Legal Manager
Job description
About the role
This Legal Manager position serves as a trusted legal advisor guiding commercial activities across diverse European jurisdictions. You will own the strategic oversight of contract processes and risk frameworks while partnering closely with cross-functional teams. The role requires you to uphold the highest standards of regulatory compliance in alignment with Wellhub's mission. You will actively advance the mission to create a healthier working world through legally sound decisions and operational excellence. This position demands precision, judgment, and the ability to navigate complex legal landscapes to protect the organization. You will be instrumental in enabling deals and launches while ensuring all activities remain within a robust legal framework. Success in this role will be measured by your capacity to mitigate risk without impeding business velocity. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of commercial legal activities specific to the European market.
Key facts
What you'll do
Assess and refine contract workflows through process optimization units, identifying improvements to templates and streamlining contract lifecycles to mitigate organizational risk.
Implement and leverage legal technology, including AI-powered contract review, CLM systems, and legal automation tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
Communicate complex legal concepts with clarity and conciseness to non-legal stakeholders, acting as a strategic and collaborative partner within cross-functional teams.
Navigate multi-jurisdictional legal environments as a regulatory expert, possessing deep knowledge of European contract law to ensure compliance.
Act as a proactive problem solver, utilizing strong business acumen, analytical skills, attention to detail, and sound judgment to resolve commercial legal challenges.
Organize and execute multiple time-sensitive projects as an independent manager, prioritizing workloads and managing timelines with strong organizational skills.
Champion wellbeing initiatives by inspiring and empowering colleagues to create an environment where everyone can care for themselves and maintain work-life wellness as part of daily work.
Maintain fluency in German and English while demonstrating advanced proficiency, with fluency in Romanian, French, Italian, or Spanish as a clear advantage for European operations.
Prioritize commercial contract negotiation experience across European jurisdictions alongside mandatory fluency in both German and English.
Partner with the commercial team to ensure that all contractual agreements uphold regulatory standards and protect the organization.
Requirements
Holders of a Law Degree from a European country must bring at least 8 years of experience handling commercial contracts in-house or within a multinational environment.
Communicators must demonstrate advanced, fluent proficiency in German and English, with fluency in Romanian, French, Italian, or Spanish as a clear advantage for European operations.
Legal technology professionals are required to have practical experience implementing or significantly using AI-powered contract review, CLM systems, or legal automation tools.
Regulatory experts must possess deep knowledge of European contract law and the ability to navigate multi-jurisdictional legal environments.
Partners must communicate complex legal concepts clearly and concisely to non-legal stakeholders as a strategic and collaborative partner within cross-functional teams.
Problem solvers must act as proactive analysts with strong business acumen, analytical skills, attention to detail, and sound judgment to resolve commercial legal challenges.
Independent managers must organize and execute multiple time-sensitive projects, prioritizing workloads and managing timelines with strong organizational skills.
Prior commercial contract negotiation experience across European jurisdictions and fluency in both German and English are mandatory requirements for this role.
Nice to have
Not applicable.
Skills & tools
Not applicable.
Practical notes
The start date and working hours are to be confirmed with the recruiter and hiring manager.
Typical interview steps
Legal interviews usually include a contract review exercise, a compliance scenario, and behavioral rounds. Candidates may be asked to flag issues in a sample agreement or explain a regulatory question. Past experience with specific practice areas carries the most weight. Interviewers often present a sample contract and ask what you would flag. Working through it out loud, risk by risk, is the strongest approach.
Good to know
General legal roles in this field rely on strong contract law knowledge, legal technology adoption, and clear communication with stakeholders.
Questions to ask
Worth asking in any interview: how the team measures success, who the role works with daily, what the onboarding looks like, and what the company is trying to achieve this year. Asking what past hires did well is a strong final question. Keep the list short and pick the questions that matter most to you.
Career growth
Legal careers grow from associate to senior counsel, general counsel, and chief legal officer roles. Compliance specialists can move into risk or governance leadership. Specialization by practice area, from employment law to corporate transactions, is common. Legal careers reward precision and commercial awareness. In-house roles value speed and judgment over exhaustive analysis.
About the company
Headquarters sit in New York City. This entity operates as a multinational software firm in health and fitness. Corporations use the platform to give employee wellness benefits. A network includes gyms, studios, and digital apps. Service spans thirteen nations. Active users access in person and online options. Benefits flow through corporate programs. Connection between providers and employees is managed here. Data tracks participation. Movement supports global workforce health goals.