VP & Head of Legal
Core
Provide day-to-day legal leadership across commercial, regulatory, and corporate matters to drive deal velocity and revenue realization for a data and insights partner serving the entertainment industry.
Role type
VP & Head of Legal (Senior, hands-on IC)
Builds
Scalable commercial terms, licensing metrics, custom deal structures, and privacy frameworks for enterprise data transactions.
Domain
Entertainment industry + Data licensing and technology
Required skills
Corporate and transactional law, data licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, technology agreements, data privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA), M&A due diligence, employment law, intellectual property protection, dispute resolution, risk management
Preferred skills
In-house experience at technology/data/media/SaaS companies, understanding of music/film/streaming media landscapes, comfort with data engineering concepts
Technologies
APIs, data pipelines, analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Design and enforce scalable commercial terms and licensing metrics; draft and negotiate complex high-value enterprise sales and data licensing agreements; safeguard intellectual property rights and manage trademark portfolios; oversee data protection and privacy compliance frameworks; advise on M&A and strategic investments; manage pre-litigation disputes and oversee outside counsel; advise on employment law and global hiring compliance.
Seniority
VP level, executive leadership
