Legal & Compliance Associate

ABOUT CREATIVE FORCE
Creative Force is the industry's leading content production management (CPM) platform - an AI-native workflow engine that orchestrates people, assets, and services end to end. This is next-generation SaaS: large language models and computer vision are embedded at every step of the content creation workflow, automating routine work, keeping humans in the loop for judgment calls, and enabling teams to deliver higher-quality content faster. Our platform is trusted by many of the world's most prominent retailers, brands, and commercial studios.

Headquartered in Holstebro (Denmark), we pride ourselves on being a global company, with major offices in Boston, Hanoi (Vietnam), and remote team members across the US and Europe.

Most importantly, we believe great ideas come from everywhere. We’re an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to join us in shaping the future of creative production.

YOUR MISSION
We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Legal & Compliance Associate to support our global legal, compliance, and audit operations. In this role, you will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure the company maintains strong compliance standards while supporting customer contracts, security audits, investor due diligence, and operational legal processes. You will work directly with the CFO on customer-paper MSAs, security audits, investor due diligence, and recurring legal operations - with significant ownership and a clear path to expanded responsibility.

- Support and coordinate SOC2 and ISO 27001 audit activities across internal teams and external auditors.
- Work closely with DevOps and internal teams to gather audit evidence, align technical controls with compliance requirements, and ensure timely submissions.
- Support the development and standardization of internal controls, policies, and compliance processes.
- Review audit evidence and internal documentation to identify potential compliance gaps or risks, escalating issues when necessary.
- Conduct an annual risk survey of the business to identify potential new risks for management.

2. Strategic Support (Funding & M&A)
- Coordinate compliance and legal inputs for investor due diligence during funding rounds, including organizing data rooms and responding to standard due diligence inquiries from investors.
- Act as a coordination point for external auditors and stakeholders during M&A and due diligence activities.

3. Governance & Compliance Tracking
- Maintain the company’s compliance calendar, ensuring policy reviews, recurring commitments, audits, and follow-ups are completed on time.
- Track ongoing compliance obligations and proactively drive cross-functional follow-ups to completion.
- Escalate strategic legal or compliance risks to the Manager for review and resolution.

4. Customer Contract Review & Redlining
- Conduct first-pass review of customer Master Service Agreements, framework agreements, vendor agreements, and amendments against Creative Force's standard SaaS Agreement and standard contractual positions.
- Produce structured deviation analyses identifying where customer paper departs from CF standard terms on liability caps, IP ownership, indemnification, suspension rights, payment terms, SLA, governing law, and assignment.
- Classify risks (must-protect / negotiate / acceptable) and prepare concrete redline language with rationale for each material change, using tracked changes in Word.
- Draft counter-proposals and negotiation talking points; coordinate internal feedback from commercial, security, and finance stakeholders.
- Escalate strategic risks (uncapped carve-outs, IP transfer, change-of-control, unusual termination rights) to the CFO with a clear recommendation.
- Maintain and improve CF's contract playbook, standard fallback positions, and clause library based on patterns observed across customer negotiations.
- Prepare initial drafts of standard legal documents: NDAs, DPAs, MSAs, order forms, and amendments.

- Education: Bachelor of Laws.
- 3+ years in a corporate law firm or in-house legal/compliance role, ideally with tech/SaaS exposure.
- Strong written & communication skills in English are mandatory, with the ability to draft professional documentation for international customers, auditors, and investors.
- Framework Exposure: Familiarity with commercial agreements (NDA, DPA, MSA), understanding of data privacy regulations (GDPR, US privacy laws), or compliance frameworks such as SOC2 and ISO 27001 is highly preferred.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally and support internal stakeholders as a reliable legal partner.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing cross-functional coordination, follow-ups, and audit documentation.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to proactively drive tasks and processes to completion.

Nice to have
- Familiarity with IT infrastructure concepts and/or emerging AI legislation (e.g. EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) - useful for navigating security audits and AI-related contract clauses.

- Attractive salary package.
- Building large-scale SaaS for global.
- Healthcare: Annual health check-up, Premium Healthcare Insurance for you and your loved ones.
- International working environment, flat and transparent organization.
- Working & growing with Young, Ambitious & Talented Team.
- Flexible working time, from Monday to Friday.
- Work hard, rest well: Enjoy 15 days of annual leave.
- Prioritizing a work-life balance with the flexible work-from-home policy.
- Various training on hot-trend technologies, best practices, and soft skills.
- Social – Health – Insurance paid fully.
- Free in-house entertainment facilities, coffee, and snacks.
- Company trip, big annual year-end party every year, team building, etc
- And much more, join us and let yourself explore other fantastic things!