Head of Legal, Prism Media LLC

Major Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day legal work across portfolio companies, including contract review, commercial agreements, and senior employee and consultant agreements
• Serve as the primary legal partner to portfolio leadership, providing practical, business-oriented advice on ongoing operations
• Work with SFM’s central legal and compliance teams on investment transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters, ensuring alignment with portfolio needs

Governance, Compliance, & Legal Frameworks

• Establish and maintain entity structures and governance frameworks across a mix of minority and controlled investments
• Set and maintain clear, practical legal standards (templates, policies, playbooks) across companies where consistency is helpful
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations across jurisdictions, working with internal and external partners as needed

Legal Operations & Infrastructure

• Manage and coordinate external counsel, including selecting firms, scoping work, and controlling costs
• Identify and implement off-the-shelf automation tools and processes to improve contract review, tracking, and legal workflows

What We Value

• Bachelor’s degree and JD required, with excellent academic record
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in corporate law
• Experience working on both day-to-day commercial legal work (e.g., contracts, employment, vendor agreements) and transactional matters (e.g., investments, acquisitions, structuring)
• Enthusiasm to support multiple operating teams across a portfolio
• Interest in working across a portfolio of businesses, rather than a single company or purely investment-focused role
• Team player with a positive, “can-do” attitude
• Hightly responsive, diligent, and detail-oriented
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment
• Practical, business-oriented judgment
• Familiarity with standard legal tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat); openness to use and adopt new tools, including AI, to improve workflows

What Success Looks Like

• Legal work is handled quickly and pragmatically, without slowing down operators or decision-making
• Portfolio leadership views legal as a responsive, business-oriented partner they trust and go to early
• Contracts and commercial agreements (including production, partner, and vendor agreements) are clear, consistent, and easy to use across companies
• Entity structures and governance frameworks are well-organized, easy to manage, and scale as new companies and transactions are added
• Legal practices are consistent across the portfolio where appropriate, without creating unnecessary process or rigidity
• SFM’s central legal and compliance teams are effectively leveraged on transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters, with clear roles and no duplication of work
• External counsel is used selectively and efficiently, with strong cost control and clear scoping
• Legal risks are identified early and addressed in a practical way that supports the business

Pay

We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $320,000 to $350,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus.