Paralegal

We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication so they can thrive in the Narrative Age. Our award-winning communications channels – intranet, employee app and email – deliver experiences that drive engagement and inspire hearts and minds.

We’re headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout the world, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Our international team counts more than 750 employees from 45+ nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers that want to transform their employee experience. We are rapidly scaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growing revenue, and our customers love us.

The Staffbase Legal team is a mighty (and growing!) team, that works across all Staffbase departments to support the business in our rapid and international expansion. At Staffbase Legal, our core values are plain language, business acumen, and finding workable and pragmatic solutions to legal problems. We also constantly examine how we can improve our processes, templates, and policies to improve the experience for our customers and our team here at Staffbase.

You’ll be supporting the Go-to-Market teams in North America and other common law jurisdictions (UK, Ireland and Australia), as well as the procurement function globally. You will also help to support compliance processes and sales enablement initiatives driven by the legal team. Reporting into our Global Legal Director based in Amsterdam, but with key stakeholders in North America, you will be flexible around your core working hours in order to support the global GTM teams. We’re looking for a highly motivated, driven and self-starting individual who loves to work in a diverse and international team.

What you’ll be doing

• Reviewing legal documents for Go-to-Market teams (e.g. NDAs, MSAs, DPAs, order forms, RFPs and RFQs, and other commercial documents related to sales deals) against legal-sales playbooks
• Reviewing and amending vendor terms and conditions on procurement matters (e.g. SaaS purchases, marketing, consultancy agreements) against playbooks and guidelines
• Monitoring changes in laws and regulations and support in updating policies
• Updating internal policies and guided learning material for non-legal colleagues
• Collaborating closely with the Commercial Legal team on deals, templates and playbooks
• Supporting and guiding business colleagues in applying our legal process, in particular the sales process, using automation and technology where appropriate
• Working with Legal Ops and other members of the team to keep legal documentation organized and well-maintained.
• Responding quickly to queries directed to the legal team, in keeping with our “Easy to Work With” values.

What you need to be successful

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a paralegal or contracts manager in an in-house legal department or law firm
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Strong track record of reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance legal and business considerations.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Flexibility to work out-of-hours to support regional markets in multiple timezones on occasion.

What you’ll get

• Competitive Compensation – we offer attractive salary packages including an Employee Stock Option Plan.
• Flexibility – we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of £1356.
• Growth Budget – all employees get a yearly budget for external training of £900.
• Wellbeing – in addition to yearly vacation days of 30 days p.a. (excluding public holidays), we’re running a 4-day-work week every year in August with full payment.
• Support – we’re offering a Company Pension and Private Medical Insurance incl. Dental, life assurance. Parents can get 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Team Building – Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp.
• Volunteers Day – you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project. We will donate a small amount for that project in addition.
• Employee Referral Program – one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid.