[Hiring] Senior Legal Counsel @Remote

Role Description

This is an exciting time to join Remote and make a personal difference in the global HR-tech space as Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial Legal, APAC. We are looking for a seasoned and business-oriented commercial lawyer who is interested in helping with our team's mission:

• Deliver pragmatic and innovative legal solutions for Remote's products and stakeholders while protecting Remote from unacceptable risk.

This is an individual contributor role with no managerial responsibilities, part of the Commercial Legal sub-team. As a senior commercial lawyer, you will:

• Be the primary legal partner to our APAC sales teams.
• Own Terms of Service negotiation, contract redlining, and commercial agreement review across the region.
• Provide additional support to other regions as bandwidth permits.

This role is for someone who wants to be in the room, dealing with:

• Live negotiation with opposing counsel.
• Customer-paper deals.
• Novel risk allocation without a playbook to fall back on.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise supporting commercial transactions, particularly enterprise-level SaaS agreements, Terms of Service negotiations, and sales contract reviews.
• Experience supporting sales teams across APAC is highly valued.
• Qualified to practice in an APAC jurisdiction.
• Demonstrated comfort operating across multiple APAC jurisdictions and legal traditions.
• Strong commercial drafting skills.
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop creative, practical solutions.
• Experience with enterprise deals conducted on the customer's paper.
• Sharp commercial instincts and strategic thinking.
• Prior HR-tech industry experience or familiarity with bespoke HR services agreements is beneficial.
• Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong capacity to work independently while collaborating effectively.
• Outstanding ability to build trusted relationships with sales stakeholders.
• Comfort working alongside automated triage and legal tooling.
• A healthy dose of humor and humility.

Requirements

• Act as the primary legal advisor to our APAC sales teams.
• Lead live negotiations with customers and their counsel on strategic and enterprise deals.
• Serve as the Legal Primary DRI for APAC under Remote's Legal Matter Framework.
• Provide additional legal support to other regions as bandwidth permits.
• Partner closely with Sales, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Develop and improve templates, playbooks, processes, and other knowledge resources.
• Provide legal training and guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Partner with Remote's Data Protection and AI Governance team on privacy and AI terms.
• Coordinate with local counsel when jurisdiction-specific advice is required.
• Bring a solutions-focused mindset to every negotiation.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible working hours (we are async).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Budget towards co-working spaces, learning, and wellness (including gym memberships).
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Home office budget & IT equipment.