In-House Counsel - United Kingdom
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Position Overview & Specifications
About JumpCloud JumpCloud’s mission is to Make Work Happen®, providing simple, secure access to an organization’s technology resources from any device, or any location. The JumpCloud Open Directory Platform gives IT, security operations, and DevOps a single, cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities and their devices, and apply conditional access controls based on Zero Trust principals. Since launching in 2012, our global user base has grown to more than 150,000 organizations, with more than 5,000 paying customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight and Peloton. JumpCloud has raised over $400M from world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Sands Capital, Atlassian, and CrowdStrike. Our teams are growing fast, too, and we're looking for talent across engineering, sales, customer success, marketing, product management, and more. Join our team of dedicated, passionate, and creative people who are eager to change the IT industry forever.
About the Team: JumpCloud is developing its legal team and you will be the third attorney. You will be joining the US-based General Counsel, Senior In-House Counsel, and Paralegal, working directly with the business stakeholders at JumpCloud. As JumpCloud continues to grow, additional team members will be added.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts, including: customer, master services, SaaS, MSP, reseller, integration, marketing, and vendor agreements.
- Providing sound, practical, and strategic legal advice to go-to-market teams as well as the HR, Finance, Security/IT, Product, Innovation, Marketing, and Executive teams.
- Identifying legal and regulatory issues with product and marketing initiatives, operational matters, and customer engagements, including privacy and data security issues, and working with the appropriate resources to devise effective and creative solutions.
- Establishing and maintaining subsidiaries in a number of countries, including India, UK, Singapore, Mexico.
- Developing and leading initiatives to drive legal department efficiency through the use of technology, processes, forms, and best practices.
- Thinking ahead, seeing around corners, and helping prepare for legal and business issues that may arise in the future.
- Working with internal clients to advise on negotiation strategy and ensure the contemplated legal terms will meet business needs over the long term.
- Working with stakeholders in the business to analyze, manage, and mitigate risk.
- Developing and improving our library of form agreements and templates to comply with changes in law and changes in the market.
- Collaborating with other members of the Legal Team to improve standard processes for contracting and complying with contractual obligations.
- Performing other duties or special projects as needed.
What We're Looking for:
- Licensed to practice (and in good standing) in the country of your residence
- 3-7 years of experience with a mix of in-house and law firm experience
- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are a must with the ability to work with a cross-functional team
- Skills in analyzing contractual risk; drafting and negotiating experience
- Experience with data protection issues or international compliance a must
- Experience with M&A and employment strongly preferred
- Highly organized with great attention to detail, ability to work independently and manage several simultaneous projects
- Strong work ethic with a customer/client focused approach
- Must be flexible and adaptable to a changing environment as JumpCloud grows
- Takes initiative and pursue opportunities for improving efficiency
- Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in legal drafting
- Excellent computer skills (Adobe, Microsoft, Google)
- Experience with Salesforce, Carta, CLM (like Linksquares) a plus
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Where you’ll be working/Location: JumpCloud is committed to being Remote First, meaning that you are able to work remotely within the country noted in the Job Description.
You must currently live in and be authorized to work in the United Kingdom without sponsorship to be considered for this role.
Why JumpCloud? If you thrive working in a fast, SaaS-based environment and you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems, we look forward to hearing from you! JumpCloud is an incredible place to share and grow your expertise! You’ll work with amazing talent across each department who are passionate about our mission. We’re out of the box thinkers, so your unique ideas and approaches for conceiving a product and/or feature will be welcome. You’ll have a voice in the organization as you work with a seasoned executive team, a supportive board and in a proven market that our customers are excited about. One of JumpCloud's three core values is to “Build Connections.” To us that means creating " human connection with each other regardless of our backgrounds, orientations, geographies, religions, languages, gender, race, etc. We care deeply about the people that we work with and want to see everyone succeed." - Rajat Bhargava, CEO Please submit your résumé and brief explanation about yourself and why you would be a good fit for JumpCloud. Please note JumpCloud is not accepting third party resumes at this time. JumpCloud is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Information Technology Support Services
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for In-House Counsel - United Kingdom roles across Jumpcloud's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Information Technology Support Services.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £60,468 - £127,474 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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