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General Counsel

Canonical

Location: EMEA Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: October 29, 2026 Freshness: Posted today Source check: Observed today
Disclosure3 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved todayObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationjobicy.comReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Before relying on the listing: Confirm Compensation and Application closing time with the employer or source. See verification questions

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionPay not disclosed
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence3 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives411 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: current same-currency market context.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

This opportunity needs a closer read before drawing a strong conclusion, especially around the pay picture is incomplete.

PayNot disclosed

A financial comparison will need the approved compensation range.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

3 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Work arrangement
  • Location eligibility
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Unknown information is never converted into a negative score. The questions above exist to prevent missing evidence from being mistaken for a favorable term.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

Nothing stands out strongly enough yet to call a clear advantage. The role may still be attractive for reasons the listing does not spell out.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • The pay picture is incomplete: No usable salary range is stated, so a meaningful financial comparison is not possible yet.
  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Ask for the approved compensation range before comparing this opportunity financially.
  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

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Why it is nearby: Same employment type · Recently posted

Different angle: Seniority is not explicit · Different work arrangement

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Legal & compliance roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles411

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented118

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure27%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated70%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated45%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time71%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states about the same number of core decision facts as the median role in the current sample. This listing: 3/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (138) · GBP (1). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 25 / 200 13%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 54 / 200 27%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 54 / 200 27%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Stay around the same seniority band 137 / 200 69%

Includes roles whose seniority is genuinely unspecified rather than assuming they belong to another level.

Require usable compensation disclosure 139 / 200 70%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Keep the same employment type 73 / 85 86%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 411 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing does not state usable structured compensation. About 70% of the bounded current role sample does.

This listingUsable pay not stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample70%

Pay disclosure is mixed but appears in at least half of the current role sample.

Current employer pattern1%

This employer’s current visible listings disclose pay materially less often than the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payNot usable / not disclosedListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 141,448136 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 161,668Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: current same-currency market context.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payVerify

The approved base-pay range is not established in the listing.

Bonus / commissionMentioned

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesVerify

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveMentioned

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingMentioned

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • What is the approved base-pay range for this role?
  • Does the package include equity or another long-term incentive, and what are the vesting terms?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
  • Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyLegal & compliance roles
Adjacent families worth exploringFinance & accounting roles · Operations & program roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

legal service manager

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • advise on legal services
  • advise on drafting policies
  • legal case management
  • make strategic business decisions
  • strategic planning
  • provide legal advice
  • manage a team
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • advice on security risk management
  • consumer law
  • negotiate lawyer's fee
  • negotiate in legal cases
  • corporate law

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

O*NET occupation skills
  • Writing
  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Learning
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
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Plan how you might demonstrate or investigate occupational skills. These are broad-family reference examples, not confirmed vacancy requirements. Nothing you enter is sent to High Paid Job.

advise on legal servicesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
advise on drafting policiesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
legal case managementESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
make strategic business decisionsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
strategic planningESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
provide legal adviceESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
manage a teamESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
advice on security risk managementESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
consumer lawESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
negotiate lawyer's feeESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
negotiate in legal casesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
corporate lawESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
WritingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active ListeningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Reading ComprehensionO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Active LearningO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Adjacent current roles to investigate

Finance & accounting roles

REMOTE Tax Manager

Carr Talent Acquisition · Remote — Worldwide

same employment type · similar work-arrangement evidence

Adjacent-family roles are exploration prompts from current HPJ inventory. They are not inferred qualification matches and they do not imply a promotion path.

Career move map

What sits one step away?

This listing is currently read as Leadership. Nearby roles one visible seniority step away can help you judge whether to widen the search, stretch upward or compare the responsibilities more carefully.

Broader-entry direction

Senior / lead

Litigation Attorney

Career Consulting Partners · Remote — Worldwide

USD 130,000–160,000 / year Similar work arrangement · Same employment type · Recently posted

These are live roles one visible seniority step away in the same broad occupation family. They can reveal nearby options, but they are not a guaranteed promotion path and do not account for your personal experience.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

If the named skills are genuinely transferable in your own experience, the occupation map also points to adjacent current families worth researching: Finance & accounting roles and Operations & program roles. This is exploration context, not a qualification match.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 44 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Compensation: What is the approved compensation range, and what portion is guaranteed base pay rather than variable compensation?
  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?
  • Application process: What interview, assessment, portfolio, reference or screening stages are part of the hiring process?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

General Counsel at Canonical becomes easier to judge once the location rules are clear enough to judge, the visible application effort can be estimated, and source continuity adds useful context are viewed together. Here is the current read from the information available.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

Location flexibility can be assessed here: Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions, with a Remote Freedom reading of 62/100. One practical limit to notice is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

The visible application effort can be estimated

Provider-mediated application path. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

Source continuity adds useful context

The opportunity currently has 1 renewable source path across 1 source classes. Multiple independent paths can strengthen continuity, but they are not a substitute for checking the application destination.

How this analysis is assembled

The brief pulls together the parts of the vacancy that can be compared reliably today. Gaps in the listing remain visible instead of being filled with assumptions.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

50%Partial analysis evidence coverage
50%
Current-sample pay positionInsufficient comparable salary sample

Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityNo usable disclosed salary evidence

Missing compensation is not treated as negative evidence; this dimension simply remains unavailable.

Listing freshnessPosted today

The source posting date is today.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

No standout strength is supported strongly enough to list here. That is not a negative rating.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • Some compensation may be variable or performance-based. Confirm the guaranteed base amount before comparing headline pay.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Still unknown

  • There is not enough comparable salary evidence to establish this job’s current pay position.
  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Opportunity Efficiency not assessed

The current pay position is not reliable enough to weigh compensation against the stated barriers.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Current comparable pay position is unavailable.
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Still check: The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

No High Pay Score yet

Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.

Why this analysis?

  • Comparable salary data is not available for this job yet.
  • Salary confidence: Not available. No disclosed salary can currently be normalized for comparison. Missing compensation is not treated as low-quality salary evidence.
  • Range quality: No disclosed range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at Canonical

Limited current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

21/100
21%
Salary disclosure1% · 1 of 156 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording130 current listings
Equity wording20 current listings
Benefits wording150 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

Canonical — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible156
Salary disclosure1%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 156 of 156 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share44%
Known hiring countries4
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 156 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample156 of 156 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth10
Stated closing-date coverage1%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days47% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation1% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location22% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing1% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Software engineering (30) · Sales (15) · Customer success (9)

Visible seniority mix: Early-career (9) · Senior / lead (62) · Leadership (21)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (156)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (26) · United Kingdom (5) · China (2) · Japan (1)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

There are not yet five current disclosed salaries in one currency, so an employer pay median would be too thin to be useful.

Questions worth asking this employer

  • What compensation range applies to this role, and which parts of total compensation are fixed versus variable?
  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • Some compensation may be variable or performance-based. Confirm the guaranteed base amount before comparing headline pay.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

No additional required application step is clear in the available listing text. This does not mean the external application is one-click or friction-free.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

We are hiring a General Counsel, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). This role leads Canonical’s global Legal and Compliance function.

This is a unique opportunity for an exceptional and commercially-minded senior lawyer to lead the legal and compliance function of a profitable, fast-growing technology company that is privately held with the intention to list on a public exchange. We’re looking for someone with genuine fluency in the software industry and in open source dynamics, who can translate that insight into clear positions on licensing, commercial contracts and risk, and hands-on execution.

Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, you will own Canonical's legal, regulatory and governance posture and lead a distributed team across EMEA and the Americas. Your primary challenge will be to continue building both the team and the architecture: a management layer across two regions, and the governance, contracting and controls a public company needs, in an environment that regularly does things the industry has not done before. You will work closely with our product and engineering teams on licensing and IP questions, with the security function on customer assurance, and you will advise the Board and its committees directly.

In our selection process, we prioritize intellect and judgement alongside depth of practice. We are looking for someone with a strong academic background, an active licence to practice, and demonstrable exposure to a multilayered global operational environment.

Location: This role will be based remotely in EMEA time zones.

The role entails

  • Leading the global Legal and Compliance function: setting it's structure, standards and priorities across EMEA and the Americas.
  • Building and managing a management capability: hire and develop managers, set objectives, review performance against a clear bar, and address under-performance directly.
  • Setting the operating cadence of the function: intake and prioritization of legal work, service expectations with internal clients, and reporting on workload and risk to the leadership team.
  • Owning public-market readiness on the legal side: corporate governance, group and entity structure, delegated authority, policies, disclosure controls and records, in partnership with Finance.
  • Advising the CEO, COO, CFO and the Board, and supporting in Board and committee meetings.
  • Owning the commercial contracting framework: standard templates, negotiating positions, and a deviation and escalation process that makes commitments visible before they are signed.
  • Leading intellectual property and open source licensing strategy, including copyleft, trademark and the terms on which Ubuntu and our products are distributed.
  • Owning the global compliance programme: data protection and privacy, export controls and trade compliance, anti-bribery and corruption, competition and AI regulation.
  • Managing litigation, disputes and regulatory engagement, together with the external counsel panel, its budget and its quality.
  • Advising on M&A, partnerships, strategic alliances and financing as the company grows.

What we are looking for in you

  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
  • A degree in law, or equivalent, and an active licence to practice in an EMEA or Americas jurisdiction.
  • Substantial senior in-house experience in a global technology or software business.
  • Proven experience leading a distributed legal team, including managing managers across regions and time zones.
  • A track record of setting and holding a high performance bar: hiring well, developing people, and dealing with under performance directly rather than waiting it out.
  • Experience building or restructuring an in-house legal function, including deciding what is retained, delegated and sent to external counsel.
  • Technology related experience of:
    • negotiating and owning commercial technology contracts, including enterprise software and subscriptions, channel and reseller agreements, hardware manufacturer agreements, cloud and services
    • advising on open source licensing, including permissive and copyleft licences, and familiarity with how open source communities operate.
  • Experience of, or demonstrable readiness for, public company governance: listing preparation, board and committee support, disclosure and controls.
  • Depth in at least two of: data protection and privacy, IP and trademark, export controls and trade, competition, or disputes.
  • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, hold colleagues accountable, and share ideas without hesitation.
  • Professional written and spoken English with excellent drafting and presentation skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
  • International travel two to four times a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Nice-to-have skills

  • Experience taking a company through an IPO, or practicing as counsel inside a listed company.
  • A technical or engineering background, or fluency in how software is built and shipped.
  • Experience of a subscription or recurring-revenue business model.
  • Experience building or restructuring an in-house legal function.
  • A qualification in more than one jurisdiction.

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
  • Bi-annual compensation review.
  • Company recognition rewards.
  • 40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods.
  • Maternity and paternity leave.
  • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. We are founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Powered by worldwide distributed collaboration since our inception in 2004, we believe tech and business leadership can emerge anywhere. We have no central headquarters. Most of us work from home, but we are exceptionally disciplined about this. We have very high expectations of all colleagues, and are champions of excellence. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

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