Levanta - Head of Legal
Requirements
• 5+ years of legal experience, ideally including both top-tier law firm and in-house technology company experience. • 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. • Experience with affiliate marketing, influencer marketing, creator platforms, ecommerce marketplaces, or performance marketing. • Experience managing legal issues across multiple jurisdictions, including China. • Familiarity with EORs, subsidiaries, resellers, contractors, local counsel management, and cross-border contracting. • Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets. • Familiarity with privacy frameworks, data processing agreements, and vendor security review processes. • Prior experience as the first legal hire or senior legal leader at a scaling startup. • What Levanta Offers: • 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.
Responsibilities
• Commercial and Go-to-Market Legal • 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. • Platform, Product, and Compliance • 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. • International, Employment, and Operating Risk • 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. • Corporate, Governance, and Risk • 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.
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