SOVRN Creative

SOVRN Creative

Director of Legal & Privacy

Boulder, Colorado · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$200kDetected 12 days ago
ComplianceJiraSalesforceBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationProcurementContract ManagementCorporate LawIntellectual PropertyResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • The Director of Legal & Privacy will lead Sovrn's legal function, including commercial contracting, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, dispute management, corporate governance support, and legal operations infrastructure. The role operates in an environment where AI tooling is central to how legal work gets done and where AI governance is increasingly central to what the legal function delivers to the business. The Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and partners with the CFO on legal strategy, resourcing, and risk. The role works cross-functionally with sales, product, engineering, and finance, oversees Sovrn's outside privacy contractor, and manages relationships with external counsel.
  • What you'll be doing:
  • The Director of Legal & Privacy will lead Sovrn's legal function, including commercial contracting, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, dispute management, corporate governance support, and legal operations infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including publisher, advertiser, vendor, partner, and platform contracts.
  • Support sales and business development on a high-volume basis, balancing transaction speed with appropriate risk management.
  • Maintain compliance with applicable privacy laws and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, other U.S. state privacy laws, and adtech industry frameworks (IAB TCF, GPP, and related standards).
  • Implement and manage core legal infrastructure, including contract lifecycle management, document management, intake and triage, and reporting.
  • Manage outside counsel engagements, scope, and spend.
  • Own the procurement process for new and renewing spend.
  • Manage the company's IP portfolio, including trademarks, patents, and trade secrets, in coordination with outside counsel.
  • Support disputes, demand letters, pre-litigation matters, and handle insurance and litigation processes.
  • Collaborate with Product leaders on new Privacy requirements to ensure compliance.

Requirements

  • Experience with Software including: Contracts Lifecycle Management platform (such as Concord, IronClad, Evisort), Jira, Salesforce, Procurement platform (such as Spendflo, Tropic, Vendr), Google Suite.

Nice to have

  • 10+ years of legal experience supporting technology companies.
  • 5+ years of in-house experience.
  • Ideally, in a small legal team where your exposure was broad across all areas of legal.
  • 5+ years of commercial contract negotiation experience, including complex master agreements.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of adtech privacy regulation, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, U.S. state privacy laws, and IAB frameworks.
  • Working knowledge of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001) and emerging AI regulation, including the Colorado AI Act and EU AI Act.
  • Experience drafting and negotiating AI-related contract terms, including provisions on training data, model licensing, output ownership, and AI-specific representations and indemnities.
  • Experience managing outside counsel and external legal or privacy contractors.

Compensation

  • The base salary for this position is $165,000 to $200,000 annually.

Benefits

  • In addition to salary, the total compensation package includes bonus and equity.
  • Actual base salary will depend on the candidate's education, experience, skills, and location.

Company info

  • We believe in the freedom and free flow of information.
  • We believe the Open Web is the largest source of this information.
  • We believe in helping Open Web businesses remain Independent.
  • If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the application or interview process, please contact peopleops@sovrn.com.

Equal opportunity

  • Employer: Sovrn is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations will be made to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Recruitment Agencies: Sovrn does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or Sovrn employees. Sovrn is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
  • Employer: Sovrn is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • Reasonable accommodations will be made to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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