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Head of Legal E-Commerce Seattle Metropolitan Area 874-SLS

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Job Location drjobs

Seattle, WA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 304000 - 400000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Our client an international social network and media company is seeking to add a Head of Legal to lead ECommerce a new division for the highgrowth company. The position will report to the General Counsel.
The successful attorney will lead a group of 20 attorneys and grow the expanding team dedicated to the ECommerce global efforts. This is a leadership and impactful role with the opportunity to manage exciting global legal issues with a dynamic and innovative company.

Responsibilities include:

    • Serving as the lead ECommerce attorney globally.
    • Leading managing and continuing to build out a growing team of ECommerce legal professionals within Global Legal.
    • Providing strategic legal counseling for ECommerce matters with a focus on consumer protection businesstobusiness and businesstoconsumer engagement advertising influencer marketing and intellectual property.
    • Supporting the business in understanding and complying with legal and regulatory requirements when launching new products features and initiatives globally.
    • Partnering closely with local and international stakeholders in legal privacy and public policy to deliver projects against short timeframes setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.
    • Developing internal policies and processes to increase the legal practices efficacy and efficiency.
    • Providing strategic legal guidance to executives and business clients on key growth initiatives.
    • Working closely with company leaders in other disciplines including compliance public policy communications HR and other global regional and subject matter legal teams.

Qualifications:

    • JD from an ABA accredited law school (or foreign equivalent) with membership in good standing in a US State Bar.
    • 1820 years of legal experience; preferably with substantial inhouse experience at a company that provides an ECommerce platform.
    • Deep understanding of ECommerce business models.
    • Familiarity with data privacy law.
    • Expertise in privacy intellectual property and other legal domains germane to counseling the development of a complex and regulated social media and entertainment platform.
    • Experience advising on digital platforms including ecommerce platforms and online marketplaces across a broad range of commercial workstreams with an understanding of the developing regulations.
    • Extensive experience in leadership roles including as a team builder who can successfully manage teams and employees at all levels.
    • A passion for creating a modern legal organization that combines people process and technology for maximum scale.
    • The ability to effectively interact with all levels of management including the C suite.
    • Demonstrated judgment personal integrity communication and interpersonal skills.
Base compensation for this role is $304000$400000.This role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors including: a candidates qualifications skills competencies experience and location. The candidate must be able to work out of the Companys Seattle headquarters.The company will payrelocation costs for the right candidate.
This is an opportunity to work on a platform that inspires creativity and brings joy to its creators and viewers. The person in this role will have the opportunity to work with a highly talented and committed legal team which fosters the opportunity to learn innovate and grow while working on cuttingedge legal issues. Solutus Legal has been exclusively retained for this wonderful assignment. All resumes submitted directly to our client will be rerouted to Solutus for evaluation.
Please note: We receive a high volume of applicants for our inhouse opportunities and will be unable to personally respond to each applicant unless there is a viable fit for the role. We sincerely thank you for your understanding.

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