Legal and Compliance Officer

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

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Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success. 

Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth. 

Lawyers in the technology field! Would you like a chance to work alongside some of the most talented people in the technology business, learn about legal tech and improve your skills? Keen to understand how data and AI are revolutionizing the industrial world? Does working in a global, fast-growing, scale-up company sound exciting to you? If yes, you´re in luck. We got an opportunity for you!

In Cognite’s legal team we believe in the importance of utilizing cutting edge technology in our legal operations. Thinking outside the box is encouraged and we are always searching for smarter ways to improve our efficiencies and the way we work. 

We are seeking a Legal and Compliance Officer for our Bangalore office.This is an exciting opportunity to join Norway's first unicorn and to get a deeper understanding of what it takes to work for a cutting edge legal tech team as an inhouse legal counsel. 

About the team 

Cognite’s Legal team is responsible for providing legal advice to all of the company's business and corporate activities as well as handling the corporate compliance function. We are seeking a Legal and Complaince Officer that will report directly to Cognite’s General Counsel.If you enjoy working in a lean and flexible team with various and challenging tasks, this is the opportunity you are looking for.

• The role will entail providing global legal assistance related to Cognite’s overall activities with the main focus on:

• Contracts
• Support all business departments with various legal tasks
• Manage the design and monitoring of Business Integrity
• Safeguard that Cognite complies with its outside regulatory and legal requirements as well as internal policies
• Privacy, GDPR
• SOC2/ISO 27001 Compliance
• Support how we handle Enterprise Risk

• Prepare, draft and negotiate various types of contractual documents with a focus on software licensing and related services
• Working with legal tech tools to automate the legal department
• Participate in tender preparations, clarifications and negotiations
• Assist with the implementation and enforcement of internal company policies
• Deal with complex commercial and business matters
• Provide direction for, review and recommend approval of Business Integrity and Compliance plans, ensuring alignment between the various teams at Cognite
• Document and report findings from assessments and incidents to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner with plans for improvement and monitoring of corrective actions
• Maintain and communicate the Code of Conduct, the Anti-Corruption Policy, the Third Party Representative Policy, GDPR Policy etc. 
• Company wide compliance and ethics training
• Obtain and redistribute KPI’s within compliance
• Annually review corporate responsibility and ensure compliance with legal requirements and internationally recognized reporting guidelines
• Customer, partner and vendor background checks and compliance due diligence 
• Support the India office and the global legal team with ad-hoc legal tasks
• Ad-hoc support of other staff functions such as finance, corporate development and P&O.

• Experience with GDPR, SOC2, ISO 27001 and EU data protection and privacy regulations

 Join the global Cognite community! 🌐

- Join an organization of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝

- ITPL office location (Bengaluru)

- A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more

- Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy

- Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries

- Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

- Hybrid work environment globally

Why choose Cognite? 🏆 🚀

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation! And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader! 🥇 Most recently Cognite Data Fusion® Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins 🥇

Apply today!

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.

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