Senior Legal Counsel (EMEA)

Storyblok is a headless CMS that enables marketers and developers to create with joy and publish with confidence. It empowers you to deliver structured and consistent content everywhere: websites, apps, AI search, and beyond.

Legendary brands like Virgin Media O2, Oatly, and TomTom use Storyblok to make a bigger, faster market impact.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

You will be joining a growing company where you can contribute to many “firsts”. Plus these benefits:

• Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity). Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)

• Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs …) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding

• Sick leave benefit, parental leave and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays

• Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material

• The annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers

• As a fully remote company, with work-life balance at its core, you’ll enjoy flexible schedules

• An international team that loves to have fun at work and works hard together to accomplish shared goals

JOB SUMMARY

Work with Storyblok’s dynamic legal team and play a vital role in our day-to-day operations in the EMEA region. The primary focus of this role is leading SaaS sales contract negotiations—drafting, redlining, and closing enterprise agreements that enable Storyblok’s EMEA sales team to move quickly and confidently. Beyond contracts, your responsibilities span advising on corporate, privacy, employment and labor law, and supporting product and cybersecurity compliance initiatives. You will lead legal projects with autonomy, guide business teams, and collaborate with external counsel as needed. While focused on the EMEA region, you will also support legal initiatives in AMER, contributing to global policies and aligning legal processes across regions. Additionally, you will provide legal training, empower team members to manage day-to-day legal tasks, and support the legal leadership in executing strategic priorities and continuous improvement efforts.

This role requires extensive collaboration with cross-functional teams across the company—with a particular emphasis on the Sales team—as well as Marketing, Partners, Product, People, etc., to provide practical, business-minded legal support .

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Lead the redlining & negotiating process and own SaaS enterprise sales contracts as the primary focus of this role—including MSA, GTC/ToS, NDA, DPA, and other legal agreements—enabling the EMEA sales team to close deals efficiently and with legal confidence

• Advise on legal principles relating to data privacy, IP, information security, and corporate risk mitigation

• Lead the review and negotiate partnership agreements with our partners in EMEA

• Lead (globally) with review and negotiation of procurement and marketing contracts as needed

• Lead HR related projects & provide legal support for certain employment and labor law topics

• Draft, review, and maintain company-wide policies in accordance with applicable legal requirements and organisational governance standards

• Responsible for monitoring and assessing developments in applicable laws and regulations, advising the business on emerging legal risks and required adaptations to agreements, policies, or operational practices

• Provide legal advice and lead from a legal side the new product initiatives & feature launches

• Initiate and lead comprehensive legal training to different teams (e.g. prepare and structure the information for training)

• Independently lead and own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional legal projects and improvement initiatives across multiple business regions, ensuring coherent alignment with applicable regulatory frameworks, local counsel, and key business stakeholders

• Identity and lead the continuous...