About AlphaSense:

AlphaSense is a market intelligence platform used by the world's leading companies and financial institutions. Since 2011, our AI-based technology has helped professionals make smarter business decisions by delivering insights from an extensive universe of public and private content—including company filings, event transcripts, news, trade journals, and equity research. Our platform is trusted by over 3,500 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Headquartered in New York City, AlphaSense employs over 1,000 people across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, Germany and India. For more information, please visit www.alpha-sense.com.

About the Team:

The Global People Team is made up of people professionals with a diverse range of expertise, including talent, people relations, performance achievement, and systems and analytics, amongst others. In 2023 we are focused on building robust people systems and processes which enable us to develop and scale our culture to deliver our strategic priorities and support exceptional performance across all global teams. We are looking for leaders and professionals to join our team who are committed to learning and growing themselves while creatively delivering solutions that have a measurable impact on employee experience.

About the Role:

This role can either be based in our London, United Kingdom office or remotely in the United Kingdom. The Data Privacy and Commercial Counsel will be primarily responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, including the revenue-generating contracts with our customers, with particular focus on the data privacy elements and implications of such agreements and in accordance with established parameters. The Counsel will also assist in developing and maintaining the AlphaSense privacy compliance function. The Data Privacy and Commercial Counsel will report to AlphaSense’s VP of Legal but will partner with all levels and functions of the business, including Sales, Marketing, HR, Information Security, Product, and Content, among others, to help AlphaSense achieve its high-growth goals. This role is essential to our growth and will have an immediate impact in our dynamic, fast-paced culture.

Who You Are:

• Fully qualified lawyer and admitted to practice law in the U.K.
• Minimum of 3+ years’ experience with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial software and technology subscription agreements and advising clients on GDPR and global privacy requirements and compliance either in-house or with a nationally recognized law firm (or a combination of the two)
• Ability to review and negotiate commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs; etc.
• Superior business acumen with an unrivalled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive client service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk
• Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humour; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner
• Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds
• Experience with contract management systems, information security, intellectual property, employment and/or financial services a plus

What You’ll Do:

• Draft and review data privacy agreements, addenda, and amendments
• Advise on global privacy and data protection requirements, including GDPR, U.S. state privacy laws such as the CCPA, and other global privacy laws and regulations
• Draft and review the company’s commercial contracts and provide general transactional support cross the organization with a heavy emphasis on sales
• Assist with development of AlphaSense’s global privacy and data protection practices
• Remain informed of the shifting legal landscape relating to applicable laws, regulations and industry guidance that impact commercial agreements
• Help create and enhance playbooks, particularly with respect to privacy and data protection, to establish company parameters to scale the legal function as the company grows
• Work effectively in a dynamic environment across different functional groups and time zones
• Provide legal and strategic business advice to ensure agreements are consistent with playbooks, internal policies, and processes
• Support the AlphaSense legal team on corporate and general legal matters as needed

AlphaSense is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.