[Hiring] Associate General Counsel @Rithum
Mar 25, 2025 - Rithum is hiring a remote Associate General Counsel. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: EMEA, UK.
Role Description
As an Associate General Counsel for our EMEA region, you report into Rithum’s General Counsel and work cross-functionally with executives and stakeholders across all company departments with a focus on supporting Rithum’s sales and human resources teams and assisting with corporate maintenance matters in EMEA and other non-US regions. In this role, you bring a strong background in commercial technology sales transactions (SaaS and licensing in particular), and in employment law supporting a global human resources department. To be successful in this role, you need to work effectively in a fast-changing environment with a high degree of independence.
- Negotiate, draft, analyse, review and manage a wide range of commercial agreements and related materials, including contracts for the company’s B2B SaaS offerings, technology agreements, strategic partner agreements, confidentiality agreements, procurement agreements, and other legal documents to meet company objectives.
- Provide legal support to Rithum’s People team on recruitment, employment, and benefits matters, including drafting and reviewing offer letters, employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, separation agreements, compensation plans and related materials.
- Assist in improving, refining, and maintaining processes, policies, and agreement templates to address and bring greater efficiency to addressing recurring and anticipated needs; advise on compliance matters; and monitor and advise on changes in laws and regulations affecting Rithum’s business.
- Assist in maintaining corporate records, entity reporting, and annual audit matters in compliance with applicable laws and regulations for jurisdictions outside of the USA.
- Support in-house counsel in data privacy and data security matters (e.g., GDPR compliance, security questionnaires, data protection agreements, privacy framework submissions, DSAR requests, etc.).
- Work closely with local counsel and teams across the company, including sales, finance, marketing, product, and engineering to provide practical legal and business advice across multiple jurisdictions (primarily England, Spain, Ireland and Australia currently).
- Conduct various legal projects and other duties as assigned (may include work in areas of procurement, real estate, international compliance, risk management, dispute resolution, and other matters).
Qualifications
- 8+ years of relevant post-qualification experience with a law firm and/or in-house legal teams, supporting global business operations, with heavy emphasis on analysing, interpreting, drafting and negotiating contracts and other legal documents.
- Qualified Solicitor in the UK
- Excellent verbal, written, analytical and persuasive skills (including contract drafting and negotiation) and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management.
- Tech-Savvy
- Must be resourceful, inquisitive, and driven to develop expertise in other topics to meet the needs of a dynamic business and legal department.
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects with shifting priorities, with attention to detail.
- Flexibility and reasonable availability to provide legal support off-hours where needed for offices in different time zones.
- Must demonstrate superior interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a social and highly collaborative office environment.
- Demonstrate maturity and comfort working with senior management.
- Fluency in English, both oral and written, is essential. Proficiency in other languages (especially Spanish) is also a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the SaaS and eCommerce sectors is highly preferred.
- A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a strong sense of business acumen.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school, strong academic credentials and active bar membership in good standing.
Travel Required
- Up to 10%
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Benefits
- Enhanced Private Medical Insurance and a Health Cash Back Plan
- Life insurance & disability benefits
- Pension plan with 4% Company match
- Competitive time off package with 25 Days of PTO, 8 Company-Paid Holidays, 2 Wellness days and 1 Paid Volunteer Day
- Flexibility to choose where you work - at home, in the London office, or both!
- Access to tools to support your wellbeing such as the Calm App and an Employee Assistance Program
- Professional development stipend and learning and development offerings to help you build the skills and connections you need to move forward in your career
- Charitable contribution match per team member
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
EMEA, UK
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 25, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: EMEA, UK |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
