Founding Legal Counsel

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Pinpoint Applicant Tracking System

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

👥 HR Tech

Consulting • Marketing • HR Tech

Pinpoint Applicant Tracking System is a cloud-based applicant tracking and hiring platform that manages the full recruiting lifecycle—from workforce planning, candidate attraction and engagement, to selection and onboarding. Designed for complex, multi-role and multi-region hiring, Pinpoint emphasizes flexibility, consistent hiring workflows, pre-built integrations and an open API, plus enterprise-grade security (ISO27001, SOC 2 Type II). It offers automation and AI-driven candidate tools, candidate experience features, reporting and implementation support for HR and talent acquisition teams.

📋 Description

• Own commercial contracting end to end, including MSAs, DPAs, customer redlines, risk tolerance, playbooks, fallback positions, templates, legal intake, and sales legal SLAs • Turn around a high volume of contract reviews at pace • Partner with Product and Engineering on regulated products including background screening, right-to-work checks, DBS and credit checks, and AI-assisted hiring features • Own regulatory compliance across UK and EU GDPR, FCRA, the EU AI Act, and US state law • Draft and negotiate partnership, reseller, referral, integration, marketplace, NDA, supplier, and vendor agreements • Own contract lifecycle management from template through signature and renewal • Own company-wide data protection, including DPAs, subprocessor management, DPIAs, DSARs, records of processing, and international transfers • Maintain compliance with UK and EU GDPR, US state privacy law, Quebec Law 25, China’s PIPL, and other local regimes • Establish ongoing audit readiness through accurate policies • Lead due diligence readiness, corporate housekeeping, share and option documentation, and remediation of historic contractual exposure • Build and own Pinpoint’s legal function as the first and sole dedicated legal hire • Report to the Chief Operating Officer

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in England and Wales, or an equivalent common law jurisdiction • Real commercial contracting experience, including in-house experience at a SaaS business • In-house counsel experience in a scaling startup of 50–250 people • Experience building legal infrastructure with limited resources at a fast pace • Experience training at a law firm and subsequently moving in-house • SaaS contracting experience • Broad experience across commercial contracting, data protection, and product legal • Ability to assess risks, propose defensible routes, and escalate genuine trade-offs • Technically adept and able to quickly learn and use new tools, particularly AI tools such as Claude • Clear and concise communication • Ability to work independently and be highly self-motivated

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare – Excellent medical, dental, & vision coverage for you and your family • Unlimited holidays • Mental health support – Unlimited, immediate access to professional counseling via Spill • Retirement contributions – 401k or pension contributions depending on your location • Remote-first – Work where you’re most productive, with flexibility and trust as the default • Equity with real upside • Fully paid parental leave – Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents • Learning budget – Annual funds for courses, books, or anything that supports your growth