Head of Commercial Legal Affairs

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Paris, Île-de-France
Hybrid
Senior level
Internet of Things • Consulting
The Role
The Head of Commercial Legal Affairs leads negotiations on contracts, ensures compliance with client requirements, and drives automation in contract management.
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🪐 Discover our galaxy

Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 700,000 talented freelancers with 70,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:

- A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries
- A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth
- Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI
- A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently

Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐

At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of missions and responsibilities are non-exhaustive.

The Head of Commercial Legal Affairs will ;ead high-stakes contract negotiations with Malt’s strategic clients and vendors. Define and standardize the commercial contract framework, and ensure alignment with client compliance requirements. Drive automation and operational excellence in contract management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead negotiations for high-value or complex client and vendor contracts
  • Own and evolve the commercial contract framework, including terms, templates, and fallback positions
  • Ensure all client contracts align with compliance requirements (e.g. T&Cs, privacy, procurement)
  • Partner with Legal Ops to implement contract automation and self-serve workflows
  • Act as the legal-commercial interface for Sales, Key Account Management, and Partnerships teams
  • Identify and mitigate contractual risk early in the sales cycle through standard processes

About you 🧑‍🚀

  • Strong contract negotiation skills, especially with enterprise clients and large vendors
  • Proven ability to simplify and standardize legal documents for business use
  • Deep understanding of commercial law, SaaS/platform contracts, and procurement constraints
  • Collaborative mindset and ability to partner cross-functionally with Sales, Ops, and Legal
  • Experience with contract lifecycle management tools and legal automation
  • Excellent communication in French and English, both written and verbal

How to join the mission? 🚀

  • First call with Mariana (in English), our Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background and share more about this opportunity.
  • First interview with the hiring manager to better understand the job
  • Business case to prepare and present 
  • Final interview with our CFO, to discuss our long-term vision

Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally 💫

- Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other new joiners at our office in Paris
- Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options 
- Lunch vouchers (legal benefit): €9/day on your Swile card
- Transportation (legal benefit): 50% reimbursement (any type of transport)
- Healthcare insurance (legal benefit) 
- RTT: From 8 to 12 days off per year
- Sports: Company participation to a Gymlib membership
- Malt sabbatical: Every three years, all Malters are entitled to a one month fully paid sabbatical leave
- Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow
- Remote work: Hybrid policy balancing on-site and home office
- Team building events organized every year

Ready? Get your ticket to Malt 🪐 

At Malt, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Our mission is to create a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe to thrive.

Top Skills

Contract Lifecycle Management Tools
Legal Automation
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The Company
London
1,471 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Malt is a platform that connects businesses with freelancers, finding the perfect match for every project. Our mission is to provide everyone with the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with. By helping to redefine the world of work and the relationships we have with it we hope to empower everyone to shape their careers to fit exactly what they’re looking for. Malt was founded in 2013 by Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège, who were both joined by Alexandre Fretti as Co-CEO in 2020. In March 2022, Malt acquired Comatch, enabling us to create a dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives where clients can access vetted expertise, known as Malt Strategy. We have now gained the trust of more than 550,000 freelancers and 70,000 clients, becoming one of the leading marketplaces for freelance talent. We are currently operational in nine countries and regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE and the UK. Malt has evolved into a successful scaleup with more than 700 employees from 44 different nationalities, who share the same values of care, ambition, joy and autonomy. Join us and become part of the future of work!

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