Legal Counsel

Omnea; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UK Benefits Package

US Benefits Package

Job summary

Omnea seeks an exceptional lawyer to own commercial, corporate and compliance work as we scale. The role reports to Head of Legal and acts as a trusted advisor across the business, leading negotiations and advising on data protection and compliance.

You’ll have broad autonomy to shape how Legal supports growth across markets, with opportunities in fundraising and international expansion.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with training from a top law firm.
• Proven experience negotiating and closing complex SaaS agreements.
• Experience with GDPR, SCCs, DPAs and cross-border data transfer.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements with enterprise clients (MSAs, SLAs, DPAs).
• Advise on product, data protection and regulatory compliance.
• Support corporate transactions and fundraising initiatives.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and security on legal implications of new features.
• Develop compliance documentation and AI policies for enterprise prospects.
• Provide triage and guidance to enable faster deal cycles.
• Lead high-volume enterprise contract workflows across the business.

Skills

Commercial negotiations

SaaS agreements

Data privacy

International compliance

Regulatory risk

Education

Qualified solicitor (UK)

Job description

Our MissionAt Omnea, we’re reinventing how enterprise businesses operate, starting with the most painful parts: procurement – where a single purchase can drag on for months, trigger 50+ emails, and pull in Finance, Legal, Security, and IT just to get something approved. We’ve raised $75M from Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, and Accel to change that. Our AI-native platform connects every person, step, and system so buying is fast, safe, and efficient – one place to request, automated approvals and renewals, real‑time supplier risk, and complete spend visibility. The opportunity is massive. Every enterprise on the planet has this problem and nobody has solved it. We’ve 10x’d ARR to double-digit millions in 18 months and are trusted by global enterprises like Spotify, MongoDB, Monzo, and Albertsons. We’re now the 4th fastest growing startup in Europe & the Sunday Times' #1 Best Medium Sized Tech Company To Work for. Our team previously scaled Tessian (cybersecurity tech, backed by Sequoia, Balderton, Accel, acquired post-Series C), and our team includes ex-founders operators who’ve grown unicorns, shipped world‑class products, and executed at the highest levels. You’ll work alongside leaders like Ben, Abs, Sabrina, and Rebe. Find out more about the team and life at Omnea here.

Overview

We're looking for an exceptional lawyer to join Omnea's growing Legal team and take real ownership across our commercial, corporate and compliance work as we rapidly scale! Reporting to our Head of Legal, you'll be the second lawyer in the team and a trusted advisor across the business, leading commercial negotiations, advising on product and data protection, supporting corporate transactions, and helping drive our compliance and infosec agenda. You'll have a broad remit and significant autonomy to shape how Legal supports Omnea's growth into multiple markets. You’ll be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, just as things are starting to really scale rapidly. We're looking for someone great as we work to make Omnea one of the world’s leading tech businesses: come build with us! NB. We're either hiring this role in the UK or the US, so whilst we have an advert open for each location, we have one open headcount.

What you can expect

• You’ll do whatever it takes to make sure Omnea can continue to operate at pace.
• You’ll;Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with enterprise clients, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
• Collaborate with the enterprise sales and customer success teams to identify legal roadblocks and negotiate favorable terms that drive deal closure without compromising risk management
• Manage high-volume enterprise contract workflows, providing triage to help sales teams prioritise negotiations and unblock deals
• Develop and maintain playbooks and fallback positions for common enterprise negotiation scenarios, enabling faster deal cycles as the business scales
• Partner with teams like product, engineering, and security to advise on legal and compliance implications of new features, particularly around data handling, AI capabilities, and user privacy
• Conduct legal reviews on product releases to ensure alignment with evolving data privacy regulations and contractual commitments to customers
• Support the product team in developing compliance documentation, feature specifications, and AI policies that can be confidently represented to enterprise prospects
• Support on corporate and strategic projects, including fundraising and international expansion

About you

• You're a qualified solicitor with relevant training from a top law firm, and a minimum of 3 years' PQE (we're open on level, more experienced applicants welcome too)
• You're a seasoned commercial operator with proven expertise negotiating and closing complex, high-volume SaaS agreements with enterprise clients.
• You have demonstrable experience with data privacy and international compliance frameworks (GDPR, SCCs, DPAs). You can advise confidently on complex cross-border data transfer and regulatory issues
• You thrive in fast-moving environments and can manage competing priorities at scale. You're comfortable operating with incomplete information and making sound judgment calls under pressure
• You're genuinely interested in how AI and legal tech can transform how legal works, contract automation, legal ops efficiency, process redesign and you're willing to drive adoption and experimentation
• Your judgment can be relied upon not just on legal matters but on commercial strategy. You communicate complex issues clearly to leadership, and customers
• You can manage large portfolios of concurrent negotiations, multiple stakeholders, and shifting priorities while maintaining excellence and attention to detail

At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we're best served by a team with all sorts of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec! And regardless of your race, religion, colour, gender, or anything else! If you think you could be a good fit for Omnea, please reach out.

We offer competitive geo‑localised benefits, and you can check out our UK Benefits Package here and our US Benefits Package here. We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in-person at our offices.

At this early stage of our company life-cycle it's important to us that we get this together-time, and you can read more about why we believe this is a winning move here.

We're commercial, ambitious and we don't pretend otherwise! We're actively seeking folks looking to make the most of a career-defining opportunity, with the hunger to be part of building something really impressive. You can see our values here and our Omnea Future Founder's fund here!

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We are proud to be recognised for both our culture and product, and we are just getting started. Join us as we grow!

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