Legal & Compliance Manager

Role Overview:

We're looking for a Legal & Compliance Manager to build and lead the legal function at Swarmia. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our approach to contracts, compliance, and risk as we scale. This is a generalist role with the opportunity to grow into broader ownership (e.g. General Counsel) as the company evolves. You’ll work closely with sales, finance, operations, and product teams — and collaborate with external counsel where needed.

About Us:

Swarmia is a data-driven platform revolutionizing the way software development teams operate. We focus on accelerating engineering organizations by balancing growth with culture and quality. Our team is passionate about solving problems and amplifying the success of our customers. Companies like Docker, Miro, and Webflow use Swarmia’s SaaS product.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Contracts and Commercial Negotiations

• Maintain and update standard customer contract templates (e.g. MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs).

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including managing redlines, fallback positions, and deviations from standard terms.

• Define and manage contract review workflows and SLAs in collaboration with Sales and RevOps.

• Coordinate with external counsel on complex or high-value deals.

Customer Due Diligence and Vendor Compliance

• Lead legal support for customer due diligence processes (e.g. RFPs, security questionnaires).

• Manage and streamline vendor onboarding and compliance workflows.

• Review and maintain vendor agreements, including DPAs and SLAs.

Internal Compliance and Policy Management

• Develop and maintain internal policies related to data protection, ethics, business conduct, and regulatory requirements.

• Implement and monitor compliance controls (e.g. privacy, security, trade compliance).

• Stay up to date on relevant regulations (e.g. GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act) and brief internal stakeholders on their impact.

Insurance and Risk Management

• Manage the company’s insurance portfolio (e.g. liability, cyber, D&O), including renewals and broker relationships.

• Track contractual deviations and maintain visibility into Swarmia’s legal risk profile in partnership with Finance.

Legal Operations and Governance

• Build scalable legal processes and workflows, including self-serve resources and contract lifecycle tools.

• Ensure appropriate treatment of IP ownership, licensing, and usage rights in contracts and product initiatives.

• Ensure legal compliance across jurisdictions and Swarmia’s international subsidiaries.

Cross-Functional Legal Support

• Provide legal guidance for internal initiatives such as audits, product rollouts, and incident response.

• Support board and investor communications, employment-related legal matters, funding-related due diligence and company governance
  

What We’re Looking For:

• 3+ years of legal experience in a law firm, in-house, or hybrid role

• Experience in supporting SaaS or technology companies through in-house, advisory, or counseling work

• Strong understanding of B2B commercial contracts, risk management, and SaaS-related legal and compliance frameworks

• Comfortable working across a wide range of legal topics in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

• Familiarity with Finnish law, EU regulations (e.g. GDPR), and US legal practices

• Ability to design and scale legal processes, and knowledge from various legal and operational tools

• Self-motivated and proactive approach, with the ability to manage multiple legal priorities independently

• Clear communicator with a pragmatic, collaborative approach and ability to build trust across teams (e.g. Sales, Product, Finance)

What We Offer:

• Being part of an internationally recognized product company focused on transforming how engineering teams work

• Chance to architect Swarmia’s legal and compliance function as we scale

• A highly experienced and motivated team

• 70-85k€ annual salary plus a meaningful amount of equity

• Paid annual vacation, with 10 extra days for new employees

• Flexible model of work - pick your own balance of remote/office

• Great work/life balance - we're a startup, but we don’t crunch and work in a unsustainable pace (many of us have kids and other responsibilities beyond work)