Hybrid Senior Legal Counsel

at Intent HQ | FT1000 fastest growing European business

• Job title: Senior Legal Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Legal Counsel shaping AI, data, and SaaS commercial strategy at Intent HQ. Lead contracts, compliance, and ethical innovation across global freemium and AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and advise on negotiations for AI and data solution contracts, including SaaS, freemium platform, and cloud licensing agreements, as well as data partnerships and collaboration frameworks
• Draft, review, and refine commercial and licensing documentation (bespoke and template) for AI and freemium-based cloud products, ensuring alignment between business model flexibility and compliance obligations
• Partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure commercial agility aligns with legal integrity, balancing innovation, monetisation strategies (including free-to-paid conversion), and risk management
• Support international operations, ensuring legal agreements are consistent with local and cross-border compliance requirements
• Oversee the company’s overall legal risk management framework, identifying and mitigating risks associated with AI models, data usage, and freemium service models
• Advise on intellectual property ownership, open-source licensing, and data usage rights for AI models, datasets, and user-generated data in freemium environments
• Develop scalable legal processes that enable product experimentation while maintaining compliance and commercial clarity
• Provide expert guidance on data protection and privacy, ensuring compliance with GDPR, the UK Data Protection Act 2018, and emerging AI and digital consumer protection regulations
• Contribute to the definition and implementation of ethical AI and freemium data usage policies, ensuring transparency and fairness in how customer data supports model improvement and monetisation
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that AI systems are developed and deployed responsibly, and that freemium models comply with data privacy and consumer protection standards

Requirements

• 8+ years PQE as a UK-qualified lawyer (or equivalent common law jurisdiction)
• Advisory experience on AI model ownership, intellectual property, and open-source licensing
• Substantial in-house experience within an AI SaaS or data analytics company, ideally supporting freemium or subscription-based commercial models
• Proven expertise in drafting and negotiating SaaS, AI solution, and freemium platform agreements, including data licensing, model access, and usage-based pricing structures
• In-depth knowledge of privacy law and data governance, with experience advising on data processing, AI training data use, and customer consent frameworks
• Demonstrable ability to balance legal rigour with commercial pragmatism, providing solutions-oriented advice in fast-paced, innovation-driven contexts
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior leadership, product strategists, and commercial teams
• A keen interest in AI, data science, and emerging business models such as freemium and usage-based pricing

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Free breakfast daily (when in the office)
• 26 days holiday (increasing with service)
• Pension scheme
• Income Protection with Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Oliva Mental Health platform and counselling
• Higher than statutory maternity/paternity benefits
• Work socials
• Wellbeing programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Training opportunities