Overview
This role supports a global AdTech organization as a US-qualified Senior Lawyer, serving as a strategic legal partner to the business. The position advises on AdTech, commercial contracts, privacy and data protection, product matters, regulatory compliance, and disputes, including leading key negotiations and managing US legal matters.
Responsibilities
Product and business support
- Advise Product, Commercial, Publisher, Marketing, and Operations teams on launching and commercializing advertising products and features.
- Review product concepts, data flows, tracking technologies, partner integrations, and marketing claims; provide clear recommendations that enable teams to move forward.
Commercial contracts and negotiations
- Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with advertisers, agencies, publishers, vendors, technology providers, and other partners.
- Maintain practical contract templates, fallback positions, and guidance for recurring negotiations.
- Identify key risks related to liability, privacy, data use, intellectual property, confidentiality, compliance, payment, and termination; recommend workable positions.
Privacy and regulatory support
- Support compliance with applicable privacy, data protection, digital advertising, and consumer-protection requirements.
- Monitor material legal developments and convert them into concise guidance and practical actions for the business.
Business partnering and risk management
- Provide concise, commercially balanced advice; escalate material or unusual risks to the Chief Legal Officer.
- Work with the global legal team and coordinate specialist external counsel when local expertise is required.
- Contribute to legal templates, playbooks, training, and process improvements to make legal support faster and more consistent.
Requirements
- Law degree and authorization to provide legal advice in the candidate’s jurisdiction. A separate license or qualification to represent the company in court is not required.
- Around 3–5 years of relevant legal experience, including commercial contracts, technology, digital advertising, privacy, data protection, or other work with technology-driven businesses.
- Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, such as:
- MSAs
- insertion orders
- publisher or advertiser agreements
- vendor/SaaS contracts
- data processing terms
- confidentiality agreements or partnership agreements
- Working knowledge of privacy and data protection principles and interest in how they apply to online advertising, tracking technologies, data use, and digital products.
- Ability to review new products and business initiatives, spot the most important legal risks, and suggest practical, proportionate solutions.
- Strong legal writing, attention to detail, and negotiation skills.
- Clear communication skills and ability to explain legal issues to non-lawyers.
- Commercial, solution-oriented mindset; ownership and sound judgment; ability to prioritize and work independently in a fast-paced international environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in AdTech, MarTech, digital media, programmatic advertising, online publishing, SaaS, or another technology business.
- Experience supporting product launches or working closely with Product, Commercial, Privacy, or Compliance teams.
- Experience with US state privacy laws, CCPA/CPRA, FTC advertising principles, or IAB/industry standards.
- Experience with cross-border commercial contracts and negotiations with advertisers, agencies, publishers, technology vendors, or other partners.
- Experience with contract templates, legal playbooks, approval processes, or contract lifecycle management tools.
- Experience coordinating specialist external counsel on disputes, employment, corporate, or regulatory matters.
- CIPP/US, CIPM, or another relevant privacy qualification.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation and benefits details were not provided in the source description.
Location
- US-qualified (US legal matters). Location details were not provided in the source description.