About the job
Join Aiven, a pioneering global team of over 400 professionals dedicated to revolutionizing open-source technology and multi-cloud solutions. Our mission is to empower developers, builders, and creators by providing a cloud data platform that simplifies access to open-source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure.
The Role
As the Head of Legal, you will serve as Aiven’s senior legal authority, directly reporting to the CFO and collaborating closely with the executive team. You will lead and cultivate a high-caliber legal team that accelerates business growth, ensures commercial success, and supports global scalability.
Aiven is on a mission to establish the AI infrastructure that developers crave. We simplify the complexities of open-source databases, search, streaming, and application infrastructure, allowing our builders to concentrate on their creative efforts.
At Aiven, we view the legal function as a catalyst for business success rather than a hindrance. You will engage with stakeholders to identify the best pathways forward, utilizing your commercial insight and partnership-oriented mindset to navigate risks and deliver impactful results. You will be an integral part of the business, influencing deal structures, guiding strategic initiatives, and fostering growth with confidence.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and own Aiven’s global legal strategy, collaborating with the CFO, CEO, and executive leadership to align legal operations with business objectives and growth initiatives while leading a small, high-performance legal team that embodies speed, pragmatism, and commercial insight.
- Oversee all commercial legal activities, including the negotiation and finalization of complex SaaS agreements, strategic partnerships, reseller arrangements, and enterprise contracts. Create scalable frameworks and guidelines that enable rapid business operations within the necessary safeguards.
- Offer expert legal counsel on corporate governance, compliance, data protection, intellectual property, and open-source licensing, while personally managing legal support for mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and other corporate transactions alongside finance and executive teams.
- Guide Aiven’s regulatory and compliance strategies across all operational markets, manage relationships with external legal counsel, and assist the team in addressing employment matters across our diverse international presence, all with a business-oriented approach to risk management.
