Senior Commercial Counsel

• Join Canva's Commercial Legal team as a Senior Commercial Counsel, embedded with GTM teams to close deals at pace with precision and smart risk management. • Review and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements across enterprise, higher education, government, and strategic partnerships. • Play a key role in enabling strategic growth in the EMEA region and beyond for a platform with over 250 million users and a fast-growing Enterprise business. • Work from Canva's London campus in Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, within a hybrid working model.

• Be qualified to practise law in a relevant EMEA jurisdiction such as the UK or an EU member state. • Have 8+ years of in-house experience, primarily at a SaaS or fast-growth tech company. • Have hands-on experience reviewing and negotiating a variety of contracts including enterprise SaaS transactions, AI terms, and DPAs. • Deliver timely, practical advice calibrated to risk, deal structure, and internal policy, framing guidance in a way that is actionable for non-legal stakeholders. • Communicate complex legal concepts simply and clearly. • Be comfortable participating in cross-functional and internationally distributed teams. • Have experience supporting international or cross-border transactions, ideally within EMEA or other multi-jurisdictional environments. • Be a collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and a solutions-driven attitude. • Be energised by the role AI is playing in legal work and ready to embrace AI tools and workflows. • Be comfortable getting on the phone with customers and vendors. • Prioritise effectively and balance expectations with the pragmatism and agility the business requires each day.

• Have knowledge and understanding of Canva and/or SaaS product offerings. • Bring experience using contracting tools such as Ironclad and DocuSign. • Demonstrate interest or experience in using AI tools in a legal or operational setting. • Speak additional languages such as German or French. • Have familiarity with the fundamentals of how GenAI works to apply that knowledge in supporting sales contracts.

• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with customers and channel partners. • Support and evolve the contracting approach across customer segments including government, higher education institutions, and highly regulated industries. • Support partner-led and channel transactions, including negotiating flowdown terms with resellers and other channel partners. • Support international and cross-border transactions across Canva's group companies, navigating local legal and regulatory considerations across multiple jurisdictions. • Respond promptly to legal questions and requests from stakeholders across Sales and Success, Finance, Deal Desk, and other teams. • Keep current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards including data privacy, AI regulations, and other regulatory requirements relevant to enterprise and commercial contracts. • Contribute to the development of contract templates, playbooks, escalation guides, and other legal team resources, including designing and delivering enablement and training for GTM stakeholders. • Identify and implement improvements to contracting processes, workflows, and tools with a scalable, future-focused mindset. • Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Sales, Product, Finance, Security, Privacy Legal, and other teams to deliver practical, solutions-oriented legal support.

• Work as an embedded legal partner within GTM teams at one of the world's largest design platforms with over 250 million users. • Shape contracting approaches across enterprise, government, higher education, and strategic partnership segments. • Contribute to enabling strategic growth across the EMEA region and beyond. • Work from a vibrant London campus in Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, with a hybrid model that gives you choice in where and how you work.

Canva is on a mission to empower the world to design. With over 250 million users and a fast-growing Enterprise business, the company is scaling quickly and thoughtfully. The Commercial Legal team supports GTM teams across enterprise, higher education, government, and strategic partnerships, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements while enabling strategic growth in the EMEA region and beyond.