Vice President, Legal

About the Role

Entravision is seeking a highly strategic, business-minded Vice President of Legal to lead the legal function for its Advertising & Technology Services (ATS) business. The VP of Legal will report to the CEO of Smadex and the Chief Legal Officer of Entravision, serving as the primary legal partner to the ATS executive team. The successful candidate will balance the dual roles of business partner and strategic risk manager, building a scalable legal infrastructure for a rapidly growing global business.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Serve as the chief legal advisor for the entire ATS division, partnering directly with the C-Suite and scaling operations across the U.S., EU, and Asia.
• Product Counseling: Provide embedded product counseling for Entravision advertising technology products, including Smadex’s demand side platform and Adwake’s offerwall. Proactively identify risks and ensure continuous compliance with product-level regulations and platform guidelines.
• Data Privacy & Compliance: Direct global data privacy compliance, ensuring Entravision data processing capabilities align with evolving international frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, and others.
• Commercial Strategy & Execution: Design, implement, and oversee a scalable commercial contracting strategy. Directly negotiate high-stakes, cross-border technology transactions and key strategic agreements, while building playbooks to delegate day-to-day commercial flow.
• AI Governance: Advise on emerging regulatory frameworks surrounding the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning within Entravision predictive bidding models, including proactive compliance with the EU AI Act and U.S. state-level AI regulations.
• Resource Management: Strategically deploy and manage a global budget for outside counsel to handle localized regulatory and corporate matters.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in legal team building.
• Deep, substantive expertise in global data privacy laws (including GDPR and CCPA) and their practical application to programmatic advertising.
• Familiarity with AI governance and the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding generative and predictive AI technologies (e.g., the EU AI Act).
• Ability to collaborate effectively across time zones.

This is a full-time position based in New York, NY. Actual schedule and hours may vary.