Head of Legal

About this role

Build and lead lempire’s legal function as its first in-house legal hire. The role spans commercial SaaS contracts, corporate governance and M&A, employment, privacy, and legal operations, working closely with the COO, CEO, and business teams.

About the company

Lemlist is a sales engagement platform for personalized outbound campaigns. It helps GTM teams run multichannel sequences and improve reply rates.

What you'll do

• Negotiate enterprise SaaS contracts, partnerships, and supplier agreements; help Sales unblock deals.
• Create contract templates and negotiation playbooks, and make standard agreements self-serve.
• Manage corporate governance, shareholder matters, BSPCE, the US entity, and Claap’s legal integration.
• Partner with HR on employment contracts, terminations, disputes, CSE, and profit-sharing agreements.
• Oversee GDPR and data-provider agreements with external specialists; handle other day-to-day legal matters.
• Build legal intake and scalable processes, and decide which work to handle in-house versus outsource.
• Manage external counsel and optimize legal spend.

What we're looking for

• 6+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house experience at a tech startup, scale-up, or SaaS company.
• Strong B2B SaaS contract and commercial negotiation expertise.
• Fluent French and English.
• Pragmatic business judgment: recommend solutions that balance risk and commercial needs.
• Autonomous, hands-on, and comfortable handling unfamiliar legal topics with specialist support.

Nice to have

• Experience as a first or sole legal hire.
• Experience with a US entity or international contracts.
• Employment law, GDPR, or buy-side M&A experience.

Hiring process

1. Interview with the Talent Acquisition Lead.
2. Interview with the COO.
3. Business case covering contract negotiation and business judgment.
4. Interviews with Sales and Partnerships leaders.
5. Final interview with the CEO.
6. Reference checks and offer.