Head of Legal, Allium

• Strong experience independently leading complex commercial negotiations for a technology, SaaS, financial data, or related business
• Depth in data licensing or technology transactions, including IP rights, data use, confidentiality, liability, indemnification, and privacy provisions
• Experience advising business teams directly, ideally in-house, and translating legal analysis into clear decisions and workable alternatives
• A track record of building or improving legal templates, playbooks, and processes, with sound judgment about when to push and when to bring in specialist counsel
• Clear writing, strong negotiation skills, and trusted working relationships with technical and commercial teams
• Ownership and adaptability: you can manage competing priorities, follow through on details, and create structure while staying close to the work
• A J.D. or equivalent legal qualification and active admission to a U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in-house in the role’s location

Desirable

• You’ll own our day-to-day legal work and build the practices that support Allium as we grow
• Your initial focus will be commercial contracts, data licensing, and technology transactions
• Data rights are central to our business: permitted use, redistribution, derived data, and AI all shape what we can build and how we serve customers
• You’ll work closely with our founders and leaders across Finance, Sales, Product, and Engineering, with outside counsel available for specialist matters and additional capacity
• This role suits someone who enjoys personally drafting and negotiating agreements while building a legal function at a Series B startup
• You’ll have substantial ownership from the start and a direct role in how Allium builds products, structures partnerships, and serves customers
• Lead commercial contracting. Draft and negotiate enterprise customer agreements, data licenses, partnerships, and vendor contracts. Work with Sales and Finance to resolve issues and move deals through to signature
• Shape our data and IP rights. Establish practical positions on data acquisition, permitted use, redistribution, derived data, AI use, and post-termination rights. Align supplier rights with the commitments we make to customers
• Advise on products and partnerships. Work with Product and Engineering early on new offerings. Translate privacy, IP, and regulatory considerations into clear recommendations that help teams make decisions
• Build legal operations. Develop templates, negotiation playbooks, approval guidelines, intake workflows, and a reliable contract repository. Use AI and automation thoughtfully, with appropriate confidentiality protections and human review
• Coordinate broader legal needs. Partner with leadership and outside counsel on corporate governance, financings, employment matters, compliance, and other issues as they arise. Manage priorities, specialist support, and legal spend
• Make obligations actionable. Help teams understand the commitments in our contracts and policies, and work with the right owners to put them into practice