Senior Legal Counsel at Circles in Singapore
- Company: Circles
- Location: Singapore
- Posted: Sep 23, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team. The ideal candidate will be proactive, commercially minded, and capable of operating with a high degree of independence. The defining characteristic for this role is ownership: taking matters off the desk and re…
Job description
- We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team. The ideal candidate will be proactive, commercially minded, and capable of operating with a high degree of independence.
- The defining characteristic for this role is ownership: taking matters off the desk and returning with actionable solutions, recommendations, and clearly identified escalation points.
Responsibilities
- Independently run significant transactions and workstreams end-to-end
- Interface directly with senior internal stakeholders and external counsel
- Exercise commercial judgment to distinguish matters requiring General Counsel escalation
- Proactively identify key areas where Legal involvement is required and take full ownership
- Draft and negotiate commercial/transactional agreements
Requirements
- Commercial Mindset: Highly proactive, organized, and commercially minded with strong business acumen.
- Transaction Management: Capable of independently running significant transactions and workstreams end-to-end.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Able to interface directly with senior internal stakeholders and external counsel.
- Sound Judgment: Excellent commercial judgment with the ability to distinguish matters requiring General Counsel escalation from those that can be resolved independently.
- Proactive Ownership: Actively identifies key areas where Legal involvement is required and takes full ownership rather than waiting for work allocation.
- Drafting & Negotiation: Strong commercial/transactional drafting and negotiation skill set.
- Industry Experience: Background in technology, telecommunications, SaaS, or related sectors is preferred.
- Work Authorization: Right to work in Singapore without requiring company sponsorship is preferred.
Skills
Required
- Commercial mindset
- Proactive and organized
- Strong business acumen
- Transaction management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Sound judgment
- Proactive ownership
- Drafting & negotiation
About Circles
Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its innovative SaaS platform, empowering telco operators worldwide to effortlessly launch innovative digital brands or refresh existing ones, accelerating their transformation into techcos. Today, Circles partners with leading telco operators across multiple countries and continents, including KDDI Corporation, Etisalat Group (e&), AT&T, and Telkomsel, creating blueprints for future telco and digital experiences enjoyed by millions of consumers globally. Circles.Life: A wholly-owned digital lifestyle telco brand based in Singapore, Circles.Life is powered by Circles’ SaaS platform and pioneering go-to-market strategies. It is the digital market leader in Singapore and has won numerous awards for marketing, customer service, and innovative product offerings beyond connectivity. Circles Aspire: A global provider of Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions. Its cloud-based Experience Cloud platform enables enterprises, service providers and developers to deliver and scale mobile, messaging, IoT, and connectivity services worldwide. Jetpac: Specializing in travel tech solutions, Jetpac provides seamless eSIM roaming for over 200 destinations and innovative travel lifestyle products, redefining connectivity for digital travelers. Jetpac was awarded Travel eSIM of the Year. Circles is backed by renowned global investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, Founders Fund, and EDBI (the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), with a track record of backing industry challengers. Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its innovative SaaS platform, empowering telco operators worldwide to effortlessly launch innovative digital brands or refresh existing ones, accelerating their transformation into techcos. Today, Circles partners with leading telco operators across multiple countries and continents, including KDDI Corporation, Etisalat Group (e&), AT&T, and Telkomsel, creating blueprints for future telco and digital experiences enjoyed by millions of consumers globally. Circles.Life: A wholly-owned digital lifestyle telco brand based in Singapore, Circles.Life is powered by Circles’ SaaS platform and pioneering go-to-market strategies. It is the digital market leader in Singapore and has won numerous awards for marketing, customer service, and innovative product offerings beyond connectivity. Circles Aspire: A global provider of Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions. Its cloud-based Experience Cloud platform enables enterprises, service providers and developers to deliver and scale mobile, messaging, IoT, and connectivity services worldwide. Jetpac: Specializing in travel tech solutions, Jetpac provides seamless eSIM roaming for over 200 destinations and innovative travel lifestyle products, redefining connectivity for digital travelers. Jetpac was awarded Travel eSIM of the Year. Circles is backed by renowned global investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, Founders Fund, and EDBI (the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), with a track record of backing industry challengers.