Legal Manager
- On-site, Hybrid
- Ghent, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
- General & Administration
Job description
Role: Legal Manager
Scope: Ensure Teamleader and Yuki's compliance, manage contracts, and provide strategic legal guidance
Language requirement: Fluent in both English and Dutch
Location: Ghent and Antwerp, Belgium with hybrid/on-site working model
Timing: ASAP
Who are we and why should you care?
Teamleader is a SaaS scale-up born in 2012 in Ghent, Belgium, and part of the Visma Group since 2022. Our mission? To make work easier, not harder, for small and medium-sized businesses.
Here’s what we bring to the table:
- Teamleader Focus: the all-in-one tool that helps small businesses optimmise CRM, projects, and invoicing.
- Teamleader One: the go-to e-invoicing software that self-employed pros can count on.
- Teamleader Orbit (2019): helping medium-sized agencies thrive and scale.
- Vectera (2022): powering seamless customer meetings.
- Dexxter (2024): making financial admin a breeze for freelancers.
Curious to learn more about us, our products, and why you’ll love working at Teamleader? Check us out here.
We're looking for a Legal Manager to join us on our mission
As a Legal Manager, you will ensure compliance, manage contracts, and provide strategic legal guidance across two dynamic organisations within the Visma group: Teamleader and Yuki. In this hybrid role, you’ll split your time between the two companies. Your key responsibilities include:
Overseeing corporate housekeeping and compliance with local and EU laws.
Draft, review, and negotiate all commercial contracts, including partnerships and service agreements.
Provide legal support for strategic projects, including pricing, product changes, and M&A activities.
Manage intellectual property registration, protection, and litigation.
Serve as our Data Protection Officer (DPO), ensuring GDPR compliance and managing data protection activities.
Maintaining existing legal processes while also setting up new processes from scratch to support evolving business needs.
Respond to legal inquiries and manage policies like car policy, ICT policy, and whistleblowing policy.
Communicate updates to customers regarding substantial changes in terms of service.
Why others chose Teamleader: we're lively, not corporate
We have the energy and boldness of a start-up and the expertise and pragmatism of a scale-up. The result: a team of both young and seasoned professionals led by supportive and approachable managers who give recognition and rewards for hard work. You’ll be working in a fast-paced tech environment with open feedback culture and room for initiatives as well as ideas. You’ll have plenty of room to apply your personality, express yourself, and impact our course of action with your insights or ideas.
On top of that, you’ll get:
An extensive training budget.
A hybrid working model: a pleasant mix of office and home working.
A personal tooling budget, to make working from home as comfortable as from our offices.
Daily budget-friendly in-house prepared lunch and dinner options (only in our Ghent office), as well as Friyays and numerous sport initiatives!
Competitive and market-conform salary with compensations and benefits, including mobility options.
32 holidays on top of the standard public ones! (based on full-time employment).
Our long-lasting dedication to employee well-being, just take a look at our career page and Instagram to see how we keep the Team(leader) spirit going.
We value diversity
Our ambition is to build and sell a product that helps everyone everywhere (starting with Europe) to work smarter, so we want our team to reflect that. We believe that a diverse, inclusive working environment is crucial to realise that ambition, so we’re committed to continue to build and cherish a culture where every colleague feels welcome, appreciated and heard.
Job requirements
You’d be a great fit for this role, if you:
Have an LLB or equivalent law degree, eligible to practice law in Belgium.
Have 3 - 5 years of experience in a legal role, experience within a SaaS or technology company is an advantage!
Have experience with GDPR-related matters (a DPO certificate is a plus).
Are dedicated, stress-resilient and highly organised. You have an eye for detail and don’t mind deadlines.
Love working in a challenging and flexible environment, having a variety of tasks and working in a team as well as independently.
Have excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
Are professionally proficient in English and Dutch.
Interested? Questions? Get in touch!
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Can't wait to discover what your future team looks like?
Go full Sherlock Homes on our Meet our team page. We believe that getting to know your potential colleagues is an essential part of the hiring process, and we're excited to introduce you to the people who could be your future teammates.
What's next?
Ready to embark on an exciting journey? Let's dive into the application process and discover who you'll be meeting along the way!
