Senior legal Counsel

What You'll Own Operational Legal Counsel The embedded legal support you provide will keep the business moving forwards. You will: Partner with the global sales teams as they negotiate commercial contracts (standard contracts for our products, NDAs, DPAs)- you will be the legal partner to them, ensuring we secure customers quickly, fairly and in a sustainable way. Partner with individuals and teams across the business around vendor contracts - ensuring contracts are reviewed with a legal lens and teams understand what they are signing up for when bringing on new vendors. Field legal questions from across the business- knowing when you can advise directly, and when external specialist legal advice is required. These will include queries from the People team (eg. HR and employment law), the Finance team (eg. stock option schemes, cap table management etc), the InfoSec team (eg. data protection). Strategic Legal Counsel The forward-looking work that protects where Orbital is going, not just where it is. You will: Build a proactive partnership with product — understanding the roadmap so legal risks are surfaced before features ship, pricing models change, or new suppliers come on board, not after. Anticipate where the business is heading — understanding Orbital's growth goals well enough to spot the legal risks and gaps on the horizon and get ahead of them before they become problems. Lead significant legal change projects — terms revamps, new commercial frameworks, major product or supplier transitions — work that touches multiple teams and needs a legal owner who can drive it end-to-end, not just advise on it. Legal Function Building We want legal to be a function the business reaches for proactively. A big part of this role is building the infrastructure to make that possible. You will: Train the wider team on where legal starts and ends, to contain escalations and ensure they are targeted and appropriate Build a trusted and valued function, embedded across leadership of the business Partner with Operations to ensure the legal function is operating efficiently, using AI and technology to scale with the company. Resource planning for the future team we might need and management of any external counsel required as extra support.

What We're Looking For Prior in-house legal experience at a scaling SaaS company is essential. Law firm experience alone is not sufficient — we need someone who has operated inside a fast-moving business and understands what that demands. You know the difference between what matters and what doesn't. In-house legal at a scale-up requires pragmatism: picking your battles, moving at commercial pace, and being genuinely helpful rather than a blocker. You've been the person in the room who makes things move, not slow them down — pragmatic, commercially minded, and easy to work with. A background in both private practice and in-house is common in this role, but the in-house experience is what we'll weigh most heavily. Why This Might Not Be For You You prefer advising from a distance. This role is genuinely embedded - you’ll be proactively in the room with product, commercial and leadership, shaping decisions before they’re made, not after. You’re most comfortable with a clearly defined scope and existing playbooks. We need someone who sees what needs doing, decides what warrants legal input and moves the function forward without waiting to be asked.

Why Join Orbital Shape the legal function - the playbook, the process, the infrastructure are yours to design Real strategic influence: you'll be at the table on IP, HR, pricing models, and commercial terms — not just executing others' decisions Genuine momentum: $60m Series B, doubling headcount, expanding across two continents Work alongside a fast-moving leadership team that values legal as a business enabler, not just a risk function 🔒 Security is everyone's responsibility at Orbital. We ask all team members to follow our security policies, complete regular awareness training, and handle sensitive data with care in line with ISO 27001 standards. 💡 At Orbital, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. 🔒 Security is everyone’s responsibility at Orbital. We ask all team members to follow our security policies, complete regular awareness training, and handle sensitive data with care in line with ISO 27001 standards. Spot something unusual? Reporting risks or incidents quickly helps us maintain the strong culture of security and compliance we all depend on. 💡 At Orbital, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, or if the right role isn’t listed yet, we’d still love to hear from you. 💰 This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting . Pay is based on several factors, which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and business

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