Head of Legal, Commercial

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Wiz

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201 - 500 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity • Cloud Security

Wiz is a leading cloud security company, providing a comprehensive security platform for safeguarding cloud environments. It offers a variety of solutions designed to protect cloud infrastructure from threats, including threat detection and response, security posture management, and vulnerability prioritization. Their cloud-native platform enables seamless integration across various cloud systems, offering agentless visibility and robust protection for modern cloud computing needs. Trusted by many Fortune 100 companies, Wiz is recognized for its innovative approach, offering a unified security model that integrates development and security operations for enhanced visibility and proactive threat management.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage the EMEA commercial legal team, fostering the professional development of each member of the team while ensuring high-quality legal support for the EMEA region. • Act as the primary escalation point for complex legal issues and complex contract negotiations, providing definitive guidance to the EMEA legal commercial team and business stakeholders. • Manage relationships with executive staff and revenue leadership, serving as a strategic legal business partner to ensure alignment between legal risk and business objectives. • Initiate and manage strategic legal projects, including the development of scalable processes and regional templates to accelerate contract velocity. • Ensure ongoing contracting processes that comply with company policies and risk tolerance. • Negotiate complex strategic commercial deals with customers, serving as a trusted advisor to the business by proactively identifying legal risks and formulating innovative solutions to mitigate them.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience in a legal leadership or management role within a high-growth software/technology company in the EMEA region. • Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in the UK or at least one country in Europe with a demonstrated record of success as a commercial attorney. • 10+ years of in-house legal experience, with a proven track record of managing a team handling complex commercial transactions at scale. • Exceptional commercial legal capabilities and expertise in data privacy, AI, cybersecurity, SaaS contracting and EU regulations (e.g. GDPR, DORA, NIS2, EU Data Act, EU AI Act). • Strong “business-friendly” style that comes with an understanding that the legal team’s primary purpose is to support the growth and success of the business. • Ability and willingness to structure, draft and negotiate a broad range of contracts, including SaaS/software contracts, professional services agreements, partner agreements, etc. • Fluent in English with strong communication skills both written and verbal. Proficiency in other languages spoken in Europe is a plus. • Experience in working with Salesforce, Google workspace and contract lifecycle management systems.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities