Head of Legal

About this role

Responsibilities

• As Head of Legal, you will be Aiven's most senior legal leader, reporting to the CFO and working as a trusted partner across the executive team. You'll lead and develop a small, world-class legal team that enables the business to move fast, win commercially, and scale globally.
• Aiven has ambitious goals to build the AI infrastructure that developers want. We make open source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure accessible to every developer. In a world where AI has made building easier than ever, we handle the underlying complexity so builders can focus on what they're actually building.
• At Aiven, we believe legal is a business accelerator - not a gatekeeper. You'll be here to find the best path forward together with your stakeholders. You'll bring commercial savviness, a genuine partnership mindset, and the judgment to lead your team in managing risk and drive impactful results with stakeholders. You'll be embedded in the business, shaping deals, guiding strategy, and helping the company grow with confidence.
• What You'll DoOwn and shape Aiven's global legal strategy, partnering closely with the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership to align the legal function with business objectives and growth priorities - and lead and develop a small, high-performing legal team with a culture of speed, pragmatism, and commercial acumen.
• Lead the team in driving all commercial legal work: overseeing the negotiation and closing of complex SaaS agreements, strategic partnerships, reseller and OEM arrangements, and enterprise customer contracts, while building the