This is a strategic, customer-facing role at the intersection of legal expertise, business strategy, technology, and AI.
As Senior Director, Legal Advisory, you will serve as a trusted advisor to legal executives, helping organizations transform contracting, risk management, compliance, and business performance through Contract Intelligence and AI-driven solutions.
Working closely with Sales, Solution Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, and Customer Success, you will drive business growth, influence product strategy, and strengthen Icertis' market leadership.
As a key member of the Legal Advisory team, you will help establish best practices and shape the future of this growing global function.
This role does not include people management responsibilities and can be based in the UK (hybrid from our London office) or anywhere in Germany.
Responsibilities- Act as a trusted advisor to General Counsel, CLOs, and Legal Operations leaders on contract transformation, legal innovation, and AI-driven contract intelligence.
- Lead executive-level discussions, workshops, and briefings on legal transformation, contract intelligence, governance, compliance, and risk management.
- Represent Icertis as a legal thought leader through industry events, webinars, customer engagements, and market-facing activities.
- Partner with Sales and Solution Engineering to support strategic enterprise opportunities, drive deal success, and accelerate revenue growth.
- Develop compelling business cases that demonstrate the value, ROI, and business impact of Icertis Contract Intelligence and AI solutions.
- Provide legal domain expertise throughout the sales cycle, including customer requirements, solution design, best practices, and RFP responses.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy, AI innovation, and roadmap priorities based on customer and market insights.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships across Sales, Marketing, Services, Customer Success, and external industry stakeholders to strengthen Icertis' market leadership and customer engagement.
- Law degree; active or previous legal practice experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience in legal technology, legal operations, enterprise software, consulting, or corporate legal environments.
- Deep expertise in contract lifecycle management (CLM), commercial contracting, governance, compliance, risk management, and legal operations best practices.
- Proven ability to engage and advise General Counsel, CLOs, Legal Operations leaders, and other senior legal stakeholders on complex legal and business challenges.
- Strong understanding of legal transformation, process improvement, and the application of technology and AI within legal organizations.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with experience influencing executive and C-suite audiences.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to build value propositions, ROI models, and strategic roadmaps that connect legal initiatives to business outcomes.
- Passion for AI and innovation, combined with the ability to collaborate across global teams and travel as needed for customer engagements and industry events.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% across EMEA and internationally for customer engagements, industry events, and internal collaboration.
Icertis is the global leader in AI-powered contract intelligence. The Icertis platform revolutionizes contract management, equipping customers with powerful insights and automation to grow revenue, control costs, mitigate risk, and ensure compliance - the pillars of business success. Today, more than one third of the Fortune 100 trust Icertis to realize the full intent of millions of commercial agreements in 90+ countries.
About the TeamWho we are: Icertis is the only contract intelligence platform companies trust to keep them out in front, now and in the future. Our unwavering commitment to contract intelligence is grounded in our FORTE values—Fairness, Openness, Respect, Teamwork and Execution—which guide all our interactions with employees, customers, partners, and stakeholders. Because in our mission to be the contract intelligence platform of the world, we believe how we get there is as important as the destination.
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Skills Required
- Law degree
- Active or previous legal practice experience
- Experience in legal technology, legal operations, enterprise software, consulting, or corporate legal environments
- Deep expertise in contract lifecycle management (CLM), commercial contracting, governance, compliance, risk management, and legal operations best practices
- Proven ability to engage and advise General Counsel, CLOs, and senior legal stakeholders
- Strong understanding of legal transformation, process improvement, and application of technology and AI within legal organizations
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and storytelling skills with experience influencing executive and C-suite audiences
- Strong business acumen and ability to build value propositions, ROI models, and strategic roadmaps
- Passion for AI and innovation and ability to collaborate across global teams
- Willingness to travel up to 30% across EMEA and internationally
- Based in the UK (hybrid from London office) or anywhere in Germany
Icertis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Icertis and has not been reviewed or approved by Icertis.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is described as competitive in select roles and markets, and bands for functions like sales and engineering often track broader tech‑market levels. This points to compensation that can align well with market for certain functions and geographies.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is employer‑verified in the U.S., indicating solid retirement benefits in core markets. This provides a clear foundation of long‑term financial support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation and paid time off are employer‑verified in the U.S., and programs such as “7 Days for Humanity” and an additional July 4th break extend time‑off options. Together these elements reflect a broad mix of leave offerings beyond standard PTO.
Icertis Insights
What We Do
With unmatched technology and category-defining innovation, Icertis pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM). The AI-powered, analyst-validated Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform turns contracts from static documents into strategic advantage by structuring and connecting the critical contract information that defines how an organization runs. Today, the world’s most iconic brands and disruptive innovators trust Icertis to fully realize the intent of their combined 10 million+ contracts worth more than $1 trillion, in 40+ languages and 90+ countries.
