Senior Legal Counsel (SaaS/Cloud)

TL;DR

Senior Legal Counsel (SaaS/Cloud): Supporting hirify.global’s commercial and compliance operations across EMEA sales regions with an accent on drafting and negotiating customer-facing contracts, including outbound licenses, SaaS/cloud agreements, and service offerings. Focus on providing strategic guidance to the sales organization, ensuring process compliance, and implementing legal compliance programs.

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Company

hirify.global simplifies how brands reach, engage, and serve people by delivering intelligent, personalised digital experiences that connect the world.

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate commercial contracts, primarily software licensing and SaaS/cloud agreements.
• Negotiate Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and related privacy terms.
• Serve as the primary legal interface for the sales organization, offering strategic guidance and ensuring process compliance.
• 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.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 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.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Sales teams in a legal capacity, preferably at software providers companies.
• Good understanding of software development and technologies, eagerness to learn hirify.global’s products and services.
• Experience working with stakeholders across multiple geographies.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Sales and Customer Success are the key to our success!
• Great team and company culture!
• hirify.global has been recognised for award-winning Culture by Comparably.