Corporate Legal Counsel

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.

Job Description

• We are looking for a brilliant legal mind to join our growing global legal team. As a key member of our team, you will support legal matters for our Copperleaf business, reporting into its Head of Legal who is based in the United Kingdom.
• Your primary responsibility is to support our global go to market teams including sales and consulting, and additionally, partner and supplier matters. 
• You will thrive in a fast-paced environment in a dynamic, fast-growing, AI-first, enterprise SaaS company, working alongside market leaders and sales teams as well as supporting other countries and regions.

Responsibilities:

• Structure, draft, negotiate, and close SaaS, software, support and cloud contracts with customers, while collaborating cross functionally with Finance, Infosec and Customer Experience.
• Champion AI advancement in the legal function, including management of CLM platform and agents, to drive automation of legl   
• Lead negotiation of master agreements, NDAs, statements of work (SOWs), order forms, and tender responses, primarily on company templates, but also on counterparty paper.
• Develop and refine  playbooks and corporate standards and ensure governance of contractual terms against these playbooks and corporate standards.
• Work with legacy contracts, including reviewing existing terms and negotiating amendments to align with current terms
• Review, draft, negotiate and help close contracts with partners and suppliers
• Provide accurate, pragmatic, and timely legal advice across a range of commercial and operational matters.
• Dive into other ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed, including using the Legal AI tools and working with other teams
• Work collaboratively with the broader IFS legal team by sharing knowledge, helping out team members and sharing areas of expertise
• Maintain a deep industry knowledge  including  new legal and regulatory developments affecting SaaS businesses

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with 5-10 years post qualification experience
• In-house SaaS experience in a fast paced environment
• Proven experience delivering on a wide range of complex commercial contracts and demonstrable ability to independently handle complex negotiations
• Experience with Legal technical tools, revenue recognition and privacy matters an advantage.
• Proactive, “roll-up your sleeves” attitude
• An analytical mind able to “see” the complexities, with excellent business judgement, intellectual curiosity and the ability to balance legal and business requirements
• Flexible on working hours to suit truly global business needs
• Highest degree of professional ethics and integrity, with demonstrable confidence when providing legal advice
• Excellent organizational, prioritization and time-management skills – this is an extremely fast paced company with same day response expected
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Must be fluent in written and spoken English. Other language skills are an advantage.

What We’re Offering

• Salary Range $150,000 - $175,000 CAD, plus bonus
• Flexible paid time off, including sick and holiday
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Company contribution in retirement accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Tuition assistance
• Community involvement and volunteering events

Additional Information

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.