Managing Counsel, Commercial (EMEA)

Location: hirify.global; applications are open globally, with priority given to EMEA time zones and secondary preference for the AMER East Coast time zone.

Company

hirify.global builds a global HR platform with automation and AI capabilities for international employment and workforce management.

What you will do

• Advise EMEA sales teams on Terms of Service negotiations, contract redlining, and commercial agreement reviews.
• Provide additional legal support to AMER sales teams and ensure consistent guidance across regions.
• Draft and negotiate partnership, channel, and reseller agreements.
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Product, and other teams to structure agreements and mitigate legal and operational risks.
• Develop templates, playbooks, processes, and knowledge resources for commercial transactions.
• Deliver legal training and practical guidance to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Proven experience supporting commercial transactions, especially enterprise-level SaaS agreements, Terms of Service negotiations, and sales contract reviews.
• Strong commercial drafting and negotiation skills, with sound strategic and commercial judgment.
• Strong working knowledge of data protection laws, especially GDPR.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with Sales, Finance, Product, and other functional teams.
• Experience supporting EMEA sales teams is highly valued; partnership and channel agreement experience is a strong plus.
• Strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with partnership and channel/reseller agreements.
• Prior HR tech experience or familiarity with bespoke HR services agreements.
• Background in U.S. data protection laws.

Culture & Benefits

• Work from anywhere with flexible working hours in an asynchronous environment.
• Flexible paid time off and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Budgets for co-working spaces, learning, wellness, home office, and IT equipment.
• Mental health support services and stock options.
• Emphasis on ownership, proactive work, inclusion, and work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview followed by a hiring manager interview.
• Written exercise, legal team and stakeholder interviews, and a Bar Raiser interview.
• Reference and prior employment verification checks.