Legal Manager

Important note: 

For this role, we are looking for someone based in France and able to start around October. 

About the company

As a market leader in Lead Generation Automation, we enable thousands of SMBs (Small and Medium-sized Businesses) to boost their growth by finding and connecting with their ideal customers on major social media platforms. We’re a bootstrapped, profitable PLG (product lead growth) startup (around 70 team members) serving customers worldwide (with the US as our largest market). Join us so you can enjoy working at a self-funded, profitable, and remote company!

About the role

We’re looking for a versatile Legal Counsel with strong skills in contract law (both French and international), IP, and data protection, capable of combining legal rigor with the ability to make the law accessible for non-legal teams. As the company’s legal right-hand, you’ll play a central role in securing operations and supporting our growth.
You’ll be more than just “the legal person” — you’ll be a trusted advisor, working closely with operations and embedded within our tight-knit General Departments Team (Legal, People, Finance). The role reports directly to the CEO.
Our business revolves around web scraping, a legally complex and fast-moving domain. While often misunderstood or stigmatized, lead generation through web data is a global norm for sales teams, so this industry is only growing.
This role calls for creativity, clarity, and adaptability, bridging conversations between tech teams, creatives, legal counterparts, and institutions. If you enjoy solving novel legal challenges and shaping how law meets innovation, you’ll thrive here.
For these activities, we are looking for someone between 3 and 5 years of experience, including working for a start-up, scale-up, or fast-growing tech company.

In this role, you will:

• Provide strategic legal guidance to the leadership team, helping shape decisions at the highest level.
• Handle litigation and pre-litigation matters with pragmatism, foresight, and creativity.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts in French or English.
• Design and structure legal processes, contributing to scalable and efficient legal operations and reinforcement of the company's legal culture.
• Be the go-to legal partner for French and international operational teams, responding to day-to-day requests with clarity and pedagogy.
• Conduct legal research, analyze, and mitigate legal risks as a trusted advisor.
• Cover a wide range of legal domains — from Corporate to Intellectual Property, GDPR, contract law, e-commerce, and any new challenge that arises with the company’s growth with the support of our external counsels.
• Manage business-related insurance contracts in coordination with our brokers.
• Manage the company’s law firms and the legal budget allocated with agility, intelligence, and constant reprioritization.
• Take part in high-impact moments of the company’s journey — including potential fundraising or strategic deals — where your role could evolve into leading and structuring a legal team as the business scales.

Skills

Education / Experience

• You have a C1 Level in English, both spoken and written. You are Fluent in French. 
• You have at least 3 years of experience, including 2+ years in a startup, scale-up, or Tech/SaaS environment. Ideally, you are familiar with Google Workspace, Notion, and use AI/LLMs on a daily basis to streamline your work.
• You hold a Master 2 degree in business law or other relevant legal fields.
• You have solid expertise in contract law (French & international), intellectual property, and data protection (GDPR).
• You have experience in legal drafting and negotiation.

You'll be a great fit if: 

• You demonstrate strong project management skills — capable of structuring, prioritizing, and driving legal initiatives across teams.
• You bring a strategic mindset and the confidence to advise senior leadership, being precise, pragmatic, and business-oriented.
• You use AI tools to boost your productivity.
• You are open to constructive criticism and able to separate personal investment from business decisions.
• You’re both hands-on and high-level, able to shift seamlessly between operational tasks and long-term planning.
• You’re a natural collaborator, comfortable engaging with cross-functional teams (finance, tech, product, marketing, HR, etc.).
• You have a creative, problem-solving mindset, with the ability to navigate legal grey zones with sound judgment.
• You’re detail-oriented, ensuring rigor without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment and embrace change with adaptability and curiosity.
• You are autonomous, proactive, and take full ownership of your scope — you don’t just enforce rules, you help shape what’s possible.
• You have a high level of professionalism and discretion in handling sensitive matters.

What's in it for you:

• A dynamic and international work environment.
• Challenging and innovative legal environment.
• Flexible working arrangements (100% remote or in person in Bordeaux with flexible remote).
• Growth opportunities.
• Competitive salary.
• Benefits and perks are described below.
• A collaborative team culture in a growing tech company.

Recruitment process

Talent Screening – 45 minutes with Jakub (in English). 

Job Fit Interview – 60 minutes with Guillaume and Lisa (in French).

Take-Home Task (2-3 hours approximately)+ Review Meeting (60 minutes, in French) with Lisa - One week to work on it.

Culture Fit Interview – 60 minutes with two Colleagues from other departments.