Senior Legal Counsel

Actian

Senior Legal Counsel handling agreements and compliance for Actian's data management platform. Supporting HR operations and advising on legal matters in a remote role.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and presenting for execution a wide variety of individual and outbound agreements, such as vendor agreements, customer order contracts, SaaS and alliance agreements, software development, SOWs, NDAs, and documentation and licenses for engineering teams.
Legal support of global HR operations, including compliance matters (e.g., GDPR, EU AI Act, Cyber Resiliency Act, etc.).
Assist with any office related and customer compliance matters including ensuring compliance to employee policies, obligations, rights, including matters relating to internal HR regulations, auditing reimbursements, facilities, terminations etc.
Consult with internal clients to develop business and legal terms, provide training and leadership regarding laws and obligations as they pertain to assigned programs.
Provide advice regarding EU, state and federal regulations applicable to the business.
Assist with the continuous improvement of templates of agreements for the contracting process.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5-7+ years of transactional experience in the software industry
Experience drafting and negotiating standard and vendor order agreements, SaaS, and software license contracts
Experience or exposure in computer science or IP licensing preferred
Strong organizational skills
Ability to multi-task
Professionalism with skills and interest and openness to learning and developing new areas of expertise

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive career and training opportunities
Appreciation, trust and respect at all levels
A work environment characterized by flat hierarchies
Work/life balance in a Home Office with flexible working hours
Work & travel in an international environment
Team events, diverse fairs and seasonal onsite company parties

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Hard Skills & Tools

drafting agreementsnegotiating contractsvendor agreementscustomer order contractsSaaS agreementssoftware development agreementsSOWsNDAscompliance mattersIP licensing

Soft Skills

organizational skillsmulti-taskingprofessionalismleadershiptrainingopenness to learningdevelopment of expertise