Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Legal Counsel role sits at the heart of a B2B SaaS business operating in the payroll and payments domain, where product delivery is inseparable from regulatory, privacy, and cross border considerations. In SaaS companies that sell recurring services and handle sensitive workforce data, legal work is not limited to one off transactions; it continuously shapes how offerings are packaged, contracted, and governed across markets.
For a professional building a SaaS career, the position offers sustained exposure to the commercial mechanics that underpin subscription revenue, including SaaS licensing terms, data processing agreements, and vendor frameworks. The remit also touches privacy and employment related issues, which are recurring themes in modern SaaS businesses that integrate with customer systems and manage personal data at scale. Experience gained here tends to translate well across SaaS categories where contracting, compliance, and product counsel intersect.
This role is best suited to a lawyer who enjoys being embedded with multiple internal stakeholders and balancing negotiation with pragmatic guidance. It will appeal to someone who values variety across commercial contracting and general advisory work, and who is comfortable operating as an in house partner to functions such as sales, product, and finance within a technology led environment.
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Job Description
Papaya Global is a rapidly growing, award-winning B2B tech unicorn with a mission to revolutionize the payroll and payments industry. With over $400M raised from top-tier investors, our innovative technology provides a comprehensive solution for managing global workforces, from hiring and onboarding to managing and paying employees in over 160 countries.
As part of our continued growth, we’re expanding our
in-house Legal Team and are now looking for another
Legal Counsel to join us. Our ideal candidate is an experienced High-Tech/technology lawyer. As a commercial lawyer, you will be working on a wide variety of commercial contracts, including services agreements and vendor agreements, privacy matters, as well as other general corporate, labor and privacy law advice.
You will:
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal contracts with clients, partners, vendors, and third parties (services agreements, NDAs, DPAs, SaaS license agreements).
- Assist with labor law and privacy issues
- Interact and work with the company's departments (sales, product, marketing, finance, payments) on diverse legal issues.
- Perform and provide other general corporate law advice as needed.
Requirements:
- EU-qualified attorney/lawyer with 3–5 years of experience in a High-Tech/Commercial department within a law firm or in-house legal team
- Fluent English (written and oral).
- Attention to details.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Self-motivated and persistent.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
