At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it.

As Vanta’s Senior Counsel, EMEA, you’ll be the first legal hire in EMEA to help build out Vanta’s legal function in Europe, working closely with the go to market team, the operations team, and the people team to manage Vanta’s EMEA legal requirements as we continue to expand into Europe.

The Senior Counsel, EMEA will be responsible for overseeing and negotiating key deals and relationships, and acting as a trusted business partner for our EMEA team. Reporting to the Head of Legal, your responsibilities will include ownership of all aspects of Vanta’s negotiations with EMEA customers and vendors, instituting policies and processes while maintaining hypergrowth, and working with our People team in EMEA. The ideal candidate will have experience in strategically working with global sales teams to execute and negotiate commercial transactions and contracts in addition to experience with employment law in the UK and/or Ireland.

What you’ll do as a Senior Counsel, EMEA at Vanta:

• Negotiate customer and partner deals in collaboration with the global sales organization.

• Negotiate vendor contracts and ensure that Vanta and its customers are protected.

• Manage escalations, collaborate across other teams, and develop solutions to enable team and business partners to close deals.

• Advice on a broad range of employment issues, including HR policies/practices; employee relations issues and investigations involving misconduct, retaliation, discrimination, and harassment; performance management, recruiting, hiring, exits; severance; and leaves and reasonable accommodations.

• Advise on compensation-related matters, including compensation design proposals, commission plans, compliance with pay transparency laws, wage and hour issues, and leveling and job architecture matters.

• Ensure our contracts are delivering the right objectives for the company & mitigate risk.

• Stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations impacting the business and communicate to appropriate parties any changes to controls, policies and procedures.

• Communicate and negotiate with external parties, creating relationships based on trust.

• Willingness to roll up his/her sleeves and take on tasks both big and small. A collaborative approach with a low ego in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

• Strategic sense to build a team, but tactical enough to execute on a day-to-day basis.

• Strong sense of ownership, desire to make a cross-functional impact, eagerness to learn, and customer orientation.

• Address other ad-hoc or specialized legal issues.

How to be successful in this role:

• 5+ years of experience and JD degree from an accredited school with experience negotiating SaaS agreements.

• Direct experience with a variety of legal matters, including strategic business agreements, information security and compliance, privacy, intellectual property rights, international expansion, and management of affiliates.

• Experience in commercial contract negotiation.

• Experience providing employment law advice and counsel to a multinational employer.

• Strong negotiating skills with both legal and financial/commercial issues.

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of contract & corporate law and procedures.

• Willingness to support teammates across a range of time zones.

• Demonstrated ability to create legal, defensive, or proactive strategies.

• A champion of change & proven ability to build operationally excellent processes and practices

• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, develop a strong rapport and working relationship with business counterparts across the enterprise to help drive the delivery of effective legal services.

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage

• 16 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive)

• Health & wellness stipend

• Remote workspace stipend

• Commuter benefits for team members who attend the office

• Pension matching

• 25 days of PTO per year and unlimited sick time

• 8 company paid holidays

• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!

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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged.

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.