# VP & Head of Legal

**Company:** [Luminate](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/luminate)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $225k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Data Licensing, SaaS, Technology Transactions, GDPR, CCPA, Data Privacy, APIs, Data Pipelines, Analytics Platforms, Intellectual Property, Trademark Management, M&A
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Leads commercial, transactional, IP, privacy, regulatory, employment, and M&A legal matters for an entertainment data company. Requires a California-qualified J.D. attorney with 10–12 years of experience and deep expertise in data licensing, SaaS agreements, technology transactions, and privacy compliance.

## Job Description

## 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.

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