Founding Legal Counsel

Pinpoint Applicant Tracking System
London
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Clear communication","Independent","Self-motivated","Collaboration","Risk management"]

Own legal for a fast-growing HR tech SaaS, handling commercial contracting end to end (MSA, DPA, NDAs, supplier and partnership terms) while building legal intake, templates, and sales SLAs. Partner with Product and Engineering on product and regulatory legal in a UK/EU/US privacy and AI landscape. Manage data protection, audit readiness, and due diligence readiness as the first dedicated legal hire.

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Founding Legal Counsel

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Job Summary

Own legal for a fast-growing HR tech SaaS, handling commercial contracting end to end (MSA, DPA, NDAs, supplier and partnership terms) while building legal intake, templates, and sales SLAs. Partner with Product and Engineering on product and regulatory legal in a UK/EU/US privacy and AI landscape. Manage data protection, audit readiness, and due diligence readiness as the first dedicated legal hire.
Location: London
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own commercial contracting end to end, including MSAs, DPAs, customer redlines, and the contract lifecycle from template to signature and renewal.
  • •Turn around high volumes of reviews quickly by setting and publishing a sales legal SLA and running legal intake triage.
  • •Own risk tolerance and playbooks covering liability caps, indemnities, termination, escalation paths, and fallback positions.
  • •Partner with Product and Engineering on product legal for regulated background screening and AI-assisted hiring features, including right to work/DBS/credit checks.
  • •Own data protection and governance: UK/EU GDPR and US state privacy compliance, DPA/sub-processor management, DPIAs/DSARs, audit readiness, and due diligence readiness.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kPensionRemote WorkEquityParental LeaveLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Qualified lawyer (England and Wales or equivalent common law jurisdiction) with real commercial contracting experience, including in-house time at a SaaS business.
  • •Experience as in-house counsel in a scaling startup (50–250 people) building legal infrastructure with limited resources at fast pace.
  • •Trained at a firm, then moved in-house, with enough SaaS contracting experience to form a clear viewpoint.
  • •Comfort owning legal end-to-end across commercial contracting, data protection, and product legal (from order form through data posture to exit readiness).
  • •Bias toward finding the defensible yes, containing risk, communicating clearly, and escalating only genuine trade-offs.
Experience:SaaSHR techIn-house legalAIStartup
Skills:Clear communicationIndependentSelf-motivatedCollaborationRisk management
Tech Stack:AIClaude

Company Brief

Pinpoint Applicant Tracking System
Pinpoint builds a flexible, enterprise-grade applicant tracking system (ATS) and talent acquisition platform that supports complex hiring workflows across locations, roles, and brands, including sourcing, selection, analytics, and onboarding.
Industry: HR Tech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 5M to 10M
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 50M to 100M
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Saint Helier, United Kingdom
Founded: 2017
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