Legal Counsel

About Us

At Omnea, we’re reinventing how enterprise businesses operate, starting with procurement—the most painful part, 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 includes ex-founders and 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.

About the Role

We're looking for an exceptional mid-level attorney to join Omnea's Legal team and take real ownership across our commercial, corporate, and compliance work as we scale in the US. Reporting to our Head of Legal based in London, you'll be Omnea's first lawyer on the ground in the US and the primary legal partner to our US Go To Market team. You'll be a trusted advisor across the business, leading commercial negotiations, advising on product and data privacy, supporting corporate transactions, and helping drive our compliance and infosec agenda.

As our first US legal hire, you'll have a broad remit and the autonomy to shape how Legal supports Omnea's US growth. You’ll be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, just as things are starting to scale rapidly. We're looking for someone great as we work to make Omnea one of the world’s leading tech businesses.

We're hiring this role in either the UK or the US, with one open headcount.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with enterprise clients, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs).
• Own US data privacy matters, including negotiating data processing terms and advising on applicable state and international privacy laws, and cross-border transfers.
• Manage high-volume enterprise contract workflows, providing triage to help sales teams prioritize 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.

Requirements

• Licensed attorney admitted to practice in any US state, with strong training from a top law firm or relevant in-house experience, and a minimum of 3 years' experience as a practicing attorney (more experienced applicants welcome).
• Seasoned commercial operator with proven expertise negotiating and closing complex, high-volume SaaS agreements with enterprise clients.
• Ability to own customer relationships and deal strategy independently; comfortable managing negotiations without constant escalation.
• Demonstrable experience with international compliance frameworks (GDPR, SCCs, DPAs). Ability to advise confidently on complex cross-border data transfer issues and navigate regulatory uncertainty across multiple jurisdictions.
• Thrive in fast-moving environments and manage competing priorities at scale. Comfortable operating with incomplete information and making sound judgment calls under pressure, particularly when coordinating across time zones.
• Genuinely interested in how AI and legal tech can transform legal work, contract automation, legal ops efficiency, and document drafting tools. Willing to experiment with and adopt new platforms to improve productivity and output quality.
• Judgment relied upon not just on legal matters but on commercial strategy. Communicate complex issues clearly to leadership and customers without oversimplifying, and adapt your style to different audiences.
• Manage large portfolios of concurrent negotiations, multiple stakeholders, and shifting priorities while maintaining excellence and attention to detail. Proactive about flagging issues early and coordinating with the London team where needed.

Benefits

We offer competitive geo-localised benefits. Check out our UK Benefits Package and US Benefits Package for details.

Schedule

We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and 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.