Senior Legal Officer

Orbital Eye BV; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbital Eye BV in Delft uses satellite imagery and geospatial tech to monitor critical infrastructure worldwide. The Senior Legal Officer will act as the legal center of gravity, reporting to the CFO and partnering with the Management Team on commercial deals, IP strategy, and the legal foundations of an internationally operating group.

This hands-on role covers drafting and negotiating across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia, coordinating with external counsel while balancing speed

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in contract law, from a top-tier law firm or in-house at a scaling tech company.
• Proven track record negotiating complex commercial contracts directly with large corporate clients.
• Solid foundation in Dutch and EU law; knowledge of US contract practice is a strong plus.
• Breadth of in-house work: corporate, commercial, IP, data protection, and employment matters.
• Sharp judgment, commercial instinct, and pragmatic decision making under time pressure.
• Self-starter who enjoys building structure and ownership rather than process.
• Fluent in English and Dutch.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract negotiations with major critical infrastructure operators worldwide, including NDAs, DPAs, and complex terms across jurisdictions.
• Own the full commercial contracting cycle: customer, partner, supplier, and SaaS agreements.
• Support Series A and future financing rounds: SHA, SPA, term sheets, and investor due diligence.
• Support M&A activity from due diligence to post-merger integration.
• Drive IP strategy with trademark and patent advisors across EU, US, and other jurisdictions.
• Manage the corporate-legal foundation across Dutch and US entities, governance and intercompany arrangements.
• Build and maintain a pragmatic compliance framework: GDPR, dual-use, international trade, anti-bribery, information security policies.
• Advise the Management Team and Board on governance, employment law, and regulatory risk.
• Coordinate external counsel across jurisdictions, ensuring quality output without sacrificing speed or budget.

Skills

Contract law

Contract negotiation

In-house / law firm experience

Dutch and EU law

US contract practice knowledge

Corporate & commercial law

GDPR / data protection knowledge

Employment law basics

English fluency

Dutch fluency

Job description

At Orbital Eye, we help pipeline and grid operators protect critical infrastructure using satellite imagery, AI, and geospatial technology. Our COSMIC-EYE platform continuouslymonitorsthousands of kilometers of critical infrastructure worldwide, helping operatorsidentifypotential threats before they become incidents. As critical infrastructure becomes increasingly important to society, we believe continuous visibility is becoming essential for safer, more reliable, and more sustainable operations.

Why This Role Matters

We operate from two offices, our headquarters in Delft and a US presence in New York, across multiple legal entities. Today, we are extending the same technology into new domains: monitoring electricity transmission grids, expanding into new geographies and sub-segments, and developing additional verticals through active R&D and proof-of-concept programs. Our Series A growth round is underway to accelerate this next phase.

Your Role

As Senior Legal Officer you are the legal center of gravity at Orbital Eye. You report directly to the CFO and operate one level below the C-suite, partnering with the Management Team on the decisions that shape the company's next phase: commercial deals with global critical infrastructure operators and adjacent verticals, our Series A round, IP strategy across multiple jurisdictions, and the legal foundations of an internationally operating group.

This is a hands-on role with a broad scope. Contract law is the center of the function,drafting and negotiating directly across the table from the legal departments of large corporate clients in Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia. You will collaborate with external counsel and specialist advisors where deeper jurisdictionalexpertiseis needed.

What you will do

• Lead contract negotiations with major critical infrastructure operators worldwide,including framework agreements, NDAs, DPAs, and complex commercial terms,with sophisticated counterparties across multiplejurisdictions.
• Own the full commercial contracting cycle: customer agreements, partner and reseller contracts, supplier agreements, and SaaS terms.
• Support our Series A round and future financing rounds: SHA, SPA, term sheets, debt instruments, and investor due diligence.
• Support M&A activityfrom due diligence and SPA negotiations to post-merger integration.
• Drive IP strategy together with our trademark attorney and patent advisors: trademark portfolio across the EU, US, and other keyjurisdictions, IP protection, and IP positioning for grant applications.
• Manage the corporate-legal foundation across our Dutch and US entities including governance, intercompany arrangements, and entity setup as we expand into new geographies.
• Build andmaintaina pragmatic compliance framework: GDPR, regulatory compliance relevant to dual-use and international trade, anti-bribery, and information security policies.
• Advisethe Management Team and the Board on corporate governance, employment law matters, and regulatory risk.
• Manage and coordinate external counsel acrossjurisdictions, ensuring quality output without losing speed or budget control.

WhatWe’reLooking For

• 6–10 years of experience in contract law, gained in a top-tier law firm, in-house at a scaling tech company, or a combination of both.
• Demonstratedtrack recordof negotiating complex commercial contracts directly with large corporate clients.
• Solid foundation in Dutch and EU law, combined with experience in US contract law or another internationaljurisdiction. Working knowledge of US contracting practice is a strong plus given our New York presence and growing US client base.
• Comfortable with the breadth of an in-house role: corporate, commercial, IP, data protection, and employment matters.
• Sharp judgment, commercial instinct, and the ability to make pragmatic calls under time pressure.
• A self-starter who enjoys building structure and is energized by ownership rather than process.
• Fluent in English; Fluent in Dutch.

We are unable to provide work permit sponsorship for this role. Candidates must have an existing right to work in the Netherlands.

No agencies or recruiters, please. We hire directly.