What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve
Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.
We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.
Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
How you’ll demonstrate Ownership
As a strategic Senior Commercial Counsel and Company Secretary, you will be the engine room of our deal desk and the guardian of our corporate integrity.While this is a Global Role assisting our distributed teams in Norway, India, and beyond, your primary theater of operations will be Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). You will lead high-stakes negotiations while maturing our governance frameworks as we prepare for the public markets.
What You’ll Do
Commercial Negotiation & Revenue Enablement
- Adopt a solution-oriented approach to lead negotiations for complex, multi-year B2B global SaaS agreements, ensuring legal acts as a business enabler rather than a bottleneck.
- Provide expert legal support to the wider global team, ensuring consistency in our global commercial playbooks
- Partner with Sales leadership to streamline customer assurance processes, facilitating rapid deal closure and supporting exponential revenue growth
Corporate Governance & Company Secretary
- Oversee the corporate governance framework to ensure robust decision-making, transparency, and accountability across all global entities.
- Organize Board and Audit Committee meetings, ensuring all agendas, minutes, and resolutions are precisely recorded and archived.
- Maintain the official Shareholders' Register and manage the UBO Register filings with the KVK.
- Ensure timely filing of Annual Financial Statements and corporate changes with the KVK (Chamber of Commerce).
Digital Innovation & Scalability
- Champion the use of digital tools to modernize how traditional compliance is handled. Move away from manual, headcount-heavy processes by implementing automation and technology-driven solutions that allow the function to scale efficiently with the business.
Commercial Enablement & Agility
- Adopt a solution-oriented approach that balances risk mitigation with speed. Ensure Legal acts as a business enabler rather than a bottleneck, facilitating rapid deal closure and supporting revenue growth.
- Partner with Sales leadership to streamline customer assurance processes, ensuring that our compliance posture helps—rather than hinders—commercial velocity.
The Impact you bring to Cognite
- find solutions.
- You power your team's success, consistently delivering high-quality work and collaborating with others to help them succeed..
- You tackle challenges head-on, viewing every setback as a chance to learn and adapt your approach.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in corporate legal or commercial counsel roles, with a significant portion in a senior leadership capacity.
- J.D or Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Proven experience in the SaaS/Software technology sector.
- Demonstrated experience using technology and automation to scale legal functions without relying solely on increasing headcount.
- Understanding of the Dutch BV structure, Civil Transactions Law, and mandatory filing timelines.
- Ability to work independently and efficiently, often with tight deadlines, with understanding of the legal in-house role.to travel as needed for client engagements.
Preferred Experience
- Demonstrated success working with distributed teams across different time zones and cultures.
- Fluent in Dutch and English
Learn more about us
- Impact 2025
- Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot
- We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.
Equal Opportunity
Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.