Legal Director, EMEA Commercial

Celonis

Madrid, Spain

The Role:

The Legal Director, EMEA Commercial will be part of Celonis’ global Legal and Compliance organization and report to the Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Global Commercial. The Legal Director, EMEA Commercial will be part of a growing team of commercial legal experts and will take holistic responsibility for key commercial transactions throughout EMEA. A successful candidate will be expected to provide pragmatic, creative, collaborative and solution-oriented Legal support throughout the company, will have a strong business sense and have experience working as a self-starter in an environment that is fast-paced, business and results-oriented and team focused.

The work you’ll do:

Draft, review, analyze and negotiate complex, strategic commercial contracts, including cloud and on-premise subscriptions, license, and professional services agreements.
Consistently anticipate, analyze, communicate, and propose mitigation strategies for potential risks in contractual, regulatory, compliance, financial and legal areas.
Effectively lead a regional team of legal professionals, including overseeing day-to-day work, mentoring, hiring, training, and onboarding new hires.
Seamlessly partner with senior stakeholders (including C-Suite and Executive Management) within the Celonis organization, including but not limited to Sales, Deal Desk, Finance and Compliance.
Provide training on a variety of topics to sales and other cross-functional teams.
Contribute to ongoing process improvement, reduction of friction and problem solving within areas of Legal and Compliance.
Further Celonis’ business, financial and risk management objectives through diligent, proactive and creative lawyering.

The qualifications you need:

Law degree from a highly-regarded school
Active bar membership (or equivalent) in relevant jurisdiction
Native or bilingual fluency in English and German required; another European language would be a significant plus
10+ years combined experience in law firm and/or in-house legal department including significant drafting and negotiation experience in relation to software/technology license/cloud and professional services agreements
3+ years of direct people management experience
Experience supporting quota-carrying, enterprise-level sales personnel
Working knowledge of regulatory matters, including international data protection, corporate compliance and export/trade restrictions
Ability to think “outside the box” and address complex matters with creative solutions
Excellent interpersonal, written/verbal communication and negotiation skills
Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude
Ability to independently organize, prioritize and manage deadlines in a fast-paced and demanding work environment
Ability to maintain strong working relationships with demanding internal clients and work effectively with remote team and management members
Sound and practical business judgment
Strong skill set working with office applications, including the Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce, Adobe, Docusign and GoogleDocs.