Vice President of Legal, Recruitee
Recruitment management platform
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Recruitment management platform
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
1-20 employees
Company mission
To empower teams with the best tech tools to hire better together.
Role
Who you are
- From high-volume SaaS contracts and data protection compliance to international corporate governance, this role requires someone who thrives in a PE-backed, fast-scaling SaaS environment and balances commercial speed with smart risk management
- Qualified lawyer with extensive in-house experience in SaaS (required)
- Proven track record in a PE-backed or high-growth environment
- Deep knowledge of SaaS commercial contracts and data protection (GDPR, DPAs, international data transfers)
- Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional operations (Europe, UK, US)
- Fluent in English (Dutch, German, or French is a strong plus)
- Strong leadership experience with the ability to grow and manage a legal team
- Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and commercially minded—you know how to enable growth
- Passion for automation, AI, and modern legal operations
- Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
What the job involves
- Reporting directly to the CFO, the VP of Legal will lead our legal function and play a pivotal role in scaling the company. This role blends sharp legal expertise with pragmatic business acumen, guiding our leadership team through the complexities of commercial growth, compliance, and governance
- The VP of Legal is responsible for shaping our legal strategy, embedding scalable processes, and driving efficiency through automation
- Commercial & GTM Support:
- Lead negotiations for customer contracts, SaaS agreements, and strategic partnerships
- Partner with Sales to accelerate deal cycles while ensuring appropriate risk management
- Oversee GDPR, DPAs, international data transfers, and SaaS compliance frameworks
- Procurement & Vendor Management:
- Review and negotiate supplier and vendor agreements
- Standardize templates and streamline contract review processes
- Corporate & Governance Support:
- Manage corporate housekeeping across multiple European and overseas entities
- Handle KYC, UBO registers, and documentation for banks, investors, and regulators
- Coordinate with and manage external counsel
- Legal Operations & Efficiency:
- Drive automation and AI-enabled solutions for contract management
- Develop playbooks and self-service tools to empower commercial teams
- Implement scalable processes that future-proof the legal function
- Team Leadership & Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Lead and develop a high-performing legal team
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, CRO, and PE shareholders
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships across Sales, Finance, Product, and Customer Success
Our take
On a mission to make hiring easy, fun, and accessible, Recruitee, now part of Tellent, offers a cloud-based recruitment management system to assist internal HR teams of all sizes. The hiring tool centralises four products onto one platform: employer branding, job promoting, talent sourcing, and applicant tracking.
Recruitee recently combined with Sympa, which offers customisable core HR solutions in the Nordics, hoping that, together, they can provide their individual customers with premium digital HR solution offerings. Through constant evolution, Recruitee’s founders are working towards a goal to create a business valued at over €1 billion in the coming years to achieve Unicorn status.
The tech startup has cut its ties with venture capitalists and is instead self-funded, which it deems to offer more space to focus on product, building a sustainable team, and enabling the agency to make decisions about the company’s direction, paving a unique path for itself.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2015
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.2m
Company benefits
- Hybrid work: You decide if and when you want to come to one of our offices.
- Flexible hours: Our employees can choose which working hours are the best for them
- Training budget: Up to €1500 per year for your personal development. You will keep your skills sharp
- Well-being support: Direct, free, and easy access to professional mental health support (provided by OpenUp)
- Equipment: We offer everyone a MacBook, a screen and Apple accessories
- Fitness subscription: We offer everyone a sports card that is acceptable in many fitness facilities.
- Work from anywhere: Take your laptop and work from anywhere (for up to 4 weeks/year)
Company HQ
Negen Straatjes, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Perry Oostdam
(Co-Founder)Previously co-founded GeoRun and Quality Technology.
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