Senior Corporate Counsel at Liftoff

Redwood City, United States

Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

The Senior Corporate Counsel will report to the General Counsel and must have strong leadership skills, be a thoughtful problem solver and a trusted business partner for the team. The position is responsible for providing legal advice and expertise and support in all areas of law affecting our international business. This position is also responsible for coordinating activities related to data privacy and security, legal contracts associated with data privacy and security, including negotiation of Data Processing Agreements, new contracts, interpretation of and compliance with active contracts and implementation and oversight of the company's contract management system and security audits.

This position can be based out of Redwood City, San Francisco, or Los Angeles

Responsibilities

Draft, review and negotiate contracts across all functional areas, including involvement with commercial agreements, marketing agreements, employment related agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other contracts that arise
Advise teams on compliance with the terms of active contracts, with the ability to interpret and discuss complex legal concepts in a pragmatic way that results in actionable business advice.
Assist with maintaining the global privacy program and updating the company’s current privacy program and processes
Assist in managing our compliance with global privacy laws and regulations
Assist with external audits and/or regulatory inquiries involving privacy or information security
Provide privacy and data security subject-matter expertise and guidance to company including people ops, marketing, finance and sales, and engineering teams.
Remain up-to-date on relevant privacy, data security, and consumer protection laws and regulations, industry approaches to privacy program management, and on privacy and security technological developments and evolving industry standards to provide an ongoing ability to provide sound compliance advice.
Follow and implement department processes to maintain transparency of legal review and negotiation for internal stakeholders and track status of current contracts.
Communicate with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and ensure contracts align with those needs.
Identify risks and efficiently communicate those risks to internal stakeholders for discussion and resolution.
Assist in training and guiding business teams in the use of contract templates, processes, and best practices.

Desired skills and abilities

Law degree and current license to practice in home country, preferably with IAPP/other privacy certification
4+ years of experience practicing law in home country gained in a law firm and/or in-house, privacy / data protection law experience a plus
In house experience in a multinational company, preferably in the tech space, preferred
Experience with contracts
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organization
Strong drafting and negotiation skills with both legal and financial/commercial issues
Has an ability to provide business-oriented legal advice
Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships within the organization’s legal department and across all businesses
Demonstrate organizational skills and a self-starter with strong work ethic, and an ability to prioritize and manage projects to completion with minimal direction
Common sense and sound business judgment

Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on candidate location and experience. The following are our base salary ranges for multiple levels:

SF Bay Area, Los Angeles: $175,000 - $200,000

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.

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