General Counsel, Samba TV
$300-350k
Omniscreen advertising & analytics
Be an early applicant
Omniscreen advertising & analytics
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$300-350k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create data at the heart of TV, powering a more scientific approach to advertising and a better viewing experience for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Possess a JD from a reputable US law school
- Admitted to practice law in the United States and eligible to practice law in-house
- 10+ years as a practicing lawyer both within a top-tier law firm and as in-house counsel
- Technology industry experience, ideally at the growth stage (pre-IPO)
- Dispute resolution and litigation experience
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills
- An intuition to anticipate the needs of the business, knowing when it makes to be rigorous or light in review process
- Demonstrated ability to balance business needs with risk mitigation, with a bias to speed and risk tolerance – at our stage, we play more offense than defense
- Demonstrated expertise in corporate and business development activities
- Track record of proactively and building and maintaining productive relationships with business and corporate functional leaders at all levels
- An individual of unquestioned ethics and integrity, and a reputation of building business and shareholder value – please flag any history of disputes
- Strong business acumen – know how financial models work
- Good negotiator – instinct to find win-win solutions
- Extensive experience negotiating with opposing counsel and working with internal stakeholders to close deals and further the company’s interests
- Foundational technical knowledge, ideally with exposure to internet advertising and data flows
- Working of knowledge of data privacy laws, regulations, and issues (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, privacy-by-design)
- Experience in start-ups, high-growth organizations
- Experience working with Boards of Directors, and a strong understanding of corporate governance frameworks
- A reputation for being a thoughtful coach and consigliere to business leaders within the organization
- A strong orientation toward making decisions that will benefit the business as a whole, rather than optimizing resources solely for his or her own team
- Crazy high energy, intensity, work ethic – a very productive and effective individual
- Professional References are a must have, please have these ready
- The critical competencies for success include being an experienced leader with a strong business background, experience with privacy laws, government relations and negotiating with regulators at the state, national or international level, aligning the legal team with business objectives, and creating a positive working environment
- The General Counsel should also possess team-building and decision-making skills, work collaboratively with internal and external attorneys, and be open to learning from others
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, handle ambiguity, and provide effective legal support quickly and cost-effectively is crucial
What the job involves
- As our General Counsel we expect this individual to uphold our Company values for Determination, Intellectual Honesty, Curiosity, Humility and Results, and to go beyond with strong academic credentials, deep technology-industry experience and sophisticated understanding of legal and policy matters – as it relates to corporate governance, data privacy, intellectual property, employment laws, licensing agreements, fundraising, and M&A
- Reporting to the CEO, it will be within the scope of this position to help deliberate and provide guidance across a spectrum of legal disciplines, providing first class legal support to the Samba TV Board of Directors, executive team and operating units
- The successful candidate will have ownership and responsibility for commercial contracts, data privacy compliance, M&A, IPOs, patent, trademark, copyright, technology licensing, and open source, as well as for litigation and disputes, HR and employment matters, taxes, and international expansions
- The General Counsel is also responsible for governance, managing Board Meetings and approvals, compliance, government relations, managing relationships with external law firms, managing a legal budget, driving operational excellence as it relates to processing legal approvals and significant business decisions, establishing effective communication within the legal team and across departments, and participating as a member of the executive leadership team
- Additionally, our GC works hard, travels extensively, across US and international business units to resolve complex business issues
- The General Counsel is tasked with establishing the legal budget, with an emphasis on frugality, providing professional development, and acting as an advisor to team members
Our take
Samba TV is improving the TV viewing experience by addressing audience fragmentation across screens to bolster television’s business model and relevance to consumers. With a more scientific approach to advertising, its data analytic tools has attracted the likes of Disney.
In recent years, Samba TV has focused on making artificial intelligence and machine learning central to its offerings, marked by its recent acquisition of Disruptel. Integrating both company’s capabilities will assert machine learning’s presence in television by enabling the next generation of content recognition and non-intrusive ad unit development.
Moving forwards, Samba is continuing to integrate with numerous, wide-ranging companies to expand its product offering and market reach. Back in 2022, it also expanded its operations into Australia marking the start of its intent to expand into the APAC arena.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2018
$7.5m
EARLY VC
Jun 2017
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $45.7m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Health Coverage
- Volunteer Days
- Stock Options
- Unlimited PTO
- Team & Company Events
Company values
- Determination
- Curiosity
- Results
- Humility
- Intellectual Honesty
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Ashwin Navin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded i/o ventures and BitTorrent, serving there as President. Experience as an Analyst for Epoch Partners, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.
David Harrison
(CTO Emeritius)Previously served as Senior Engineer for BitTorrent, and has experience as a Research Engineer for EECS at UC Berkeley and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
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