Director of Compliance, Legal Counsel

About Us:

YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and most recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B.

We analyze billions of alternative data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights on ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments and more. Our on-demand insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean and analyze the data many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on.

For three years and counting, we have been recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces. We are a fast-growing technology company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. Our offices are located in NYC, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore. We cultivate a people-centric culture focused on mastery, ownership, and transparency.

About The Role:

Are you a motivated, collaborative, solutions-oriented attorney looking for a new role in a fast-paced financial tech company? Joining YipitData’s legal team is a rare opportunity to become a core contributor to the success of a company that is building the future of investment research.

At YipitData, our legal and compliance team is an essential and collaborative partner in the company’s growth. As our Director of Compliance, Legal Counsel (Primary Job Title: "Counsel & Director of Compliance"), you will have responsibility for Yipit’s corporate and regulatory compliance program, with a primary focus on product and data compliance. As a member of the legal team at a dynamic and fast-growing company in a massively expanding industry, you will have ample opportunity to work on a variety of unique compliance matters while partnering with product, research, sales, data and engineering teams across the U.S. and APAC. 

This is a remote-friendly opportunity that can sit in NYC (where our headquarter is located), one of our office hubs (Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, or Seattle), or anywhere else in the US. However, depending upon where the remote work is performed, income could be subject to New York State tax withholding. 

As Our Counsel & Director of Compliance, You Will:

• Integrate into the day-to-day operations of our product, research and data teams, providing legal, business and strategic advice to enable execution of the company’s roadmap without compromising legal protection.
• Provide oversight and legal advice with respect to YipitData’s global compliance program, including evaluating product and privacy risks in our data  products, overseeing our company’s due diligence responses for product sales, and advising on regulatory risks in the chain of consent for data licensing deals.
• Review new technologies and unique data sets which will be analyzed and transformed by our product and research teams into research reports, data feeds and dashboards. 
• Lead company-wide strategic initiatives including advising senior management, and coordinating and driving cross-stakeholder alignment on complex projects.
• Collaborate with the company's product, research and data licensing teams to counsel on legal issues across the entire product lifecycle (from initial research and development and beyond), identifying potential risks and advising on risk-mitigation strategies.
• Exercise impeccable judgment in escalating issues or engaging other stakeholders - such as identifying issues that may be outside the scope of your subject-matter expertise, and working with other members of the Legal team or outside counsel.
• Develop and operationalize forward-looking policies and procedures, anticipating likely future regulatory and other developments in the emerging laws relating to alternative data without compromising YipitData’s growth. 
• Maintain an up to date understanding of laws and regulatory developments impacting alternative data e.g. CFAA decisions, SEC enforcement actions, and private terms such as App Store Guidelines, and API policies.
• Partner with and advise global cross-functional teams, including data partnerships, sales engineering and app engineers on a wide range of compliance projects. Identify potential areas of compliance risk and recommend, or as necessary, develop corrective action plans for problem resolution.

You Are Likely To Succeed If:

• You have a Juris Doctor degree (or foreign equivalent) and active law license in at least one state in good standing (or eligibility to register as authorized in-house counsel).
• You have at least 5 ye