Associate Director and Corporate Counsel
About this role
Accountabilities • Advise internal stakeholders on a broad range of legal matters affecting international operations, including new market launches and existing business activities.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including product partnerships, sales, marketing and affiliate agreements, advertising and influencer contracts, SaaS agreements, and vendor arrangements. • Advise on global data privacy and security requirements, including GDPR and applicable local privacy laws, and support updates to policies, procedures, products, and processes. • Provide legal guidance on marketing, digital services, consumer protection, advertising, and trade practices requirements across international markets. • Support healthcare and telehealth regulatory compliance, working with internal stakeholders and local or external counsel where appropriate. • Advise on international employment and contractor matters and assist with drafting and updating relevant agreements and terms. • Support privacy operations, including vendor and partnership reviews, privacy assessments, and the review and triage of data-subject requests and other privacy inquiries. • Support litigation, regulatory matters, and government inquiries, coordinating with external counsel and internal stakeholders as needed. • Independently manage outside counsel relationships and oversee legal projects from issue identification through resolution. • Partner cross-functionally with product, marketing, business, privacy, and operational teams to provide commercially practical, solutions-oriented legal advice. • Adapt priorities as the business evolves while maintaining ownership of key legal projects and programs.
Requirements
• Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction, with 1–5 years of post-qualification experience or equivalent; UK or Ireland qualification is preferred, while EU-qualified lawyers are encouraged to apply. • Fluency in English and professional legal experience in one or more key European markets, particularly France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, or Italy. • Fluency in an additional European language is a plus. • Experience advising an international technology business operating across multiple jurisdictions, preferably in-house and ideally within a B2C, online platform, SaaS, or healthcare environment. • At least 3 years of relevant experience in consumer business, online platform, and/or healthcare law. • Strong experience with privacy, regulatory or government inquiries, and marketing or advertising law is highly desirable. • Strong commercial judgment and the ability to translate complex legal requirements into practical, business-oriented recommendations. • Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills. • Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and take ownership in a fast-paced and evolving environment. • Collaborative, low-ego approach with a willingness to contribute beyond a narrowly defined legal remit. • Comfortable partnering with cross-functional teams and external counsel across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.