Senior Commercial Counsel

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Counsel to join our fast-paced, innovative AI recruiting technology company. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys working at the intersection of law, technology, and business. You’ll play a key role in shaping how we partner with clients, suppliers, and strategic collaborators, providing practical legal guidance that enables growth while managing risk in a rapidly evolving industry.

• Manage and support a large volume of commercial transactions that include RFPs/RFIs, NDAs, MSAs, DPAs and Vendor agreements. You will be required to partner closely with our US Sales and Success teams to manage and guide transactions and contracts through evaluation, negotiation and closure and facilitate the timely closure of business transactions while minimizing risk exposure.

• Draft and negotiate professional services agreements, partnership and other types of commercial agreements.

• Improve and help to maintain agreement templates, playbooks and other legal documents for your territory to help us scale globally.

• Act as a true business partner from all functional areas, mostly for the Sales, HR, Marketing, and Engineering & Product teams based across EMEA, by sharing your knowledge and expertise and provide day-to-day legal support.

• Contribute to other legal projects as needed.

SmartRecruiters is the Recruiting AI Company that transforms hiring for the world’s leading enterprises. Built for global scale, SmartRecruiters, an SAP company, delivers an AI-powered hiring platform that automates and optimizes the entire talent acquisition process, ensuring faster and smarter hiring decisions. More than 4,000 companies, including Amazon, Visa, and McDonald's, rely on SmartRecruiters to build winning teams. In 2025, SmartRecruiters joined SAP, the global leader in enterprise applications. Together, SmartRecruiters and SAP are accelerating the reinvention of hiring by combining cutting-edge AI innovation with the scale, reach, and resources of SAP’s ecosystem.

At SmartRecruiters, we are a values-driven, globally focused tech company with strong financial backing and a bold vision for the future of work. We commit and dig deep, embracing challenges with grit, curiosity, and a drive for excellence. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, where trust and determination bring us together. Because together, we will win.

Recognized by Fosway Industry Analysts as a strategic leader in recruitment technology for three consecutive years, and awarded by Comparably as a top company for Women, Perks and Benefits, Work-Life Balance, Happiness, Compensation, Diversity, and Culture - we take pride in creating a place where everyone can thrive. Our remote-friendly culture, competitive salaries, and strong internal mobility ensure that high performers have meaningful growth opportunities in an environment built on respect and empowerment.

• Law degree from an accredited law school and qualification to practice law with a demonstrated record of success as a lawyer.

• 5+ years of commercial transaction and contract negotiation experience with emphasis in enterprise sales and/or SaaS/cloud-based offerings, privacy and intellectual property.

• Knowledge of Data Privacy laws, particularly in the SaaS industry in order to advise our internal stakeholders and negotiate complex data processing agreements is a plus.

• Thrives at being part of a global Legal team and at working cross-functionally.

• Ability to work independently with little guidance, but also able to use good judgment and call out issues when needed.

• Able to effectively deal with high-volume, rapid cycles, multiple assignments, concurrent deadlines, and changing priorities.

• Team attitude that no job is too big or too small.

• Pragmatic approach to handling complex legal issues, while demonstrating grace and a positive attitude under all circumstances.

• Teamwork and the desire to support other members of the legal department is an essential characteristic. 

• Capacity to communicate in clear and concise manner.

• Familiarity with Google Docs, Gmail, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Pro, DocuSign and Salesforce, but we will train a person who has experience with similar tools or a willingness to learn.

• High level of personal integrity, professionalism, intellectual curiosity, sense of humor, and willingness to grow.

• Fluency in another European language is a plus.

SmartRecruiters strives to offer equitable and engaging compensation to our employees across the globe as we always seek to attract, motivate, and retain the right talent. We utilise a data-driven approach in order to remove biases in our decisions.