Usercentrics is a global leader in data privacy and privacy-led marketing solutions. We believe there is no need for a trade-off between growth and privacy compliance. Our vision is to unlock the potential of data privacy to empower a thriving digital ecosystem. We work with companies to create a healthy balance between data-driven business and privacy-led marketing for every size of enterprise. Our customers build trust with their users through improved transparency and control to drastically improve marketing and monetization, while achieving full privacy compliance.

We are looking for a motivated and engaged Legal Counsel to support our global Legal team from our office in Lisbon to take our Legal team to new heights.  At Usercentrics, our Legal team plays a pivotal role in enabling scalable, privacy-compliant growth across all departments. In this role, you’ll be the go-to legal partner for our business and commercial teams, working on a wide variety of contracts and legal questions that power our daily operations. If you enjoy working cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment and want to make privacy-first innovation accessible to global enterprises—this is your opportunity.

• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for commercial teams, leading contract negotiations and supporting deal closures for our global - including U.S. - B2B SaaS operations.
• Draft, review, and manage a variety of agreements including freelancer and event contracts, while providing practical legal guidance to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Oversee legal support processes, including ticket intake and documentation management via tools like Zendesk, Asana and Confluence.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams across functions and regions to provide solution-oriented legal advice that aligns with business objectives and mitigates legal risk.
• Stay on top of critical global legal developments, including regulatory changes and authority decisions, ensuring timely updates to internal practices and legal documentation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal operations by enhancing templates, knowledge bases, and compliance frameworks.

• A law degree (fully qualified lawyer) in Law, Economics Law, or a comparable field, with 3+ years of in-house legal experience, ideally within a SaaS, Legal Tech, or digital business environment.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in contract drafting and negotiation, preferably in a B2B SaaS environment within digital technologies, Legal Tech, IT security or similar.
• Solid understanding of commercial, privacy, and data protection laws, with a strong grasp of EU regulatory frameworks and international legal landscapes.
• Excellent communication and legal writing skills in English (native or equivalent fluency), with the ability to convey complex legal matters clearly and effectively in a business context.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and stakeholders in a fast-paced, high-growth, global environment.
• A proactive, solution-driven mindset with a strong sense of ownership and a collaborative, can-do attitude.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Usercentrics we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

• Joining Usercentrics means becoming part of a fast-growing, diverse and international team of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurially-minded who build our success story together
• Company culture is important to us - we strive to continuously develop a positive, vibrant and inspiring environment that enables everyone to thrive both personally and professionally
• Get involved! We have plenty of initiatives and love to see people from all department enthusiastically participating and shaping our future together in different cross-department projects
• Your work-life balance is important to us too - we offer flexible working hours, hybrid working and the possibility of workcations (in accordance with our company policy)
• We always remember to have fun along the way, both in our day-to-day work and at our regular team events on site in our offices in Munich, Copenhagen, Odense, Lisbon and Prague or online
• You are the most valuable asset to our company which is why we’re happy to offer awesome benefits like our personal development budget, job-related language courses and a lot more (depending on your location) to focus on your well being