🇦🇺 Heads up! This role is based in-person at our office in sunny Brisbane, Australia. 🇦🇺

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🌎 About Askable

Hey, we’re Askable - the world’s most loved user research platform. Loved by whom you ask? Woolies, Qantas, Canva, BUPA, CommBank, NAB, Telstra, BBC, Mastercard and hundreds more. Not bad right?

Askable began in 2017 as an idea scribbled on a sticky note, born out of frustration with the clunky, outdated research processes we’d experienced firsthand. So, we set out to build a new way—one that makes quality research accessible to everyone, from Fortune 500s to startups hungry for insights.

We help teams run better research faster — from participant recruitment to insights — so they can build products people actually want.

Now with offices in Brisbane, London, and Chicago, we’re growing the team to bring Askable’s research power to researchers everywhere, so they can make smarter, user-driven decisions.

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🦄 Our culture

Our culture drives everything we do. We live it, breathe it, and work every day to make Askable a place where people can thrive.

We believe work should be fulfilling, exciting, and meaningful.

Here, you’re not just part of a team. You’re part of a community that cares about what they’re building and how they’re building it.

In fact, we take culture so seriously that we wrote a book on it. Our Culture Book guides what we stand for, how we work, and the values that unite us—because nothing beats winning with a team you genuinely love working with.

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💡 About the role

We’re hiring our first in-house lawyer to help us scale responsibly and efficiently as an enterprise SaaS business. As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll own day-to-day legal execution across commercial, privacy, and corporate matters, while partnering closely with Sales, Product, Security, and Leadership.

This is a hands-on role for a pragmatic, business-minded lawyer who enjoys building from scratch, enabling revenue, and managing risk without slowing the company down.

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🛠 What you’ll do

Commercial & Revenue Enablement

• Own and negotiate enterprise SaaS agreements (MSAs, DPAs, SLAs, SOWs)

• Partner with Sales to unblock deals and improve deal velocity

• Create and maintain contract templates, fallback positions, and playbooks

• Advise on procurement, vendor, and partnership agreements

Data Privacy & Security

• Lead legal aspects of data protection and privacy (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA where relevant)

• Support customer security reviews and questionnaires

• Partner with Security and Engineering on SOC 2 / ISO processes

• Draft and maintain DPAs, privacy policies, and internal guidance

Corporate & Operational Legal

• Support board governance, corporate housekeeping, and cap table matters

• Manage employment-related legal issues with HR (contracts, policies, disputes)

• Identify legal risks early and propose pragmatic solutions

• Build lightweight legal processes that scale with the business

Legal Operations & External Counsel

• Act as the primary interface with external counsel

• Decide when to handle matters in-house vs outsource

• Control legal spend and improve efficiency over time

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🦉 Skills and experience you’ll bring

To hit the ground running in this role you'll need to show experience at a top-tier law firm and at least one in-house SaaS or tech role.

You'll also need to demonstrate:

• A strong background in enterprise SaaS commercial contracting

• Experience working with fast-growing companies or scale-ups

• Comfort as a sole legal contributor initially operating with ambiguity and building from zero (with the ability to grow and lead a team when we’re ready)

• The ability to balance risk with business velocity

Bonus points if you have the following (but not required):

• Experience in regulated or data-heavy industries

• International expansion exposure
  

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🚀 The mindset you’ll need

• Winning with your team: You’ll be proud of the individual work you do, but find winning as team ultimately more fulfilling. This includes having the emotional maturity to give and receive constructive feedback to better the team as a whole.

• Independence and curiosity: You won’t find cabinets full of step by step instructions at Askable. You’ll need to think on your feet, manage your own workflow, problem-solve roadblocks, proactively ask questions, and take responsibility for the goals you set.

• Growth focussed: You’ll enjoy the idea of a stretch goal and always be looking for opportunities to improve yourself, your team, and the business.

• Quick to learn: You’ll bring an ability to quickly learn and understand our product solutions and features, and keep up to date as our offerings evolve.

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🙌 Perks and benefits

Your excitement about the role itself is what matters most to us. Perks are just the icing on the cake—but let us share a few to whet your appetite. 🍰

• Competitive salary

• A vibrant and social work environment

• Askable Days: a bonus paid day off every month (giving you a total of 7 weeks annual leave! 🥳)

• Buffet lunch, every day! Prepared for us by Jeff the Chef

• Free public transport to get you to and from the office

• And more!

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☝️ Before you go...

Research shows many people (especially women and minority groups) hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Askable, we’re committed to building diverse teams with unique perspectives. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we’d still love to hear from you.

Department

Operations

Locations

Brisbane