Fractional Head of Legal – 3 days per week
TheyDo - Journey Management
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Netherlands
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About the role
- Lead our legal function end-to-end, from day-to-day contracting to long-term strategy
- Refine and scale legal processes that support a fast-moving product and sales team
- Act as the primary go-to person for all internal legal questions
- Work closely with Sales, Product, and Leadership to unblock deals and decisions
- Translate legal complexity into clear, actionable guidance
- Enable teams to self-serve where possible with templates and playbooks
- Collaborate with external legal partners to extend capacity and expertise
- Ensure smooth communication, clear briefs, and efficient execution
- Maintain and improve our global contract registry
- Stay on top of relevant regulatory developments
- Use technology and AI to streamline workflows and reduce manual work
- Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with strong foundational legal training
- Experience across both law firm and in-house environments
- Background in SaaS, tech
- Comfortable working across international jurisdictions
- Strong commercial mindset, you know when to push and when to move
- Clear communicator who can make complex topics easy to understand
- Proactive, self-directed, and comfortable working asynchronously
- Interest in using technology and AI to improve legal operations
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and pre-IPO equity
- Fully remote working with flexible hours
- Health Insurance benefit
- Flexible holiday days
- Learning and Development budget
- Wellbeing budget
- Paid parental leave
- Home office or co-working support
- Company events
- Latest tech & tools
- Continuous growth of our benefits package as we continue to grow in size
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
legal trainingcontractinglegal processesregulatory compliancelegal operationsSaaSinternational law
Soft Skills
clear communicationproactiveself-directedcollaborationcommercial mindsetproblem-solving
Certifications
qualified lawyer