Legal Counsel

*This is a 100% remote role for a candidate currently living in Canada, EST is preferred*

About Us:

Zeitview is the leading intelligent aerial imaging company for high-value infrastructure, providing businesses with actionable, real-time insights to recover revenue, reduce risk and improve build quality. We serve customers in the solar, wind, insurance, construction, real estate, and critical infrastructure industries. Trusted by the largest enterprises in the world, Zeitview is active in over 70 countries. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure through advanced inspection solutions. Take a look at our latest achievements here!

About the Role:

As the Legal Counsel you will help further develop the legal function at Zeitview. In this role you will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to the business primarily through drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of customer and vendor contracts, assisting with insurance matters,  and providing strategic legal support to internal business stakeholders. This role is critical to supporting the company’s operational objectives while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including customer contracts, vendor agreements, license agreements, partnership agreements, NDAs, and professional services agreements.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Procurement, Finance, and other internal teams to support contracting processes and ensure alignment with business objectives and risk tolerance.
• Support the management and growth of the company’s insurance portfolio, including review of Certificates of Insurance (COIs), policy renewals, and interfacing with insurance brokers.
• Support contract lifecycle management, including maintaining contract templates, tracking key contract terms, and ensuring timely renewals and compliance.
• Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to cross-functional teams on commercial, insurance, risk, and compliance matters.
• Assist with legal process improvement initiatives and contribute to legal operations, policy development, and internal training programs.
• Support other legal functions as needed, including privacy, intellectual property, compliance, and corporate governance.

Qualifications:

• JD or L.L.B from an accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one Canadian or U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3–7 years of relevant legal experience.
• Solid experience negotiating and managing commercial agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Familiarity with insurance policy administration and coverage types relevant to technology or services companies.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex legal issues in a clear, actionable manner.

Day-to-Day Tools/Technical Environment:

• Previous experience with Salesforce and Jira is preferred.
• Previous experience working in an in-house environment is an asset. 
• Understanding of data privacy and security laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) is an asset.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools is a benefit.

What’s Included:

• Feel great about your work as you join a leading mission-driven intelligent aerial imaging company - our goal is to accelerate the global transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, and you personally will play a large part in making this happen!
• Health insurance
• RRSP
• Unlimited PTO: We mean it when we say we prioritize work-life balance and mental health. Just be sure to share pictures of your vacation when you return!
• Work-from-home environment: flexibility for employees should be the norm for companies.
• Autonomy and upward mobility
• Diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture: a place where your voice matters

Zeitview is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Zeitview, we believe in cultivating an environment where our team members can bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Encouraging identity and belonging is one of the many aspects of our culture that makes us stronger as an organization and drives innovation. We are committed to building and delivering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce  that includes age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion or veteran status, that is representative of the world around us, where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity - and to act swiftly if this value is ever threatened. We are constantly striving to be better, and we continue to take strategic steps to advance representation.

We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for seriously held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.