Senior Legal Counsel

Join a fast-paced startup as a Senior Legal Counsel, where you'll provide comprehensive legal guidance on SaaS offerings, manage commercial contracts, and ensure compliance with evolving global AI standards. Collaborate with various departments, stay up-to-date with legal developments, and support product counseling efforts. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape commercial and AI strategies while working with cutting-edge AI products.

• Provide comprehensive legal guidance on SaaS offerings, manage commercial contracts, and ensure compliance with global AI standards.
• Collaborate with various departments to draft streamlined SaaS commercial contracts, support Sales & Engineering teams with legal issues.
• Develop, implement, and monitor compliance and privacy programs and policies, conduct impact and risk assessments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated record of success and interest in shaping policy and communication strategies
• Ability to provide training and guidance on privacy-related matters
• Organised with excellent analytical, written, verbal communication, and problem-solving skills
• Curiosity and passion about the AI field and Protex’s products and services
• Experience advising on cross-border data transfers
• Experienced with negotiating and reviewing SaaS contracts
• 8+ years of practising law in Ireland and/or United Kingdom, with 2+ years in-house and 2+ years commercial experience (startup experience preferred)
• Experience working with external regulators and stakeholders
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
• Strong grasp of recent regulations including EU AI Act, and state AI acts in the U.S
• Strong understanding of data security principles and practices (including privacy impact assessments and data protection audits)