Head of Legal Strategy and AI Governance

About the role

This is a newly-created network-level position that will oversee all operational legal needs across the business, created due to the ever-changing nature of legal needs in a creative/media environment. The role is heavily operational, requiring someone who can run a high-volume legal function while simultaneously building the strategy and infrastructure at scale. This is less of a 'compliance' role, and much more of a 'legal strategy' position at a growing creative media/advertising network.

Responsibilities

• AI Legal Governance – building a legal framework that governs how the agency network and its companies develop, deploy, and sell AI-enabled work
• Privacy and PII Compliance – leading ongoing data privacy initiatives
• Contracting Strategy and Operations – develop and maintain a unified contracting approach, including MSAs, DPA framework, SOW and licensing templates, etc.
• Team Leadership and Development – leading a team of legal and business affairs associates
• Integration of Legal Support – as the network continues to grow via acquisitions, supporting the legal integration of new companies into the network
• Legal Advisory

Requirements

• JD required; active bar membership in NY or CA
• 10+ years experience in legal roles with exposure to IP, commercial contracts, and technology or creative work
• Demonstrated experience with AI-related legal matters
• Strong knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, and international data privacy landscape
• Experience in building/scaling legal infrastructure in a multi-entity or network environment