Legal Counsel

Ravio; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake in Ravio

25 days paid holiday

Bank holidays + 4 wellness days

Pension matching up to 6%

Wellness allowance £60/month

Private healthcare cover

Income protection insurance

Parental leave - 20 weeks full pay & 8

wellness leave

Job summary

Ravio seeks its first dedicated Legal Counsel to own core legal docs from customer contracts to data processing terms, and be the main contact for external counsel. You’ll advise senior leadership on legal/regulatory matters and collaborate with Commercial, Product, People and Data teams as the product and business scale.

This hands-on role includes compliance ops, supporting SOC 2 audits with an external retainer, and shaping Ravio's legal function from day one with autonomy and growth.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK/EU data protection and privacy law (UK GDPR, DPA 2018).
• Hands-on compliance and audit operations in addition to legal work.
• Experience negotiating contracts and DPIAs with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contracts and commercial matters, including supplier/customer agreements.
• Ensure data protection/privacy requirements align with product changes.
• Governance duties and manage external legal counsel relationships.
• Coordinate SOC 2/ISO certification and audits, including Vanta processes.

Skills

Privacy law

Data protection

Contract drafting

Commercial negotiations

External counsel management

Audits & compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Solicitor qualification (England & Wales)

Tools

Vanta

Job description

About Us

Compensation is one of the key levers for attracting and retaining great talent, yet most companies are struggling to get it right. They simply have no choice but to rely on poor data and unsophisticated tools for their pay decisions. That's why we created Ravio.

We help some of the world's most innovative and ambitious companies build stronger teams and reach their goals through better compensation. Our goal is to bring compensation into the modern age by building the ultimate real-time compensation solution. We're passionate about ensuring everyone is paid what they deserve, no matter their background or circumstances. We believe that when compensation is done right, everyone wins.

Ravio is growing fast, which means you can too. Joining a startup in the early days and scaling it into a global product is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences a career can offer. If that sounds exciting to you, you're in the right place.

The Role

We're hiring Ravio's first dedicated Legal Counsel, someone who brings strong privacy expertise. You'll own our core legal documentation, from customer contracts to data processing terms and privacy notices, and be the main point of contact for our external legal support. You'll be a key stakeholder for Ravio's senior leadership team, advising on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters, and you'll work closely with our Commercial, Product, People and Data teams to keep Ravio's legal position current as the product and business grow. You'll also be a named contact in governance processes such as our whistleblowing framework.

Alongside the core legal remit, you'll roll up your sleeves on some of our compliance operations too, including supporting our annual SOC 2 audit and other compliance projects as they come up. This suits someone equally comfortable drafting a contract and working through the details of an audit.

This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who wants ownership from day one. You'll work independently for a lot of it, backed by an external law firm retainer for specialist and overflow work, and you'll have real scope to shape how the legal and compliance function grows at Ravio as we scale.

Key Responsibilities

Contracts and commercial

• Oversee Ravio’s corporate actions (shareholder and investors matters, board documentation, stock plan admin, M&A/licensing deals, etc)
• Handle employment-related legal matters
• Keep our Service Agreement, DPA and Custom Data Terms current against live operations, product changes and bespoke customer requirements, acting as a thought partner to the commercial team
• Own the Contract Amendments Tracker, logging liability and exposure on bespoke terms
• Provide legal review of the corporate and commercial sections of our contracting workflow, and sense-check bespoke order forms

Data protection and privacy

• Confirm our Technical and Organisational Measures (TOMs) and Data Processing Provisions (DPPs) stay accurate against live data flows and product changes, working closely with the tech team
• Keep our Privacy Policy current as the website and platform evolve
• Update candidate and employee privacy notices as our recruitment and HR processes change
• Review and maintain our DPIA and ROPA as the product evolves

Governance and external relationships

• Act as a named recipient for Ravio's whistleblowing process
• Maintain our trademark records
• Own the relationship with our external legal counsel for ad-hoc and ongoing legal support
• Confirm ICO registration renewal each year

Compliance & audit support

• Coordinate our SOC 2 (and ISO, where relevant) certification cycle: line up the auditor and timeline, and manage Vanta audit access
• Own day-to-day Vanta administration: policy reviews, joiner/leaver checks, vendor and risk reviews
• Triage due diligence and security questionnaires from Sales beyond our self-serve materials
• Support other compliance projects as they come up, such as our data deletion and anonymisation process improvements

About You

• Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) or equivalent, with a few years' PQE: not fresh out of a training contract, but this isn't a senior or lead position either
• Strong working knowledge of UK/EU data protection and privacy law (UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018) and how it applies to a B2B SaaS product
• Genuinely happy to work on hands-on compliance and audit operations alongside legal work, not just advisory work
• Comfortable drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, DPAs and customer terms with minimal oversight
• A pragmatic, commercial approach: you know when to push back and when to find a workable middle ground
• Confident managing an external counsel relationship and getting the most out of a retainer
• Strong stakeholder management skills; you can translate legal and compliance risk into plain terms for non-legal teams
• Comfortable being the sole in-house legal hire, at least initially, and happy to build process rather than inherit it

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with SOC 2/ISO frameworks or GRC tools such as Vanta (or a fast willingness to learn them)
• A recognised privacy qualification (e.g. IAPP CIPP/E), though not required
• Experience with DORA or other cross-border regulatory frameworks
• In-house experience at a SaaS or technology business

Compensation & Benefits

• £65,000 – £85,000
• Company ownership (everyone gets a meaningful equity stake in Ravio)
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays + 4 wellness days (take them anytime, no questions asked!)
• Up to 6% pension matching scheme
• £60 a month wellness allowance (invest in your physical wellbeing, on us)
• Private healthcare cover
• Income protection insurance (for full peace of mind in case you cannot work because of sickness or disability)
• 20 weeks fully paid parental leave & 8 weeks for non-birthing parent

What You'll Get

• The opportunity to be part of the early team of a category-defining company backed by a strong roster of world-class investors
• An inclusive work environment characterised by a high degree of trust, respect and integrity
• The ability to work closely with and learn from the company's founders as well as a highly ambitious team of smart, mission-driven individuals
• A high degree of autonomy and the opportunity for fast-tracked professional growth
• While we're very focused at work, we also know how to have fun in the process and don't take ourselves too seriously

If this sounds like you and you're ready to help us build a category-defining company with global ambitions, we'd love to hear from you.

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