VP & Head of Legal

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracts and Data Licensing

• Partner with revenue, sales, and RevOps leadership to structure scalable commercial terms, licensing metrics, and custom deal structures.
• Draft and negotiate complex enterprise sales agreements, global data licensing agreements, API integration agreements, and multi-year platform subscriptions.
• Develop playbooks, templates, and processes that enable standard deal execution while protecting the company’s legal interests.
• Advise product and engineering teams on product launches, feature development, and data methodology changes.

Intellectual Property

• Protect intellectual property in proprietary technology, datasets, and brands.
• Coordinate trademark filings, manage the trademark portfolio, and pursue enforcement actions as needed.
• Advise on IP ownership, licensing, usage rights, data products, metadata databases, and analytics tools.
• Evaluate IP implications of product development, data integrations, and technology partnerships.

Regulatory, Privacy, and Security

• Oversee data protection and privacy compliance, including GDPR, CCPA, and cross-border data transfer laws.
• Manage contractual architecture for inbound and outbound data feeds to ensure data collection, aggregation, and commercialization models are protected, monetizable, and compliant.
• Assess emerging AI, algorithmic accountability, and automated decision-making regulations.
• Manage data subject access requests, regulatory inquiries, privacy incidents, breach response, and notification procedures.
• Develop information security and cybersecurity policies with IT and security teams.

Additional Legal Support

• Advise on employment law, hiring, onboarding, termination, workplace policies, employee agreements, compensation and benefits structures, and global hiring compliance.
• Advise on M&A, investments, and strategic transactions, including due diligence and integration support.
• Manage pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, settlements, and alternative dispute resolution.
• Select and oversee outside counsel for litigation, IP enforcement, and specialized regulatory matters.
• Advise on insurance coverage, claims, and risk transfer strategies.

Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active member in good standing of the California State Bar, or eligible for California registration as Registered In-House Counsel.
• 10–12 years of corporate and transactional legal experience.
• Several years of in-house experience at a technology, data, media, or SaaS company preferred.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex data licensing, SaaS, and technology agreements.
• Strong understanding of U.S. and international data privacy laws and their impact on data licensing.
• Experience partnering with Sales and RevOps teams to optimize sales funnels and contract workflows.
• Experience managing strategic M&A transactions, including due diligence, agreement negotiation, and post-merger integration.
• Familiarity with data engineering concepts, data pipelines, APIs, and analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with IP, licensing, and contractual practices in music, film, television, and streaming media.

Compensation

• Annual base salary range: $225,000–$250,000.
• Benefits include company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums, plus flexible spending accounts.