Spotnana

Vice President, Legal

Spotnana

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Set Spotnana’s overall legal strategy and manage day-to-day responsibilities of the company’s legal function (including management of and 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, global 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
  • Develop and Interface with finance regarding legal spend budgets
  • Act as a cross-functional leader who works closely with teams across sales, marketing, customer support, product, security, IT, and finance to ensure contractual terms align with company objectives and priorities
  • Provide legal and strategic support to cross-functional projects
  • Advise regarding international employment laws and the launching of international entities for Spotnana

Requirements

  • 10+ years legal experience
  • 5+ 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 attorneys and contract specialists)
  • Member in good standing of a 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 up-skill, learn about new products, technologies and processes, and remain agile and adaptable
  • Prior experience scaling legal operations at a private company in United States is a plus
Benefits
  • Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
  • Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
  • Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care and commuter expenses
  • Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays, and an end-of-year company shutdown
  • Up to 26 weeks of parental leave
  • Monthly cell phone/internet stipend
  • IATAN travel membership
  • Pet insurance
  • Legal services
  • Financial wellness tools
  • Calm app access
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
contract lawcommercial agreementslicensing agreementsdata processing agreementsservice level agreementsnegotiationlegal managementcomplianceintellectual propertyemployment law
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillscross-functional alignmentservice-oriented attitudeinfluencetimely legal adviceresponsivenessability to handle prioritiesgrowth mindsetadaptability
Certifications
state bar membership