Senior Vice President, Legal, USA & Canada

About the Role

In the Senior Vice President, Legal, USA & Canada position, you’ll lead our commercial legal team in the USA & Canada which is a key market for Media Monks. Our ideal candidate is a fast and flexible leader who jumps on new opportunities.

As a strategic partner to the General Counsel, the rest of the legal leadership team and the business that will be accountable for a wide range of legal, strategic and operational matters. This position is a critical and highly visible role, making substantial contributions to the company’s key businesses.

You will report to the General Counsel (based in the UK) and play a critical leadership role and as a member of the legal leadership team will help to set and implement our overall strategic direction while providing key functional input and perspective. You will manage the internal legal commercial team across the USA and Canada, and also oversee outside counsel and provide guidance on all legal initiatives. You will work very closely with the legal team globally to ensure consistency of approach of the legal commercial function, enhance efficiencies and reduce risks.

What You Will Do:

•     Lead and manage a team of internal lawyers and ensure that all pillars of the business are appropriately supported, ranging from advertising content, DDM to technology.
•     Ensure that all contractual templates are up to date and appropriate for a global, multi service organization
•     Ensure that an effective balance is achieved between internal and external expertise required to support the business
•     Oversee commercial legal functions and serve as a company point of contact for commercial legal matters in USA & Canada, ensuring efficient use of internal and     external resources to support required legal deliverables 
•     Proactively identify legal risks affecting Media.Monks and collaborate with relevant team members to identify key risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
•     Work cross-functionally and provide recommendations and comprehensive legal and compliance support where required;
•     Oversee the development and implementation of training for internal clients, partners and stakeholders on key policies, procedures, practices, and requirements for commercial matters and educate internal clients and partners about current legal and regulatory developments
•     Keep abreast of development of legislation affecting the business and new areas of the law.

What You Will Bring:

•     A JD. degree with strong academic credentials and an active California State Bar membership/ New York or other relevant State Bar.
•     12+ years of hands-on legal experience supporting commercial work, ideally in the advertising/ media/ technology industry.
•     Experience inspiring, managing and growing a team
•     Proven track record of ability to adapt to changing legal, regulatory environment as well as new legal issues arising from market and technology developments.
•     Quick learner to areas of laws not initially familiar with.
•     Expertise functioning at the enterprise level and collaborating with others
•     The ability and experience addressing complex legal, business issues and the ability to develop and articulate strategies
•     Strong negotiating skills, ability to prioritize, handle multiple tasks and work independently under tight deadlines
•     Proven track record of delivering consistently on complex projects under challenging circumstances with a sense of urgency, but with the ability to also keep broader strategic objectives in focus
•     Ability to work as a team member, and be very flexible to adapt to the ever-changing work priorities and requirements of a dynamic, fast-growing company
•     An ability to thrive and flourish in a fast-paced, dynamic & evolving, entrepreneurial environment; ability to parallel process multiple priorities, comfortable “changing gears”, and remaining flexible, when warranted, as well as making and executing definitive decisions, as appropriate
•     Collaborative, effective leadership skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong interpersonal relationships, gaining trust and confidence from all levels within and external to the organization
•     Self-starter and flexible, who enjoys rolling up their sleeves and digging into the details; rigorous attention to details and data, while not losing sight of the bigger picture
•     Well-developed presentation and communication skills; ability to adapt to different target audiences.

At Media.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclu