Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Levanta is the leading affiliate marketing platform for marketplace sellers, and they are seeking a Head of Legal to lead legal across the business. This role involves owning commercial contracting, compliance, privacy, and corporate governance while serving as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team in a fast-moving startup environment.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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.
Company Overview
Levanta is the Creator & Affiliate Platform for Ecommerce Brands It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://levanta.io/.