Job description
Our mission at Greenhouse is to make every company great at hiring – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can help companies measurably improve the way they hire.
Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.
Greenhouse is looking for a Director of Legal, EMEA to join our team!
As we continue to expand in the EMEA region, we are looking for an experienced, proactive, and strategic legal professional to lead commercial, privacy, and employment legal matters. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Sales and People teams, supporting revenue growth, negotiating complex contracts, and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions. You’ll also act as the go-to legal advisor on privacy (GDPR, EU AI Act) and employment-related issues, providing practical guidance to business leaders. This is an exciting opportunity to build and shape the legal function in EMEA, driving impact in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Who will love this job
- A doer – you thrive on diving into complex contracts, solving problems, and delivering results.
- A strategic thinker – you balance legal risks with business goals, keeping the bigger picture in mind.
- A trusted advisor – you build strong relationships and act as a key business partner to Sales, HR, and Leadership.
- A problem-solver – you take initiative, proactively identify risks and develop scalable solutions.
- A builder – you’re excited about creating processes, training teams, and leading change in a growing company.
What you’ll do
- Negotiate and draft high-value enterprise SaaS contracts (MSAs, DPAs, SLAs) for customers across the EMEA region.
- Act as a trusted legal advisor to Sales leadership, supporting complex, multi-national enterprise deals.
- Provide privacy and regulatory guidance, ensuring compliance with GDPR, the EU AI Act, and other EMEA data protection laws.
- Support HR and management with employee-related legal matters, including performance management, leave policies, and employee relations.
- Develop and improve contract review processes, streamlining deal execution and reducing bottlenecks.
- Create and implement policies and training programs to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.
- Stay ahead of regulatory changes and proactively advise internal teams on their potential impact.
You should have
- Extensive experience in SaaS commercial contracting, including negotiating and drafting MSAs, DPAs, and complex sales agreements.
- Deep expertise in EMEA privacy laws, particularly GDPR and the evolving EU AI Act.
- Proven experience working with Sales leadership and cross-functional teams, providing legal guidance on enterprise deals.
- Experience advising on EMEA employment law matters (HR policies, employee relations, performance management) is preferred.
- A highly organized, proactive approach, capable of managing multiple negotiations and legal issues simultaneously.
- A pragmatic, business-oriented mindset, balancing risk while supporting company growth.
- A law degree from an accredited institution and the ability to work across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS company.
Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their right to work in Ireland as part of the application process and it is pre-condition to any offer of employment. Greenhouse is not in a position to support employment permit applications for candidates for this role.
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Who we are
At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award-winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row.
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