Emerging Companies Counsel advising venture - backed technology companies on financings, governance, M&A, and commercial agreements. Shaping AI - driven workflows at Blackletter, a technology - enabled legal services firm.
About the role
- Legal Counsel negotiating technology and commercial agreements for Trulioo’s global digital identity verification platform. Advising teams on privacy, SaaS contracting and international business deals.
Responsibilities
- Own commercial legal matters from day one across customer, partner and inbound supplier agreements
- Draft, review, negotiate and manage technology and commercial agreements, including master services agreements, inbound data supplier and licensing agreements, data processing terms, partner and reseller agreements, and vendor contracts
- Provide clear, timely and commercially grounded legal advice to internal stakeholders
- Balance deal objectives, contractual risk and practical execution
- Build deep knowledge of Trulioo’s products and business models
- Support legal workstreams behind new offerings and market launches
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Revenue Operations, Product and Finance on new business deals
- Make decisions independently within agreed risk thresholds and escalate matters outside them
- Improve contract templates, playbooks and workflows
- Use approved AI tools for drafting, review, research and contract analysis with human validation and confidentiality safeguards
- Stay current on technology, SaaS, privacy and commercial contracting developments
- Translate legal requirements into practical guidance
- Partner with Privacy, Information Security and Compliance on data processing terms, cross-border transfer mechanisms and customer due diligence requests
Requirements
- LL.B. or J.D. degree (or equivalent)
- Good standing with the Law Society of British Columbia, or with another Canadian law society
- 3–5 years of post-qualification legal experience in private practice and/or in-house, with flexibility for candidates whose experience is otherwise a strong match
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for technology or SaaS businesses, including customer-facing agreements
- Strong working knowledge of technology contracting issues, including software licensing, service levels, intellectual property, data protection and allocation of commercial risk
- Practical fluency with AI-powered legal and productivity tools, including responsible application to contract drafting, review, research and workflow improvement while verifying outputs
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills
- Strong business acumen and sound judgment
- Ability to prioritize and run multiple matters independently
- Collaborative, accountable and solutions-oriented approach
- Confidence to challenge constructively and drive matters to completion
- Experience supporting commercial transactions in a high-growth environment, identity verification, KYC/KYB, AML, financial services or another regulated industry is nice to have
- Knowledge and experience with GDPR, PIPEDA and comparable privacy regimes is nice to have
- Legally eligible to work in Canada
Benefits
- Health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement plans with company match
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Annual education & training stipend equivalent to $1,000 in local currency
- Flexible hybrid working environment
- Weekly lunches
- Quality coffee
- Regular social events
- Parent rooms at many locations
- On-site gyms at many locations
- Comfortable lounges
- Adaptable workstations
- Wellness workshops and events
- Complimentary Headspace subscription
- Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusive employee community and support
- Trust, autonomy and professional and personal growth opportunities
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