Director, Legal - Data and Content

About the role

This role will be based remotely in the United States, with a strong preference for the East Coast. As Director, Legal - Data and Content, you will serve as the strategic lead for our data and content legal function. You will be directly responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating our most complex commercial data and content contracts while developing and managing a small team to scale the department's output.

• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating sell-side research licensing agreements, exchange and financial data/content agreements, distribution and aggregation agreements, and vendor contracts relating to the global acquisition and licensing of content.
• Serving as a trusted legal advisor to internal stakeholders, including senior executives of the company, providing expert guidance on content/data rights and strategy.
• Reporting to the SVP of Legal, you will partner with all levels of the business—including Content, Sales, Marketing, and Product—to build a scalable legal framework that supports AlphaSense's high-growth goals.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an ABA accredited law school and admission to, and good standing with, a state bar;
• Minimum of 8+ years' experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various agreements relating to the licensing of content/data (including but not limited to sell-side investment research and market data) and advising stakeholders on related matters with experience in-house at a broker-dealer, investment bank, or financial data provider;
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations relating to intellectual property, financial data/research, compliance, financial regulation, securities, privacy, and other federal, state, and local laws;
• Ability to review and negotiate commercial contracts including Master Services Agreements, Services Agreements, SOWs, Service Level Agreements, Data Licensing Agreements, Content Distribution Agreements, Orders Forms, NDAs, etc.;
• Superior business acumen with an unrivaled commitment and deep-seated need to provide responsive client service to our teams and get things done; approaches responsibilities with a business friendly and pragmatic mindset while maintaining a commensurate balance of legal risk;
• Energetic, authentic, and friendly with a great sense of humor; capable of displaying strong negotiation skills and the ability to support difficult positions in a firm and patient manner;
• Effective communicator with the ability to interact with both internal and external professionals of all types and backgrounds.