Legal Counsel & DPO

Founded in Lyon, FR in 2015, DataGalaxy is the international pioneer of the modern data catalog. Our data management platform is dedicated to providing user-friendly metadata mapping, management, and knowledge sharing to support organizational data governance and literacy.

DataGalaxy’s Data Knowledge Catalog helps business users accelerate processes, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance by providing an all-in-one data management and data governance platform. Our Data Catalog includes API to ease pre-existing data integration, AI services to automate data classification, and data lineage tracking to visualize data’s entire lifecycle journey.

Our mission: To remain at the forefront of revolutionizing the modern business data catalog by empowering data professionals and business users through increasing data knowledge and providing an all-inclusive understanding of how businesses run on data. We’re passionate about helping organizations facilitate rich collaboration, manage data as an asset, and derive powerful, data-driven decision-making.

Our values: Be intentional: Be clear. Be bold. Be humble.

Are you interested in joining an organization that values teamwork, ambition, and individuality? Each DataGalaxian brings unique knowledge, skills, and points of view that help us create a truly well-rounded crew! We encourage unique ideas, inventive thinking, and independent perspectives so that we can achieve out-of-this-world results together!

Who we’re looking for: We’re hiring someone who is:

💫 Ready to join a growing team

💫 Passionate about data

💫 Up-to-date with the latest industry news and developments

💫 Organized, autonomous, and a team player!

As a legal counsel, you will act as a main legal point of contact at DataGalaxy in order to create, negotiate and facilitate contractual relationships at DataGalaxy. You will also ensure the GDPR compliance, through your DPO role.

More concretely, you will:

• Draft and regularly update the company's legal documents: NDA, GTC, GCU, Partnerships, Subcontracting Agreements, Service Contracts... ; 
• Analyze and negotiate the contractual documents of our prospects, clients, suppliers, partners; 
• Participate in responding to RFPs regarding legal and data privacy matters;
• As Data Protection Officer, ensure GDPR compliance: monitor the internal compliance within the company (employees, internal processes...) and external compliance (clients, service providers, suppliers...), and ensure reference and responsibility for personal data processing as Data Protection Officer, setting up and ensuring team training and awareness, monitoring and updating documentation (DPA, privacy policies, internal data management policies, etc.), collaborate with IT and security team to ensure robust data protection and privacy measures.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of policies and processes in order to streamline the handling of legal issues, and guarantee acculturation of all teams to legal issues.
• Ensure the protection of the DataGalaxy brand and its product by following and updating the intellectual property protection strategy.

🦸‍♀️Profile

• Specialization in IT, or Data Privacy (BAC+5 or equivalent) is required
• 3-5 years* of experience of post-qualification experience as in-house role with a software or technology-oriented company, demonstrating expertise in handling various legal matters and contract negotiations, particularly in IT/business agreements, DPAs, software licenses (SaaS and on premises), professional services, and related areas.
• Proficiency in English and French, with the ability to effectively articulate complex legal concepts in both languages
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across teams, providing legal guidance in a clear and accessible manner
• Previous experience in Compliance matters (GDPR, among others)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across teams, providing legal guidance in a clear and accessible manner
• Demonstrated traits of being organized, pragmatic, curious, and a rigorous team player
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

🚀What can you expect:

• Offices in the heart of Lyon and Paris, 10-15 minutes from the train stations
• Flexible working hours ("forfait jour")
• A real opportunity to join a French start-up that is a pioneer in its market 🚀
• A chance to create your own career path with autonomy in multiple projects
• An attractive remuneration according to your performance and your potential
• Remote work at will & 2.50€ net / day🔥
• Health insurance Apicil
• Meal vouchers (Swile card of 9€/day)
• Public transport 50% reimbursement
• Daily coffee and snacks
• Quarterly team events and seminars