Vice President, Legal

Spotnana is seeking a senior legal leader who is strategically-minded and experienced in managing a team of legal professionals. Reporting to Spotnana’s COO, our ideal candidate has proven expertise on a variety of legal matters including commercial contracts, global regulatory compliance, employment law, litigation and corporate governance.  In addition to strong legal skills, we’re looking for a leader with a record of closely collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive commercial goals forward. 

The day-to-day:

• 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

Skills & qualities we value: 

• 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

Perks & benefits you will love

Spotnana strives to offer fair, industry-competitive, and equitable compensation. Our approach assesses total compensation, including cash, annual performance bonus, company equity, and comprehensive benefits.

The base salary range for this role is $260,000 - $290,000 per year, depending on a number of factors including the candidate’s working location.

We care for the people who make everything possible - our benefits include:

• 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

Extra perks — IATAN travel membership, pet insurance, legal services, financial wellness tools, Calm app access, and more

Salary

• $260,000 - $290,000/year