Junior Commercial Counsel at Qargo

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

26 May, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

SaaS Commercial Contracting, Data Protection, GDPR, CLM Management, Legal Drafting, Procurement Contracting, Corporate Compliance, Stakeholder Management, English Law, Juro, AI Tooling, Privacy Policies

Industry

Software Development

Description

🚛 About Qargo Qargo is a cloud-based (SaaS) Transport Management Platform. We are a scale-up based in London (UK), Ghent (Belgium), and Chicago (US), and are rapidly expanding. The platform is an 'all-in-one system', handling everything from initial order entry to final invoicing. It optimises planning and has a built-in AI feature that automates lengthy manual tasks. Qargo is designed to help modern logistics operations run more efficiently, while increasing profitability and sustainability. We're looking for a Junior Commercial Counsel to join our Finance & Legal team in London as our second legal hire — a hands-on, high-ownership role at the heart of our commercial and legal operations. 💼 About the Role You will be our second ever legal hire, reporting to the Legal & Compliance Lead You'll be the go-to person for day-to-day commercial contracting across Qargo's group entities (UK, Belgium, US). You'll own and operate our CLM system (Juro), driving adoption and self-serve maturity across the business. You'll work closely with Sales, Finance, HR, Customer Success and the Security team — helping Qargo scale its legal function as we grow into new markets. This is a rare opportunity to join a small, tight-knit legal team and make a real, visible impact from day one. 🔑 Key Responsibilities Own day-to-day customer contracting (MSAs, Order Forms, NDAs, DPAs, amendments, renewals, SOWs), with scope to grow into handling strategic, high-value, and enterprise deals alongside the Legal Lead. Manage and evolve Qargo's CLM (Juro) with the Sales-enablement Lead: manage templates, workflows, playbooks, reporting, and user enablement across the business. Co-own Qargo's data protection and privacy operations: negotiate customer and vendor DPAs, maintain the intra-group data sharing framework and privacy/cookie policies, and partner with Security on NIS2 and incident response readiness. Own end-to-end supplier and procurement contracting: SaaS vendors, IT, marketing, and professional services. Support US expansion: help stand up customer contracting workflows for Qargo Tech Inc. Provide support on corporate compliance and other ad hoc legal tasks as needed. ✅ Skills & Experience Either a qualified solicitor or CILEX lawyer in England & Wales (NQ–3 PQE), with in-house experience or 3–5 years of in-house legal experience at a technology or SaaS business. Solid grounding in SaaS commercial contracting: MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs. Familiarity with UK & EU GDPR and data protection fundamentals. Experience with a CLM tool (Juro experience is a real bonus!). Tech-native and AI-curious: comfortable with tools like Slack, Notion, Google Workspace and GenAI tooling. Pragmatic, business-first mindset - you translate legal risk into clear, actionable commercial advice. Confident operating autonomously in a small team, with high ownership and a bias to action. Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable with senior stakeholders and external advisers. Collaborative and curious — you genuinely want to grow a function, not just maintain it. Fluent in English. French or Dutch is a big plus! 🤝 What We Offer A competitive package Flexible hybrid working from our London office Private healthcare with Vitality Growth opportunities in a fast-scaling tech company expanding into the US and beyond. Meaningful ownership from day one — this isn't a support role, it's a building role. Being part of a driven and inclusive team that is transforming the logistics industry.

Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day commercial contracting, including MSAs and DPAs, across UK, Belgium, and US entities. Oversee the CLM system (Juro) and support data protection operations and US market expansion.