Peak

The Opportunity 

Peak are a Decision Intelligence company - we are on a mission to help organisations use AI to make great commercial decisions, all the time. Just as importantly, we are also focused on building an amazing company - one where we truly value our people & culture, and strive to make an amazing and diverse place to work. Our recent Best Companies award & 3 star accreditation for being one of the top companies to work for is a testament to this.

We have ambitious plans over the coming years; to launch and lead a new category of technology (Decision Intelligence), expand our operations and create the best working culture possible. This is a great time to join Peak and the Legal team, as we start the next stage of our global growth. 

The Purpose

This is a fantastic opportunity to be an important part of a successful, fast growing, tech start-up. As our Junior In-house Legal you will play a key role in supporting the Head of Legal to scale the Peak legal function to achieve our ambitious plans and help meet the challenges of global expansion. You will act as a trusted advisor, who enhances decision making throughout the company and supports the success of Peak’s strategy.

The Role

The role of Junior In-house Legal will be to support the Head of Legal to scale the Peak legal function and show the real value of lawyers in a company with a supportive and open culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with our Head of Legal to provide sound, pragmatic solutions to legal queries and risks, always remaining down to earth and communicating in plain English 
• Negotiating contracts as both supplier and customer and updating a contract database
• Assisting with company secretarial tasks including involvement in share option awards and share option exercises
• Keeping up to date with regulatory changes and assisting with improving our policies and processes
• Involvement in our global expansion 
• Assisting in monitoring the protection of the company’s intellectual property, including trademarks and patents worldwide
• Assisting as required on future fundraising and investor relations
• Providing cross-team training as required 

Personal skills:

• Open - approachable in interactions with other functions within the business
• Straightforward - communicate effectively and be open to challenge 
• Driven - strive to ensure best in class SaaS performance across the business
• Curious - explore ways in which we can develop our team’s day to day work to support the success of Peak’s strategy
• Smart - an ability to see beyond the law and consider issues from different perspectives
• Responsible - take ownership of company wide and departmental OKRs

Required experience:

• Qualified solicitor or experienced paralegal
• Experience in an in-house role, ideally within a SaaS environment or if currently in private practice, experience with or secondment to SaaS clients 
• Active involvement as a member of the team with an ability to see beyond the legal role and communicate in a straightforward way (no legal jargon!)
• Experience in negotiating contracts with knowledge and application of intellectual property, GDPR, security information and SaaS related issues 
• Experience of contract negotiations in other territories (e.g. US) is desirable  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, with a can do and positive approach and driven to learn and develop
• A natural self starter who can work independently and as part of a team
• Extremely organised with strong planning skills 

Benefits:

• Opportunity to help scale Peak and make a large impact in a fast-growing company with global ambitions.
• Competitive compensation package, share options, pension and generous holiday entitlement.
• Working with cutting edge tech - you will develop skills and experience essential in the modern economy.
• A fantastic working environment with open communication channels, flat hierarchy and a truly collaborative style.

About Peak

 

In an age when becoming AI and data-driven is one of the most important things businesses must do, it can also be one of the most challenging. That’s where Peak comes in; our CODI system sits at the heart of our client’s businesses, enabling the rapid unification, modelling and - most importantly - use of data - helping decision makers make great commercial decisions, powered by AI. All supported by our world-class data science team.

 

Founded in 2014, Peak has grown rapidly, in line with the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies, winning numerous awards and attracted significant funding to support the company’s ongoing investment in machine learning and AI technologies. All to further our mission to become the world’s leading AI System business.

 

Headquartered in Manchester, Peak also has offices in London, Edinburgh, Jaipur and Brisbane. Our clients include some of the world's leading retailers, manufacturers and well-known brands alongside highly innovative and tech-savvy businesses. Peak is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, and holds Machine Learning Competency and Retail Competency status.

 

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