[Hiring] Legal & Compliance Manager @Nextcloud

Role Description

As we keep growing internationally, we're looking for a Legal & Compliance Manager to own our legal and compliance topics end-to-end and become the trusted legal voice across the company.

• Own all legal documents at Nextcloud — keeping them current, consistent and properly organised.
• Draft, review and negotiate customer contracts, order forms, NDAs, and partner/reseller agreements.
• Own and evolve our Terms & Conditions, DPAs and other standard contractual documents.
• Build and run our compliance framework: policies, training and risk tracking.
• Act as legal advisor for public tenders — reviewing tender documents, eligibility and compliance requirements, and supporting the bidding process.
• Be the go-to person for data protection (GDPR) questions across the business, working hand-in-hand with our external Data Protection Officer.
• Support Sales during deal negotiations and give pragmatic, business-friendly legal guidance.
• Keep an eye on regulatory developments relevant to an international open-source software business and translate them into action.
• Support with HR-related legal matters - contracts, terminations as needed - in close cooperation with our Head of HR.

Qualifications

• A completed legal degree (a German legal qualification is a plus).
• Several years of hands-on experience in commercial contract law, T&C drafting and negotiation — ideally in B2B software or tech.
• Solid, practical knowledge of data protection law (GDPR) and experience working with a DPO or supervisory authorities.
• Experience advising on public tenders / public procurement law (e.g. VgV, GWB, UVgO), ideally in a software or IT context.
• A pragmatic, confident communicator who can explain legal things to non-lawyers and help the business move forward.
• Fluent German and English, spoken and written.
• Understanding of the software / SaaS / open-source business model and licensing (e.g. AGPL, dual licensing), ideally experience in a scale-up or fast-growing software company.

Benefits

• A distributed, open and enthusiastic team with a passion for working for and within the open source community.
• A fun and diverse team.
• A product which pushes the boundaries of technology with a global user and contributor community.
• A competitive salary.
• Remote work and flexibility for a healthy work-life balance.
• Time for personal growth and education.
• We are looking for somebody with ambition and drive who would like to grow and learn. We especially encourage applications by people from under-represented groups.

Company Description

Nextcloud Hub is the industry-leading, fully open-source, on-premises content collaboration platform. Teams access, share and edit their documents, chat and participate in video calls and manage their mail and calendar and projects across mobile, desktop and web interfaces.