Position Description

We are immediately hiring a strong Senior Counsel, Commercial to join our legal team in Redwood City on a hybrid schedule.

You will be an integral part of our legal team, focusing on commercial legal negotiations, contract structuring, and simplifying complex legal matters for various stakeholders. Your expertise will help guide our business teams through legal challenges and opportunities in a dynamic Ad Tech environment.

We recently launched a massive new business line, Activate, and we're looking for an attorney to take direct ownership for its support. This is a huge opportunity to build partnerships with Product, Sales, Marketing, and Engineering, and build a legal structure from the ground up.

Responsibilities:

Legal Negotiations & Contract Structuring: Lead and manage legal aspects of commercial negotiations and contract drafting, ensuring alignment with business objectives and legal requirements.
Legal Advisory: Serve as a key legal advisor on commercial matters, providing strategic input and guidance on legal issues affecting the business.
Complex Legal Topics: Translate complex legal concepts into plain language for stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding across the organization.
Compliance & Risk Management: Identify and mitigate legal risks, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with various departments, including sales, marketing, and product teams, to support business initiatives and provide legal insights.
Continuous Improvement: Develop and improve legal processes and templates to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Expertise in Commercial Law: Strong background in handling commercial legal negotiations and contract structuring. Should be an excellent negotiator.

Requirements:

J.D. from an accredited law school and member in good standing, or registered in house counsel, with the NY/CA bar
5-7 years of relevant experience
Law firm experience preferred; prior in-house experience at a tech company is a plus
Strong contract/commercial experience, including an understanding of intellectual property issues, data licensing concepts, and ability to issue spot for business risks
Ability to negotiate positively and proactively (internally and externally) and close transactions efficiently
Great business, risk, and legal judgment and the ability to work flexibly with a variety of teams
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and drafting skills
Strong work ethic with high level of productivity while still maintaining a high level of attention to detail
Strong personal integrity
And a sense of humor

Compensation and Benefits:
Base Salary Range: $200,000 - $215,000

In accordance with applicable law, the above salary range provided is PubMatic’s reasonable estimate of the base salary for this role. The actual amount may vary, based on non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. In addition to salary, PubMatic also offers a bonus, restricted stock units and a competitive benefits package.

Additional Information

Return to Office: PubMatic employees throughout the global have returned to our offices via a hybrid work schedule (3 days “in office” and 2 days “working remotely”) that is intended to maximize collaboration, innovation, and productivity among teams and across functions.

Benefits: Our benefits package includes the best of what leading organizations provide such as, paid leave programs, paid holidays, healthcare, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, commuter benefits, physical and financial wellness programs, unlimited DTO in the US (that we actually require you to use!), reimbursement for mobile, fully stocked pantries, as well as catered lunches 5 days a week.

Diversity and Inclusion: PubMatic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we don’t just value diversity, we promote and celebrate it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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