Director, Associate General Counsel- Data Licensing

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s global legal team and focuses on commercial transactions. The Director, Associate General Counsel will primarily support data partnerships by structuring, drafting, and negotiating data-related agreements. The work involves balancing competing priorities, providing practical legal guidance, and collaborating cross-functionally across business, product, privacy, and policy teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal leadership on first impression global strategic data initiatives involving areas such as retail data, measurement, and identity.
• Develop a deep technical understanding of adtech data flows and technology to advise on innovative commercial deal frameworks.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements with data suppliers, with a particular focus on data licensing and data rights and usage.
• Collaborate with leaders across data partnerships, business development, product, privacy, and policy to advise on complex legal matters and develop creative solutions.
• Continually improve templates, playbooks, and legal processes to support global scaling with a consistent approach that remains locally relevant.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to help streamline, automate, and scale global data processes.
• Mentor other attorneys.
• Provide practical advice on legal issues, risks, complex agreement structures, and company policies in a risk-tolerant, compliance-oriented environment.
• Identify, research, analyze, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to address risks across licensing, intellectual property, commercial matters, data security, and privacy laws.
• Monitor legislative changes that may affect the organization globally.
• Distill and communicate complex legal concepts in plain language.

Requirements

• 12+ years in-house or a combination of in-house and experience with an internationally/nationally recognized law firm.
• Admitted to practice in New York, Illinois, or California, or ability to register as In-House Counsel in New York, Illinois, or California.
• Juris doctorate required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Significant experience leading legal negotiations with large global companies.
• Experience managing outside counsel.
• Demonstrated business judgment, leadership, and timely, high-quality client service.
• Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with competing, time-sensitive demands.
• Significant experience structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial technology agreements.
• Strong business sense and good business judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (sense of humor is a plus).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in digital advertising and/or digital media.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $182,800—$335,200 USD
• Eligibility for stock-based compensation grants based on company and individual performance.
• Additional role-based compensation may include variable incentives and commissions.
• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents.
• Retirement benefits including a 401k plan and company match.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Well-being benefits.
• Reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.
• Parental leave.
• Sick time: 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
• Vacation time for full-time employees: up to 120 hours through the first year and 160 hours thereafter.
• Around 13 paid holidays per year.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan option to purchase company stock at a discount.

Equal Opportunity and Fair Chance Considerations

• The organization is an equal opportunity employer; employment decisions are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
• The organization will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with:
  • The requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.
  • The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (consideration of applicants with arrest and conviction records).

Notes

• Unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters will not be accepted; fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted without an agreement in place is hired.
• Interns are not eligible for variable incentive awards such as stock-based compensation, retirement plan, vacation, tuition reimbursement, or parental leave.