Senior Counsel, Strategic Growth & Technology Partnerships

Take primary ownership of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements across global system integrator arrangements, channel partner and reseller agreements, technology alliance and co-sell agreements, enterprise SaaS and platform licensing, API and technical integration agreements, and distribution and go-to-market partnerships.

Advise senior business stakeholders, including GTM leadership, and Product teams, on deal structuring, risk allocation, commercial terms, and multi-jurisdictional GTM considerations, serving as the day-to-day legal lead who positions Legal as a genuine business enabler.

Partner with the Product Legal team to develop and refine legal frameworks that support a self-serve and low-touch commercial motion, including API access agreements, developer terms, usage-based licensing structures, and SMB onboarding frameworks, contributing to a standardized, scalable approach that enables businesses to engage and onboard with speed and minimal friction.

Provide clear, solution-focused guidance on AI-related commercial arrangements, data-sharing agreements, and emerging technology implementations as they enter the enterprise deal mix.

Act as a primary legal partner for the commercialisation of GTM products, advising on go-to-market structures, route-to-market models, pricing and packaging frameworks, and the legal terms that govern how products are brought to market directly and through third parties.

Draft and negotiate agreements that govern the embedding, bundling, or distribution of our products within third-party platforms, marketplaces, and ecosystems, including white-label arrangements, OEM agreements, co-branded offerings, and platform integration terms.

Advise on licensing boundaries and revenue-sharing constructs as the product suite evolves and is commercialised through an expanding range of direct and indirect channels.

Work closely with Product, Product Legal, Marketing, and Sales to ensure commercial and legal structures keep pace with product development and new route-to-market initiatives, flagging and resolving legal considerations early in the product lifecycle.

Own and continuously develop the suite of enterprise and channel contracting templates, playbooks, negotiation guidelines, and approval frameworks used across the partnerships function.

Design scalable legal infrastructure that empowers fast-moving deal teams to execute efficiently while maintaining sound risk controls across both direct and indirect channels.

Partner with Legal Operations on contract management tooling, reporting workflows, and process improvements.

Support the Head of Commercial and Strategic Growth Legal on broader function-building initiatives, team training, and cross-functional policy development.

Embed GDPR and applicable data privacy obligations into enterprise, partner, and platform agreements, working in close coordination with Product Legal, Privacy, and Information Security colleagues.

Collaborate with Finance, Sales Operations, Product, and Procurement on deal economics, commercial policies, product launches, and vendor governance matters.

Track developments across technology regulation, AI law, data protection, and enterprise software contracting, translating these into timely, practical guidance for the business.

Demonstrable experience with API-first or self-serve commercial models including developer terms, usage-based licensing, and SMB onboarding frameworks, and the confidence to lead the design and build-out of the legal infrastructure needed to support organic, low-friction acquisition at scale.

Genuinely commercial in your approach: able to identify and manage risk pragmatically, find workable solutions under pressure, and avoid being a blocker to growth.

An effective communicator and influencer, comfortable advising and challenging senior stakeholders across Sales, Product, and Executive leadership.

Qualified lawyer with 6-9 years of post-qualification experience, including meaningful in-house tenure at a technology, SaaS, or enterprise software company.

A proven track record negotiating complex B2B technology agreements including GSI, channel, reseller, alliance, and enterprise platform deals, ideally within or alongside global organisations.

Demonstrable experience advising on product commercialisation, route-to-market strategy, or third-party distribution and embedding arrangements.

Comfortable operating across both high-touch enterprise deals and high-volume standardised indirect channel frameworks, understanding that each requires a different legal posture.

Highly organised and self-directed, with a demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume deal workload across competing priorities and deadlines with minimal supervision.

A collaborative team player who understands their place in a broader legal function and actively supports those around them, including upward to leadership.

Discreet, professional, and trusted to handle sensitive commercial and strategic information appropriately.

Posting Date: 29 June 2026 Application Window: 6 weeks We anticipate the application window will be open until 10 August 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.