Head of Legal

About the Role & Team

We are looking for a Head of Legal to join our Finance & Operations department in Copenhagen. In this new role, you’ll lead our overall legal strategy and execution, helping us build a scalable legal framework that supports our rapid growth across European markets. You’ll be the primary legal partner to our Sales, Finance, and Security teams, balancing fast risk-reward decisions with robust corporate governance.

Your core focus will be driving commercial SaaS contracting, corporate law, and vendor management, while eventually taking over ownership of our internal compliance function as the role evolves. You will work closely with executive stakeholders to safeguard the company while enabling business velocity. The team values extreme ownership, pragmatic decision-making, and strong cross-functional collaboration, and you’ll report directly to our Chief Financial Officer.

What you will do

• Be the legal partner to Sales by driving commercial SaaS contracting, handling T&Cs, MSAs, DPAs, negotiating small deviations, and maintaining fallback negotiation playbooks.
• Support the company's compliance framework in close partnership with our existing Compliance function and eventually taking over the internal compliance ownership.
• Manage corporate legal matters, including entity management, governance, board support, and selective coordination with external counsel.
• Own vendor and supplier contracting, reviewing and negotiating key terms on liability, security, privacy, and SLAs alongside Finance and Ops.
• Build a scalable legal operating model by creating clear templates, internal guidance, and review triggers to keep legal operations lean and efficient.

What you bring

• Ideally 4–8 years of relevant legal experience within a fast-growing SaaS environment.
• Strong expertise in commercial SaaS contracting, including DPAs, security addendums, and negotiating client-facing deviations.
• Solid understanding of data privacy and corporate law, with experience managing corporate governance and internal compliance baselines.
• A pragmatic, business-oriented mindset that balances risk and reward to keep sales velocity high while protecting the business.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with fluency in English (Danish is not a requirement)

Practicalities

Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience. Details will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Office location: Skelbækgade 2, 2nd floor, 1717 Copenhagen V

Our salary levels are directly linked to our structured career framework, which includes regular performance reviews. As you build skills, take on new responsibilities, and progress in your role, your salary grows with you. Our framework makes development clear and transparent, so you always know what the next step looks like.

What do we offer you?

• Thorough pre- and onboarding to set you up for success
• A culture of ownership, trust, and independence with the support you need
• Continuous development through bi-annual growth talks and weekly check-ins
• A strong team spirit where we celebrate wins and enjoy time together across offices
• Our annual Global Summit, where the whole company meets and connects

Our recruitment process

• 30-minute online interview with Jonas, Talent Acquisition Partner
• 30-minute online interview with our CFO
• Completion of Personality Assessment & Case Presentation
• 60-minute in-person final case interview with our CFO & other relevant stakeholders
• Cultural interview with relevant stakeholders across the organisation

About Formalize

Formalize is a tech company founded in 2021 with offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Milan, Madrid, Munich & Paris. Currently, we are a team of +200 people from +30 nationalities operating in multiple European markets and are one of the fastest-growing SaaS scale-ups. We thrive on ambition, deliver impact through pragmatism, and embrace passion and honesty. We celebrate our wins, learn from our mistakes, and grow together as a team.

Our journey began within the whistleblowing compliance sector, highlighted by the award-winning Whistleblower Software by Formalize, laying the foundation for our success story. Now, we have extended our expertise to a larger compliance universe, including data compliance, risk, and privacy. Our Formalize product helps companies to effortlessly navigate and stay ahead in the ever-changing landscape of compliance. Our platform adapts to regulatory changes, continuously adapting to meet and foresee the evolving needs of our users, ensuring businesses remain compliant and confident in their operations.

Still curious? Read more about us here: About Formalize.

Ready to apply?

We will hold interviews and hire on an ongoing basis. For more information or questions, please contact the responsible recruiter in the Talent Acquisition team. Apply now with your resume and other relevant information through our Career Page. We look forward to seeing your application!