General Counsel
About this role
SoSafe has the ambition to become the leading human risk management provider in Europe. Our award-winning awareness platform triggers behavioural change by providing effective and engaging training and simulations on cybersecurity and data protection. Cybercrime is costing the world >$10 trillion annually and growing by 15% p.a. — we invite you to be part of the solution!
About the role
As General Counsel, you will lead SoSafe's legal team of lawyers and act as the primary legal advisor to the leadership team. You will own the full legal function, from commercial contracting and data protection to corporate governance and regulatory risk, while acting as a true business partner to Sales, Product, and Information Security. You will also be responsible for all Company Risk and Compliance matters. This is a hands-on, high visibility role for someone who wants to shape legal strategy at a scaling SaaS business, not just execute on it.
Responsibilities
- Lead the legal team
- Manage and coach a team of 3 lawyers, setting clear priorities and fairly distributing work across the team
- Build a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and constructive feedback within the team
- Support the professional development of each team member and plan for the team's growth as the business scales
- Own legal strategy and governance
- Set the legal team's strategy and goals in line with SoSafe's broader company objectives
- Elevate on the market’s transition into AI and its application in the legal area
- Oversee all core legal functions: corporate g