Commercial Legal Operations Specialist, Mechelen
Location:
Mechelen, Belgium
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
9d82e8e141c3
Job Description:
We are Rydoo! Europe’s fintech scale-up that makes expense management the easiest part of your day.
Expense management has been too complicated for too long. Rydoo's app backed with OCR technology helps our clients save time and money with just a few clicks & photos.
We are building a new generation of expense management software with a product-first approach that our end-users truly benefit from.
Rydoo in a snapshot
* Ambitious international team (150+ Rydoo'ers)
* 33 nationalities speaking over 15 languages
* 6 hubs across 3 continents
* Easy-to-use expense management app available on iPhone and Android
* Supporting over 10,000+ clients and 1 million+ users worldwide
The Role
As a Commercial Legal Support Specialist, you play a pivotal role in providing legal support and operational improvements aligned with Rydoo’s sales, revenue operations, and legal strategies. Your role ensures scalable legal solutions, mitigates risks, and supports commercial activities like sales, partnerships, marketing, and procurement. You’ll streamline contract management, enhance stakeholder collaboration, and promote legal consistency to drive client satisfaction and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
* Work in tandem with commercial stakeholders to deliver scalable legal solutions, identify and troubleshoot potential issues, and provide recommendations and resolution options.
* Provide legal support and advisory in Rydoo’s commercial activities (including marketing, partnership, sales, and procurement).
* Collaborate with the sales and partnership team to review, draft, and negotiate contracts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with company policies, strategy, and legal standards.
* Provide legal guidance on matters related to contract terms and negotiations, indicating potential risks and issues in agreements.
* Coordinate closely with the sales team to align schedules effectively with sales activities and goals.
* Develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule management system to ensure timely delivery of reviewed contracts and answers to RFPs.
* Work closely with the RevOps team to seek internal stakeholder approvals for any contract modifications.
* Ensure that the sales team adheres to standardized contracts, promoting client satisfaction through uniformity and consistency.
* Train staff and support knowledge transfer for best legal practices, contract negotiation, and compliance.
* Serve as an administrator for the contract management tool, overseeing user access, permissions, and configurations.
* Assist the Legal Operations Team in creating and implementing policies to lower corporate risk.
Requirements
* Bachelor in Law or minimum 2 years of relevant experience in legal roles, including negotiating commercial contracts and contract management.
* Strong understanding of contract law and commercial agreements.
* Proven negotiation skills and comfort navigating various organizational structures.
* Proactive with a hands-on and creative approach to problem-solving.
* Effective integrator who can identify and engage relevant stakeholders to tackle legal issues.
* Strong organizational and execution skills.
* Ability to balance time-sensitive tasks and manage competing priorities effectively.
* Effective communication with a solutions-oriented approach.
* Experience in optimizing validation or approval processes to enhance efficiency.
* Experience in a high-growth organization, ideally in SaaS, is a plus.
* Willing to commute to our Mechelen office 1x per week.
Languages
* Working proficiency in English (C1+)
* German, Dutch, and French are a plus.
Performance indicators
* Standardize legal agreements and reduce the need for special clauses.
* Quick and effective turnaround for contract revisions.
Practicalities
* You’ll be reporting to the Legal Operations Manager.
* Location: Rydoo's HQ in Mechelen.
Next to our amazing team and informal & international company culture, we offer benefits that make working at Rydoo even more fun:
* A competitive package, including salary and benefits.
* Meal vouchers of €8 per day.
* €1000/year learning and development budget.
* Rydoo Hybrid work policy: decide for yourself where you are most efficient 4 days a week.
* Professional freedom and a flexible work environment.
* Upskilling through training and coaching programs.
* Regular company and team events.
* Wonderful international team with more than 33 different nationalities.
* Dutch language classes.
* Spectacular onboarding program for all new Rydooers.
* Free drinks, fruits & snacks to provide you with all the energy to do your job.
Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit.
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