Senior Counsel

Swoop's legal team is in search of a candidate to fill the Senior Counsel role. The role will be tasked with navigating the complex legal landscape associated with the company’s innovative business. The individual will exhibit adaptability, analytical acumen and steadfast commitment to excellence in client service. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of U.S. state and federal privacy laws, coupled with expertise in media busying and advertising technology. The position, reporting into the General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, is designed for a legal professional poised to embrace new challenges and contribute meaningfully to our organization’s growth and success.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and advise on commercial legal matters with a focus on ad tech integration, third party data licensing and sales, technology products and service offerings, digital media and privacy matters.
• Draft and negotiate complex client and vendor commercial agreements (e.g., master services agreements, statements of work, NDAs, insertion orders, rebate agreements, service and consulting agreements, third party data licenses, etc.).
• Independently conduct and conclude negotiations with data and technology providers, as well as key players in the advertising and ad tech ecosystem, including large platforms, publishers and ad tech providers.
• Proactively manage legal requests as the first point of contact for company-wide legal matters.
• Implement legal workflow processes, create legal templates, and provide support and training to the sales and product teams you support and other key stakeholders.
• Advise teams across the company on privacy, data use and licensing, and compliance matters, while mitigating legal risks in the commercial context and working closely with cross functional teams across the business.
• Liaise with internal teams and senior leaders to provide strategic legal guidance and support. Facilitate communication across departments to ensure alignment with legal requirements and business objectives, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes informed decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Handle other project-based work within the legal department on an as-needed basis

Skills and Qualifications

• JD from accredited law school and licensed to practice law in at least one state: preference for any of the State of California, the State of New York or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• 6+ years relevant work experience in a law firm or in-house setting; in-house experience at an advertising/marketing/PR agency, digital media agency or technology company a plus.
• Experience with U.S. state and federal privacy laws and compliance, SaaS products, third-party data licensing and product sales agreements.
• Conversational acumen across broad business functions including marketing, finance, and analytics/data science preferred.
• Experience with intellectual property matters including licensing matters.
• Experience with global data and privacy matters a plus.