Head of Legal

Role Overview

• Own legal review and negotiation for customer, partner, vendor, agency, publisher, and enterprise agreements.
• Partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Customer Success, Marketplace, Finance, and Product to unblock deals while protecting the company.
• Build scalable contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and approval workflows.
• Support enterprise sales motions, including MSAs, DPAs, security reviews, procurement redlines, and custom commercial terms.
• Advise on marketplace, affiliate, creator, influencer, and paid media partnership structures.
• Own and evolve Levanta’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, creator terms, seller terms, marketplace policies, and related platform rules.
• Advise Product and Engineering on legal issues related to attribution, payments, data usage, creator-brand relationships, affiliate programs, and platform expansion.
• Support compliance with privacy, data protection, advertising, marketing, consumer protection, and platform partner requirements.
• Help the company navigate evolving marketplaces and platforms like Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Shopify, Meta, Google, and other ecosystem partners.
• Develop practical internal policies that allow the business to scale without unnecessary friction.
• Advise on international expansion, cross-border operations, and market-specific legal risk as Levanta grows globally.
• Partner with Finance, People, Product, and GTM teams on entity formation, EOR arrangements, contractor structures, employment risk, taxable presence, and local operating models.
• Manage local counsel in priority jurisdictions and translate legal advice into clear, practical business recommendations.
• Support international customer, vendor, partner, creator, and agency agreements.
• Advise on cross-border data, privacy, employment, IP protection, payments, anti-bribery, sanctions, and regulatory considerations.
• Help build internal policies and approval processes for international hiring, contracting, sales activity, and vendor management.
• Manage corporate governance, board consents, equity matters, investor requests, financing support, and corporate housekeeping.
• Partner with Finance and People on employment matters, contractor classification, equity administration, compensation issues, and international hiring considerations.
• Manage disputes, claims, escalations, and legal risk across the business.
• Oversee outside counsel and ensure legal spend is efficient and well-prioritized.
• Help prepare the company for future financing, strategic partnerships, M&A, and expansion opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience, ideally including both top-tier law firm and in-house technology company experience.
• Significant experience with SaaS, marketplace, ecommerce, adtech, affiliate, creator economy, fintech/payments, or platform businesses.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, including enterprise SaaS agreements, partnership agreements, vendor agreements, DPAs, and platform terms.
• Experience advising high-growth startups or venture-backed companies.
• Experience supporting international expansion, cross-border operations, or complex employment and contractor structures.
• Comfort operating as a true generalist across commercial, product, privacy, employment, corporate, international, and compliance matters.
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with speed and commercial outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to simplify complex legal issues for non-lawyers.
• Low ego, high ownership, and willingness to be both strategic and hands-on.
• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.

Benefits

• A dynamic and supportive work environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Open vacation and sick policy, take the time you need.
• Opportunity for professional growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding startup.
• A culture that values diversity, inclusion, and the impact of every team member on our success.
• Must have a permanent address in one of our hub states: California, Florida, New York, Ohio, Utah, Texas, Michigan, or Washington.