Responsibilities
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: Publisher agreements
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: Advertiser and agency agreements
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: DSP/SSP/platform agreements
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: Data licensing agreements
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: Vendor and cloud services agreements
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and review of complex commercial agreements, including: Enterprise MSAs and DPAs
- Advise internal stakeholders on commercial risk, revenue impact, and scalable contracting strategies.
- Develop standardized contract templates, fallback positions, and negotiation playbooks.
- Partner with Sales and Business Development teams to accelerate deal cycles while appropriately managing legal and compliance risk.
- Serve as lead legal advisor for global privacy and data governance matters impacting advertising technology operations.
- Advise on compliance with: GDPR
- Advise on compliance with: UK GDPR
- Advise on compliance with: CCPA/CPRA
- Advise on compliance with: VCDPA and other U.S. state privacy laws
- Advise on compliance with: ePrivacy and COPPA and children’s advertising considerations
- Advise on compliance with: Cross-border data transfer requirements
- Provide legal guidance on: Programmatic advertising
- Provide legal guidance on: Mobile advertising identifiers
- Provide legal guidance on: Attribution technologies
- Provide legal guidance on: Consent management frameworks
- Provide legal guidance on: AI and machine learning use cases involving advertising data
- Support implementation and governance of privacy-by-design and data minimization principles.
- Review and advise on data retention, data sharing, and data processing practices.
- Coordinate with Security and Engineering teams on incident response and data governance initiatives.
- Advise on and maintain internal GDPR compliance for HR and employment data, including employee and candidate privacy notices, RoPA entries, and data subject request handling.
- Oversee DPAs with HR system vendors (HRIS, payroll, recruitment tools), cross-border transfer mechanisms for employee data, and data processing considerations in performance management and AI-assisted HR tools.
- Advise on compliance with relevant IAB and advertising ecosystem standards, including: IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF)
- Advise on compliance with relevant IAB and advertising ecosystem standards, including: IAB Global Privacy Platform (GPP)
- Advise on compliance with relevant IAB and advertising ecosystem standards, including: IAB Tech Lab specifications
- Advise on compliance with relevant IAB and advertising ecosystem standards, including: Programmatic advertising supply chain standards
- Monitor developments in digital advertising regulation and industry self-regulatory frameworks.
- Support internal implementation of evolving industry requirements related to consent signaling, transparency, identity frameworks, and data usage disclosures.
- Serve as internal subject matter expert on advertising ecosystem legal and compliance obligations.
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams during product development and launches.
- Provide practical, risk-balanced legal advice regarding: New ad products
- Provide practical, risk-balanced legal advice regarding: AI-enabled advertising tools
- Provide practical, risk-balanced legal advice regarding: Measurement and analytics solutions
- Conduct legal risk assessments related to evolving privacy, consumer protection, and advertising regulations.
- Help develop internal governance processes for data usage, AI governance, and advertising compliance.
- Support corporate governance, policy development, and internal compliance initiatives.
- Assist with dispute management, pre-litigation matters, and regulatory inquiries.
- Manage outside counsel efficiently and cost-effectively.
- Develop and deliver internal legal and privacy training programs.
- Help build scalable legal operations processes and contract management practices.
- Develop the company’s contract management workflow in Aline by transitioning all contract-related communication, review, negotiation, approval, and execution processes into a centralized platform environment.
Requirements
- J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar or admitted to practice in at least one EU jurisdiction
- 8+ years of legal experience, including substantial in-house experience supporting technology or adtech companies.
- Deep familiarity with digital advertising ecosystems, including: Programmatic advertising
- Deep familiarity with digital advertising ecosystems, including: Mobile advertising
- Deep familiarity with digital advertising ecosystems, including: Identity and attribution frameworks
- Deep familiarity with digital advertising ecosystems, including: Data licensing and monetization
- Strong working knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws.
- Experience negotiating sophisticated commercial and technology agreements.
- Demonstrated experience advising on IAB frameworks and adtech industry standards.
- Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives in a fast-paced commercial environment.
Nice to Have
- Prior experience at an adtech, martech, mobile gaming, media, data platform, or AI-driven advertising company.
- Experience supporting international operations and cross-border data transfers.
- Familiarity with: AI governance
- Familiarity with: Data security frameworks
- Familiarity with: Consumer protection and advertising regulations
- Familiarity with: Platform ecosystem issues (Google, Apple, Android, ATT, SDK integrations)
- Experience supporting M&A, strategic partnerships, or international commercial expansion.
- CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or similar privacy certifications preferred.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide)
