Head of Legal - US

Teads is seeking experienced legal counsel to manage commercial transactions and a variety of other business and privacy matters. The ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of relevant legal experience with a strong background in contract drafting and negotiation in the advertising and media industry. The candidate will also have experience in privacy regulations.

The position reports to Teads’ General Counsel & DPO who is France-based.

Responsibilities include:

• Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of commercial agreements including master services agreements, license agreements, vendor agreements, NDA, and data processing agreements. 
• Advise business and cross-functional stakeholders on legal issues, compliance matters, and negotiation strategies.
• Support the finance, facilities, and HR departments when appropriate. 
• Be a key contributor to our legal team’s efforts in the preparation and implementation of our legal processes, policies, templates, practices, and related training.
• Consult with and manage outside counsel. 

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of relevant legal and privacy experience, with an in-house role at a technology company, ideally in the advertising and media industry (AdTech). 
• Demonstrated experience with drafting and negotiating intellectual property, warranty, indemnity, and liability clauses as well as privacy matters. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with meticulous attention to detail. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, work in a fast-paced environment, and effectively communicate legal issues and policies to senior management. 
• High degree of independence, initiative, and decisiveness.
• Great business and practical legal judgment.
• JD and/or LLM with a license to practice law.
• Fluency in English is required, other languages are a plus. 

 ===== ABOUT TEADS ======

Teads operates a leading, cloud-based, end-to-end technology platform that enables programmatic digital advertising across a global ecosystem of quality digital media. As an end-to-end solution, Teads’ modular platform allows partners to leverage buy-side, sell-side, creative, data and AI optimization technologies.

For advertisers and their agencies, Teads offers a single access point to buy the inventory of many of the world’s best publishers. Through exclusive global media partnerships, Teads enables advertisers and agencies to reach 1.9 billion unique monthly users* in brand safe, responsible advertising environments, while improving the effectiveness and efficiency of digital ad transactions.

Teads partners with the leading marketers, agencies and publishers through a team of 1000+ people in 30 countries.

*Global reach as of October 2021