Associate/Deputy General Counsel (ET/CT preferred)

Overview

This role serves as the Deputy General Counsel, reporting directly to the Chief Legal and Privacy Officer. You will operate as a true second-in-command for the legal function—providing hands-on support across commercial contracting, privacy and data protection, employment matters, general corporate work, and legal operations responsibilities. The position is broad and high-impact, with an emphasis on being a trusted business partner and developing scalable legal processes as the organization grows.

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracts & Business Support

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, and partnership contracts across business lines.
• Partner with Sales, Partnerships, and Product teams to structure deals that balance business goals with legal risk.
• Maintain and continuously improve contract templates, playbooks, and negotiation protocols to speed up deal cycles and deliver high-quality legal support.
• Support customer, partner, and vendor due diligence projects, especially regarding data privacy and information security.

Privacy & Data Protection

• Advise on privacy and data compliance matters relevant to targeted advertising and ad impact measurement, including CCPA, other state privacy laws, and ad-tech industry standards and self-regulatory frameworks.
• Support the design and maintenance of privacy policy, consent mechanisms, and data governance practices across products.
• Advise on legal and regulatory considerations around the company’s use and development of AI, including data used to train or power AI/ML tools, emerging state and federal AI regulation, and responsible-AI/governance practices as internal AI initiatives scale.
• Monitor the evolving privacy and AI regulatory landscape and flag emerging risks or requirements to the business.
• Build deeper expertise in privacy and AI governance over time, with the opportunity to become a go-to resource for data and AI issues.

Employment & HR Support

• Serve as a day-to-day legal resource for Human Resources on employment matters, including policy guidance, terminations, leave, and accommodation questions.
• Support review and updating of employee handbooks, offer letters, and workplace policies.
• Help manage employment-related risk, including guidance on investigations and disputes before they escalate.

General Corporate & Governance

• Support general corporate work, including entity governance, corporate formalities, and recordkeeping.
• Assist with financings, acquisitions, divestitures, and other business development or strategic transactions.
• Provide legal support for corporate communications, facilities, insurance, and risk management matters.
• Help evaluate and manage legal risk across new business initiatives, balancing legal exposure with commercial priorities.

Legal Team Leadership & Strategic Partnership

• Act as a key advisor and thought partner to the Chief Legal and Privacy Officer and Chief Financial Officer, helping shape legal strategy, processes, and department priorities.
• Help build out the legal function as the organization scales, including process improvement and knowledge-sharing.
• Mentor and support other attorneys or legal staff, with potential for formal management responsibility as the department grows.

Requirements

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school and active bar admission in the jurisdiction where you reside.
• Significant in-house experience as a generalist, with demonstrated ability to work confidently across multiple legal disciplines (commercial contracts, privacy, employment, general corporate).
• Eagerness to develop additional competencies in privacy, intellectual property, commercial contracts, and employment law; genuine curiosity about the evolving privacy law landscape.
• High personal standards of excellence and ethics, including discretion, strict confidentiality, and excellent judgment for critical, sensitive, or high-stakes matters.
• Flexibility and adaptability—comfortable working across multiple teams and priorities at once, evaluating and addressing legal risks with a business-minded approach.
• Drive, tenacity, and a “get-it-done” mindset grounded in unwavering ethics, integrity, and trustworthiness.
• Interest in the business, values, and the evolving landscape of ad tech, data, and consumer intelligence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to become a trusted, cross-functional legal partner (e.g., improving contracting velocity and consistency through templates/playbooks/processes).
• Experience building privacy and AI governance guidance as a recurring, proactive function rather than a reactive one.

Compensation & Benefits

Targeted Base Salary Range

For candidates in California, Colorado, New York City, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, and Massachusetts, the Targeted Base Salary Range for this role is $240,000 to $290,000.

Actual salaries may vary based on work experience, specialized skills and training, performance in the role, business needs, and job requirements. Base salary is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Base salary is one component of the total rewards package, which may also include bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Additional perks and benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Flexible vacation / Unlimited PTO (within reason)
• Medical, dental, and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company matched 401(k)
• Paid Paternity & Maternity Leave
• Agile Development Program for continued learning and professional development

Location

Open to candidates in California, Colorado, New York City, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

All applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The employer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.