Canonical - Legal Counsel - Contract Management
Requirements
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • A degree in law, JD or equivalent, and active licence to practise law or current progress towards that • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations • Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment • Effective both independently and as part of a team • A passion for technology evidenced by personal initiatives and projects • Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation • Appreciative of diversity; polite and effective in a multicultural multinational organisation • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Business level written and spoken English. • Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission. • International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long. • Experience in commercial transactions, intellectual property, or corporate law • Leadership and the ability to influence others to embrace new ideas or practices • Understanding of the open source software community and values • Understanding of the technology industry - silicon, data centers, PCs, connected devices, and software • Experience working on in-house legal team and/or law firm • In addition we expect that you will match our values, by being: • Precise, taking care to deliver correctness and clarity. • Reliable, delivering high quality work that builds trust and confidence. • Accessible, collaborating to build products and systems that are usable. • Adroit, blending enthusiasm, knowledge, adaptability, style and character.
Benefits
• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We assess performance and revisit compensation twice annually to ensure we recognize outstanding colleagues. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person. • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year. • Bi-annual compensation review. • Company recognition rewards. • 40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods. • Maternity and paternity leave. • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform. • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access. • Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. We are founder-led, profitable, and growing. • Powered by worldwide distributed collaboration since our inception in 2004, we believe tech and business leadership can emerge anywhere. We have no central headquarters. Most of us work from home, but we are exceptionally disciplined about this. We have very high expectations of all colleagues, and are champions of excellence. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
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