Head of Legal

Spotnana is seeking a seasoned and strategically-minded commercial lawyer to serve as  head of legal for our fast-growing global team. Reporting to Spotnana’s VP of Business Operations and Accounting, our ideal candidate has proven expertise in negotiating technology contracts, managing a high volume of commercial transactions and supervising other commercial attorneys/personnel on the legal team. In addition to strong legal skills, we’re looking for someone with leadership acumen and a record of closely collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive commercial goals forward. This position is a promising opportunity for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment, and who enjoy both leading and advising others, while also rolling up their sleeves to get the job done. 

Responsibilities

• Set Spotnana’s overall legal strategy and manage day-to-day responsibilities of the company’s legal function (including collaboration with our outside counsel)
• Negotiate, or supervise the negotiation of, technology-related commercial agreements (license agreements, reseller/channel partner agreements NDAs, vendor contracts, data processing agreements, service level agreements etc.)
• Build out and manage in-house legal team, which will own all legal documents and operations across all functions
• Assist in defining and implementing best practices around workflow and processes for the legal function, including through creation and maintenance of playbooks, contract templates, service guides and/or self-help or other workflows
• Offer guidance and serve as the escalation point on a wide variety of legal matters, including but not limited to contract law, state/federal compliance issues, data/privacy regulations, intellectual property, and other HR, employment, or corporate matters
• Identify legal/compliance risks for the company, and develop strategies to mitigate same, including but not limited to designing and implementing company policies and procedures and staff training
• Keep current on relevant industry standards, law, and regulations, including data privacy laws
• Assist in developing relationships with outside counsel, and developing legal spend budgets
• Work closely with teams across product, security & trust, finance, data, marketing and customer support to ensure contractual terms align with company objectives and priorities
• Provide legal and strategic support to support cross-functional projects
• Assist with employment laws and set up of international entities for Spotnana

Qualifications

• 8+ years legal experience
• 4+ commercial counsel experience, with at least 2+ years as part of an in-house legal team 
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements involving technology, including licensing agreements (data licensing, SaaS agreements, etc.)
• Experience in legal management role (actively managing commercial attorneys and contract specialists) 
• Member in good standing of state bar (preferably in California or New York)
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills and ability to communicate information effectively internally and externally, including to non-legal audiences, and to drive cross-functional alignment 
• Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude; ability to influence and provide timely and effective legal and business advice, support and training at all organizational level
• Demonstrated ability to handle a broad range of responsibilities and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to balance legal risk mitigation against key business objectives and risks
• Growth mindset with a strong desire to upskill, learn about new products, technologies and processes, and remain agile and adaptable
• Prior experience scaling legal operations at a private company in United States