[Hiring] Head of Legal @Levanta

Role Description

Levanta is hiring its first Head of Legal to lead legal across the business. This person will be a strategic partner to the CEO, executive team, and board, while also being highly hands-on in the day-to-day legal needs of a fast-moving startup.

You will own:

• Commercial contracting
• Platform terms
• Compliance
• Privacy
• Employment
• Corporate governance
• International expansion
• Risk management
• Outside counsel management

As Levanta scales across new markets, platforms, and operating models, you will help the company navigate legal complexity while keeping the business moving quickly.

What You’ll Do:

• Commercial and Go-to-Market Legal
  • Own legal review and negotiation for customer, partner, vendor, agency, publisher, and enterprise agreements.
  • Partner closely with Sales, Partnerships, Customer Success, Marketplace, Finance, and Product to unblock deals while protecting the company.
  • Build scalable contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and approval workflows.
  • Support enterprise sales motions, including MSAs, DPAs, security reviews, procurement redlines, and custom commercial terms.
  • Advise on marketplace, affiliate, creator, influencer, and paid media partnership structures.
• Platform, Product, and Compliance
  • Own and evolve Levanta’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, creator terms, seller terms, marketplace policies, and related platform rules.
  • Advise Product and Engineering on legal issues related to attribution, payments, data usage, creator-brand relationships, affiliate programs, and platform expansion.
  • Support compliance with privacy, data protection, advertising, marketing, consumer protection, and platform partner requirements.
  • Help the company navigate evolving marketplaces and platforms like Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Shopify, Meta, Google, and other ecosystem partners.
  • Develop practical internal policies that allow the business to scale without unnecessary friction.
• International, Employment, and Operating Risk
  • Advise on international expansion, cross-border operations, and market-specific legal risk as Levanta grows globally.
  • Partner with Finance, People, Product, and GTM teams on entity formation, EOR arrangements, contractor structures, employment risk, taxable presence, and local operating models.
  • Manage local counsel in priority jurisdictions and translate legal advice into clear, practical business recommendations.
  • Support international customer, vendor, partner, creator, and agency agreements.
  • Advise on cross-border data, privacy, employment, IP protection, payments, anti-bribery, sanctions, and regulatory considerations.
  • Help build internal policies and approval processes for international hiring, contracting, sales activity, and vendor management.
• Corporate, Governance, and Risk
  • Manage corporate governance, board consents, equity matters, investor requests, financing support, and corporate housekeeping.
  • Partner with Finance and People on employment matters, contractor classification, equity administration, compensation issues, and international hiring considerations.
  • Manage disputes, claims, escalations, and legal risk across the business.
  • Oversee outside counsel and ensure legal spend is efficient and well-prioritized.
  • Help prepare the company for future financing, strategic partnerships, M&A, and expansion opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience, ideally including both top-tier law firm and in-house technology company experience.
• Significant experience with SaaS, marketplace, ecommerce, adtech, affiliate, creator economy, fintech/payments, or platform businesses.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, including enterprise SaaS agreements, partnership agreements, vendor agreements, DPAs, and platform terms.
• Experience advising high-growth startups or venture-backed companies.
• Experience supporting international expansion, cross-border operations, or complex employment and contractor structures.
• Comfort operating as a true generalist across commercial, product, privacy, employment, corporate, international, and compliance matters.
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk with speed and commercial outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to simplify complex legal issues for non-lawyers.
• Low ego, high ownership, and willingness to be both strategic and hands-on.
• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with affiliate marketing, influencer marketing, creator platforms, ecommerce marketplaces, or performance marketing.
• Experience managing legal issues across multiple jurisdictions, including China.
• Familiarity with EORs, subsidiaries, resellers, contractors, local counsel management, and cross-border contracting.
• Experience managing outside counsel and legal budgets.
• Familiarity with privacy frameworks, data processing agreements, and vendor security review processes.
• Prior experience as the first legal hire or senior legal leader at a scaling startup.

Benefits

• A dynamic and supportive work environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Open vacation and sick policy, take the time you need.
• Opportunity for professional growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding startup.
• A culture that values diversity, inclusion, and the impact of every team member on our success.
• Must have a permanent address in one of our hub states: California, Florida, New York, Ohio, Utah, Texas, Michigan, or Washington.