Legal Counsel

About Kinaxis

Location

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in the UK

Job Purpose:

The Legal Counsel, Commercial (EMEA) is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements and providing trusted, business-oriented legal advice to internal business units. The role will focus on supporting Sales and other customer-facing teams and working with clients across the EMEA region.

This position requires strong drafting and negotiation skills, excellent attention to detail, sound judgement, the ability to effectively communicate complex legal concepts, and the ability to appropriately balance legal risk with commercial objectives. The Legal Counsel collaborates closely with internal stakeholders, including Sales, Professional Services, Partnerships, Procurement, Product Management and colleagues across the legal team, to support business goals while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and internal policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate diverse range of commercial agreements, including Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements, software license agreements, services and consulting agreements, reseller and partner agreements, supplier and vendor contracts and contractor agreements.
• Provide accurate, practical and timely legal advice on commercial, regulatory, data protection, intellectual property, and compliance matters relevant to the software and technology industry, with a focus on issues common to European jurisdictions.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to support deal structuring, risk assessment, and contract execution, providing solutions that enable business objectives while managing legal risk.
• Contribute to the global Legal team through the sharing of knowledge, creation, management, and update of contract templates and playbooks, while driving usage of contract lifecycle management systems across Kinaxis.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments across the EMEA region and advise stakeholders on potential impacts to business operations.
• Collaborate with Data Privacy, Security, and Compliance teams to ensure contracts reflect appropriate data protection and information security standards.

Skills and Qualifications

• Law degree with at least 5-7 years of relevant experience, preferably in-house or in private practice supporting clients in the software or technology sector.
• Licensed to practice law in relevant European jurisdiction (e.g. Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands).
• Strong understanding of corporate/commercial law and experience negotiating SaaS and other technology-based contracts, especially with European clients and counterparties.
• Solid knowledge of data protection (including GDPR), intellectual property, and compliance matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills with the ability explain complex concepts clearly.
• Proficiency with contract lifecycle management tools and digital contract execution platforms (e.g. Ironclad, DocuSign).
• Experience supporting SaaS or cloud-based technology businesses and revenue generating teams, with familiarity in subscription models and related contractual considerations.
• Strong judgement, analytical thinking, and problem solving skills with a pragmatic, business-focused approach.
• Fluency in English required; proficiency in another European language (such as German, French, or Spanish) is preferred.

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more. 

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more. 

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com. 

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.