Head of Legal & Compliance
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About the Role
Lucidya is seeking a Head of Legal & Compliance to build and lead a lean, high-impact function that enables business growth. You will own legal, governance, risk, compliance, and data protection, partnering with the executive team.
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Responsibilities
- Own Lucidya's legal and compliance strategy, building a function that enables the business to grow while maintaining strong governance and managing risk effectively.
- Streamline our commercial contracting process across customer, vendor, partner, and public sector agreements by creating practical templates, playbooks, and processes.
- Lead our Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) program, ensuring certifications such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, NIST, GDPR, and other compliance requirements remain audit ready.
- Act as Lucidya's Data Protection Officer, ensuring compliance with Saudi PDPL, GDPR, and other privacy regulations while embedding privacy by design into our products and operations.
- Lead corporate legal matters across the group structure, supporting board governance, corporate administration, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and future capital markets readiness.
- Enable Lucidya's regional expansion by leading the legal and compliance work required to establish new entities, manage local regulatory obligations, and coordinate external legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Build and lead a lean Legal & Compliance team, creating the right balance between internal capability and external expertise while serving as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team.
Requirements
- 10+ years of legal experience, including in house legal and compliance leadership at a technology, SaaS, or comparably regulated company.
- Qualified lawyer with a strong grounding in commercial, corporate, and technology law; Saudi law exposure and understanding of the KSA/GCC regulatory environment strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ownership of a compliance and certification program (ISO 27001, SOC 2 or equivalent) and of data protection compliance (PDPL and/or GDPR).
- Hands on M&A and corporate experience managed diligence and transaction processes, ideally including work alongside investors and boards.
- Regulated industry exposure experience serving or operating within public sector, banking/financial services, or telecom environments.
- Track record of building or scaling a legal and compliance function in a high growth company, and of managing external counsel effectively on a budget.
- Fluent in English; Arabic strongly preferred.
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About Lucidya
- Lucidya is an AI native platform for Customer Experience (CX) Intelligence that manages entire customer lifecycles autonomously.
- Our platform empowers marketing, customer support, CX, and research teams to deliver personalized experiences.
Why this role matters
- Lucidya is growing quickly. As we expand across the GCC, serve more enterprise and government customers, and prepare for the next stage of our journey, Legal & Compliance becomes a strategic enabler of that growth.
- We're looking for someone to build and lead a lean, high impact Legal & Compliance function that helps the business scale with confidence.
What You'll Do
- Own Lucidya's legal and compliance strategy, building a function that enables the business to grow while maintaining strong governance and managing risk effectively.
- Streamline our commercial contracting process across customer, vendor, partner, and public sector agreements by creating practical templates, playbooks, and processes that help the business move faster without compromising protection.
- Lead our Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) program, ensuring certifications such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, NIST, GDPR, and other compliance requirements remain audit ready through close partnership with Security and Engineering.
- Act as Lucidya's Data Protection Officer, ensuring compliance with Saudi PDPL, GDPR, and other privacy regulations while embedding privacy by design into our products and operations.
- Lead corporate legal matters across the group structure, supporting board governance, corporate administration, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and future capital markets readiness.
- Enable Lucidya's regional expansion by leading the legal and compliance work required to establish new entities, manage local regulatory obligations, and coordinate external legal counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Build and lead a lean Legal & Compliance team, creating the right balance between internal capability and external expertise while serving as a trusted advisor to the CEO, CFO, and executive leadership team.
What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)
- Establish a well run Legal & Compliance function with clear ownership, governance, and efficient operating processes.
- Streamline the contracting process and successfully integrate and develop the Legal Associate.
- Deliver ISO 27001 and SOC 2 renewals on schedule while maintaining a strong, evidence backed compliance posture.
- Implement an enterprise risk register, core corporate policies, and a robust Data Protection Officer framework.
- Significantly advance Lucidya's legal and governance readiness for mergers and acquisitions, future fundraising, and capital markets activities.
Who You Are
- 10+ years of legal experience, including in house legal and compliance leadership at a technology, SaaS, or comparably regulated company.
- Qualified lawyer with a strong grounding in commercial, corporate, and technology law; Saudi law exposure and understanding of the KSA/GCC regulatory environment strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ownership of a compliance and certification program (ISO 27001, SOC 2 or equivalent) and of data protection compliance (PDPL and/or GDPR).
- Hands on M&A and corporate experience managed diligence and transaction processes, ideally including work alongside investors and boards.
- Regulated industry exposure experience serving or operating within public sector, banking/financial services, or telecom environments.
- Track record of building or scaling a legal and compliance function in a high growth company, and of managing external counsel effectively on a budget.
- Pre IPO or capital markets readiness experience is a strong advantage.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Autonomous operator. Runs the function independently with minimal oversight; brings structure to ambiguity and requires no hand holding.
- Commercial judgment. Balances legal risk against business velocity; a business enabler, not a blocker.
- Governance rigor. Builds durable policies, controls, and audit trails that withstand external scrutiny.
- Clear communicator. Translates complex legal and regulatory matters into concise, decision ready guidance for executives and the board.
- Fluent in English; Arabic strongly preferred.
- Pragmatic and lean. Knows when to build in house, when to use external counsel, and how to prioritize under resource constraints.
- High integrity and independence. Comfortable holding the line on governance and escalating when necessary.
What the hiring process will look like
- Initial conversation with Talent Acquisition
- Interview with executive leadership
- A practical case study followed by a panel presentation
- Final interview with the CEO
- Culture fit / Offer
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