as the business scales.
• Use and build AI tools and workflows for drafting, redlining, review, research, and knowledge management; advise senior leaders on legal risk and strategy.

Requirements

• LL.B. from a leading academic institution and a license to practice law in Israel.
• 4–6 years of post-qualification experience as in-house counsel at a global technology or SaaS company, or in the commercial or technology department of a leading Israeli law firm.
• Proven experience independently leading complex negotiations of international commercial agreements, preferably client-facing SaaS agreements.
• Hands-on experience with privacy and data protection.
• Highly independent, able to own matters end to end, make decisions, and identify when escalation is needed.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Hebrew, including the ability to draft and negotiate in English.
• Business-oriented, enabler mindset with strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple matters and tight deadlines in a fast-paced global environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with biometric data, identity verification, fintech, or regulated customers such as banks, payments, and KYC/AML.
• Familiarity with the EU AI Act and AI governance.
• Experience in both a law firm and an in-house role.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role within a global legal team.
• Hybrid work arrangement in Israel.
• Opportunity to shape AI adoption across the legal function and improve legal operations as the business scales.