Director of Legal

The role

The Director of Legal will own the commercial contracting engine, including client insertion orders, NDAs, DPAs, and partner and vendor agreements. This person will report to the CEO and build the company's legal processes, templates, and outside counsel management from scratch.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and close client insertion orders, NDAs, and partner and vendor agreements under US law
• Own data processing agreements (DPAs)
• Build and maintain a library of templates, playbooks, and fallback positions
• Build and run AI tools and workflows to process template-driven documents
• Triage incoming employment and general legal questions
• Manage RZR's outside law firms by controlling spend and scoping matters
• Serve as the first point of contact for legal questions across the company
• Partner with sales, partnerships, and finance to understand deal structures
• Coordinate with the parent company's legal team on cross-entity matters

Required qualifications

• JD and active bar admission in at least one US state
• At least 3 years of post-JD experience in commercial or transactional practice
• Hands-on drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements such as IOs, NDAs, MSAs, or equivalent
• Direct experience negotiating DPAs
• Working knowledge of US state data privacy frameworks including CCPA and GDPR
• Demonstrated comfort operating independently under US law
• Experience managing or coordinating with outside counsel
• Ability to manage commercial disputes and aspects of negotiations with minimal supervision

Nice to have

• Working familiarity with employment law fundamentals in California, New York, and other states
• Experience at a media, adtech, SaaS, or programmatic advertising company
• Prior in-house experience

About the company

RZR is an AI-native advertising platform built for the next era of performance marketing. It is part of the FIRY parent company.