Smartcat was founded in 2016 to help global enterprises create and manage their multilingual content. Today, Smartcat is the essential language AI platform for the global enterprise.
Our client-tailored language AI turns content in any format into any language, from documents to videos to complex websites and software, making global operations simple for any corporate team. It also allows any user to create new content by tapping into a multilingual enterprise library.
More than 1,000 global companies including 25% of the Fortune 500 trust Smartcat to communicate their innovations and ideas all over the world.
Smartcat’s vision is to realise a world where there is equal access to innovations and ideas.
Smartcat is backed by Matrix Partners, FJ Labs, and other leading VC firms focusing on SaaS, marketplaces and AI. You might recognize names like HubSpot, Zendesk, Uber, Stripe, RigUp, and Quora in their portfolios. Despite the economic recession, Smartcat is growing at 150% YoY. It's well-funded and capital efficient, providing a unique combination of a hyper-growth environment with downside protection and the ability to think and plan long-term.
Mission
The ideal candidate is a business-minded commercial lawyer who is focused on execution, prepared to lead company deals primarily with its high-profile enterprise customers throughout the world, and who, therefore, collaborates with our Sales, Customer Success, and other teams within the company. The candidate welcomes the dynamic environment that comes with a growing company. You will work closely with the Head of Legal and other team members to ensure legal compliance and mitigate risks associated with our company's operations.
Responsibilities
- Take the lead in negotiating and managing the entire lifecycle of high-value MSAs and bespoke, complex agreements with enterprise-level customers.
- Draft, review, revise, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including SaaS /technology licensing agreements, terms of service, vendor/supplier agreements, partnership agreements and NDAs under US, English, and CIS laws.
- Provide legal support on privacy and data security matters, including reviewing and negotiating data processing agreements, privacy policies, SLAs, and security questionnaires.
- Advise your business colleagues across the organisation on various ad hoc legal questions, including compliance, intellectual property, privacy, litigation, employment and other laws relevant to Smartcat’s industry and business, primarily under EU, US, and CIS laws.
- Assist in managing entity maintenance and corporate governance for the Smartcat group of companies, including interaction with registration and regulatory authorities, notaries, and banks worldwide.
- Collaborate with other teams—Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Marketing, HR, and Engineering—on various legal matters related to the company.
- Create and provide legal training to business colleagues.
Requirements
- Higher education, a master's degree in the UK/US/EU would be an advantage.
- Minimum of 4 years of work experience in IT legal consulting or in-house at a high-growth technology company with solid experience in drafting and negotiating SaaS/software license agreements, MSAs.
- Ideal candidate would be with strong background in commercial law, so knowledge of English contract law is a must. Good understanding of privacy laws and data security (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA) as well as intellectual property law, basic principles of corporate law, international commercial law norms and cross-border transactions.
- Understanding and familiarity with compliance management and third party risk management is preferred.
- Outstanding negotiation and drafting skills in both Russian and English (C-1) with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in working with CLM systems (e.g. Ironclad) would be an advantage.
- An excellent communicator who is comfortable and confident working with any internal stakeholder or customer, including senior management.
- Entrepreneurial attitude with a proactive approach to problem-solving. Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple deals simultaneously.
- Readiness to work in a highly intense startup environment requiring extreme focus, a strong sense of ownership, and persistence to breakthrough
- Openness to constructive feedback and the opinions and ideas of others.
- Fully remote team
We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon. - Innovating a $50 Billion industry
Smartcat’s innovative business model taps into this $50B language translation industry with a platform allowing enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing and enjoy easy-to-use AI-powered SaaS that delivers immediate high-quality results at a fraction of the cost. - High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations
You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide. - Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together
We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a post-Series C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 130% YoY, thanks to our strong product-market fit and high-performing team, and plan to accelerate from here. - Smartcat Culture: Where Diversity Meets High Performance
At Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual's unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.
