Legal Counsel (Part-time)

Description

Part-time: 3 Days per week 

Your Impact 
This is the practical legal partner role for a fast-growing SaaS business. You'll own customer contract negotiation end to end, working closely with our commercial teams, get hands on with the risk that comes with payments, SLAs, and disputes, and build the systems and templates that mean legal stops being a bottleneck. You'll be the first legal hire building this out properly, so there's real room to shape how contracting works here, not just process what lands on your desk. 

What you'll be doing 

• Draft, review, and negotiate customer contracts including SaaS subscription agreements, MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, and partner or reseller agreements
• Be the go-to legal contact for Sales and Customer Success when a deal needs a fast, practical answer
• Manage risk around payment terms, SLAs, and disputes, and know when to push back and when to find a workaround
• Build a contract template library and put better tools and processes in place so contracts move faster as we grow
• Bring employment law knowledge to the table when People Experience needs it, ideally across more than one jurisdiction
• Keep an eye on data protection obligations under GDPR, CCPA, and the Australian Privacy Act
• Protect our IP, including software ownership and open source compliance
  
  

What you'll bring 

• You're admitted to practice law in Australia
• A commercial head on your shoulders. You're risk aware, not risk averse, and you'd rather find a workable path than default to no
• Solid experience in SaaS or software commercial agreements, ideally with a mix of private practice and in house experience
• Employment law experience across international jurisdictionsis a strong plus
• The ability to explain legal risk in plain English to people who aren't lawyers
• Comfort using AI tools to work faster, and curiosity about where AI is heading in legal and IP more broadly

Why RMS? 
Growth and Progression​
You will have the chance to expand your scope, develop new skills, and progress your career as the business scales. 

Ownership and Autonomy 
You'll own your work and your decisions. We back people who take initiative and follow through. 

Work That Matters 
Your work shows up in real deals closing and real risk getting managed, not filed away. 

Exposure to AI and Modern Ways of Working 
We're investing seriously in AI enabled ways of working, and you'll have room to learn and build skills that matter for where the profession is heading. 

Flexible Working
Melbourne based with real flexibility. Occasional office visits, no travel required. 

Inclusive and Supportive Culture
Down to earth, collaborative, and genuinely open to different perspectives.