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Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Position:

Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Location:

Bremen, Augsburg or remote

The Company

Work is now defined by what we do, not where we go. The widely distributed workforce is here to stay.

IGEL allows workers to thrive, regardless of the environment, while organizations retain full management, control, and security of user endpoints. IGEL secures and simplifies digital workspaces in healthcare, finance, retail, higher education, government, and manufacturing organizations around the world. All we’re missing is: YOU.

The Role

Providing legal support required by the business in EMEA. This includes being a trusted and key legal advisor to the teams, and Senior Leadership in EMEA, delivering, first class legal support. We offer the opportunity to grow with the company and evolve the legal department. The role requires to focus on commercial transactions and involves extensive collaboration with stakeholders, external counsel as well as close partnership with your legal counterpart in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Legal contact for all legal topics in EMEA in the day-to-day business of the European companies of the IGEL Group
  • Draft and negotiate legal agreements covering IGEL´s business (e.g., sales and licensing agreements/EULA, channel partner /distribution agreements, IP and DP agreements, services agreements, NDA)
  • Collaboration with external DPO and first point of contact for data protection topics
  • Support, coordinate and secure sales contract negotiations with business-centric, flexible attitude, collaborative spirit, and an eye for detail
  • Take the initiative to recommend and implement improvements to commercial policies, procedures, and standard form contracts
  • Engage in cross-functional projects
  • Pro-actively provide and support training
  • Operating with autonomy, largely in control of the delivery of the accountabilities listed above both directly and indirectly

Qualifications

  • Fully qualified lawyer (2nd State Law Exam) based in Germany, 3-5 years of relevant experience in a legal department or law firm
  • Excellent negotiation, drafting and communication skills with the ability to foster relationships and collaborate with internal clients
  • Strong commercial contracting background with experience in drafting and negotiating software contracts
  • Experience with and demonstrated ability to advice in data privacy matters
  • Solid knowledge of Contract-, Competition-, IP-/IT Law and GDPR
  • Business fluent written and spoken German and English skills
  • High level of commitment, analytical and entrepreneurial thinking, and the ability to work on a wide variety of high-priority topics in parallel
  • Team player with the willingness to always move forward proactively

WE OFFER

  • A thorough induction into the company and our products
  • A workplace run on trust, empowerment, and feedback with a positive, inspiring working atmosphere
  • Competitive salary and great IT equipment
  • Individual further training opportunities for your career
  • Flexible working times, so that you can combine your demanding work with your private goals and requirements.
  • Free beverages and fruits, diverse sports offerings, co-financed company pension plan and much more benefits
  • Light-flooded and ultra-modern new offices in Bremen and Augsburg
  • A highly motivated team that is already looking forward to your support and to developing strategies and achieving common goals together with you
  • We celebrate tolerance and diversity, and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, skills and perspectives

… and much more!

Interested? Apply now via our online applicant portal.

If you have any questions about the position or application process, our HR team is happy to assist.

Florian Hermann
IGEL Technology GmbH
Hermann-Ritter-Str. 110
28197 Bremen, Germany

jobs@igel.com

Tel.: 0421-520-94-2000

IGEL is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want the best available person in every job. Our policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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