Rayda

Legal & Compliance Officer

Rayda

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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About the role

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including SaaS agreements, MSAs, NDAs, vendor contracts, and partnership agreements.
  • Advise on corporate governance matters, entity structuring, and regulatory filings across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Support M&A, fundraising, and investor relations activities from a legal and due diligence standpoint.
  • Manage relationships with external legal counsel in relevant markets to ensure cost-effective and timely legal support.
  • Maintain and update the company's contract management system and legal templates library.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all data privacy matters across the organisation.
  • Ensure Rayda's products, services, and internal operations are compliant with GDPR, NDPR (Nigeria), POPIA (South Africa), CCPA (California), PDPA, and other applicable data protection regulations.
  • Conduct and maintain Records of Processing Activities (RoPA), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIAs).
  • Draft and update privacy policies, cookie policies, data processing agreements (DPAs), and standard contractual clauses (SCCs).
  • Manage data subject access requests (DSARs), data breach incidents, and regulatory notifications.
  • Advise product and engineering teams on privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default principles.
  • Monitor and interpret changes in applicable laws and regulations across Rayda's operating regions and proactively communicate impact to the business.
  • Develop, maintain, and enforce internal compliance policies, codes of conduct, and compliance training programmes.
  • Support the preparation of regulatory submissions, licensing applications, and responses to regulatory enquiries.
  • Assess and manage legal and compliance risks in new market entry strategies.
  • Maintain compliance calendars and ensure timely filings, renewals, and statutory obligations are met across all jurisdictions.
  • Act as a trusted legal advisor to product, sales, engineering, finance, and people teams.
  • Train and educate internal stakeholders on relevant legal and compliance topics.
  • Support People & HR teams with employment-related legal matters across jurisdictions.
  • Manage and improve legal operations processes and tooling to increase efficiency at scale.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) and a recognised professional qualification (e.g., BL, SRA, NY Bar, or equivalent).
  • 3 – 6 years of post-qualification legal experience, ideally spanning both in-house and law firm environments.
  • Demonstrable expertise in commercial contracts and corporate law.
  • Hands-on experience with GDPR compliance programmes, DPIAs, DPAs, and data subject rights management.
  • Strong understanding of data protection law across multiple jurisdictions (EU, UK, US, and/or Africa).
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders in a remote, distributed environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and performance-based bonus structure.
  • Equity / stock option participation as we scale.
  • Fully remote-first work culture with asynchronous flexibility.
  • Annual learning & development budget for legal certifications, conferences, and courses.
  • Access to a collaborative, high-growth team solving real problems for global workforces.
  • Exposure to multi-jurisdictional legal work across four continents.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
commercial contractscorporate lawGDPR complianceDPIAsDPAsdata subject rights managementdata protection lawlegal operationsregulatory filingsM&A
Soft Skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementprioritizationtime managementadvisory skillstraining and educationrelationship managementproblem-solvingnegotiation skillsorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB)BLSRANY Bar