Deputy General Counsel Vice President, Sprout Social
Product and Privacy
$260-340k
All-in-one social media management platform
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All-in-one social media management platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$260-340k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help organizations of all sizes become better marketers and create the world’s most beloved brands.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a business-minded attorney with an ability to think on their feet and solve hard problems that move the business forward while managing risk
- This individual must be a proven leader with the ability and desire to coach and mentor both senior and junior attorneys and professional staff
- This individual must be comfortable navigating gray areas, be a strong communicator and have strong project management skills enabling this person to move work forward in a results and deadline-driven environment
- Decisiveness and exceptional legal judgment are paramount
- Law degree with strong academic credentials and active membership in a U.S. state or international bar
- Minimum 12 years total legal experience
- Minimum 6 years of related experience specializing in product development, privacy or emerging technologies, preferably with both law firm and in-house experience
Desirable
- Deep expertise in privacy and technology issues impacting the Martech and social media industry preferred
- Extensive experience leading cross-functional teams on large and complex projects
- Significant experience mentoring junior attorneys and paraprofessional staff in privacy and product advisory areas
- Proficient with data privacy issues related to the use of AI and Generative AI
What the job involves
- Sprout Social’s Legal team is hiring a Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Product & Privacy to lead the newly-created Product legal team and the existing Privacy legal team
- This role will report directly into the Company’s General Counsel as a member of the Legal leadership team and work cross-functionally with the Product, Engineering, Partnerships and Governance, Risk & Compliance teams
- Our Legal team is growing just as quickly as Sprout—and you will too, with varying opportunities to sharpen your craft as the business scales
- You’ll have the ability to provide input and ideas to help us solve hard problems, and see the tangible results of your work
- As a team, we’re committed to excellence and take our work seriously, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously
- Collaborative in nature, we show up each day ready to support each other’s growth and development—and have a lot of fun doing it
- Serve as the lead counsel in providing comprehensive, proactive and business-forward product legal counseling to the Engineering and Product teams
- Build a product advisory function within the Legal team, including mentoring junior attorneys to become proficient in this space
- Lead the Privacy legal team, responsible for supporting the business in evaluating the impact of privacy laws, regulatory guidance, and enforcement actions and developing and implementing frameworks and processes to ensure Sprout Social meets its obligations under global privacy laws and other regulatory frameworks relevant to its business
- Engage with product development and engineering leaders ensuring that privacy by design is a consistent practice across all Sprout Social products and services and create norms and practices of collaboration to ensure the Product and Privacy team are able to build on these processes
- Be a thought leader for the business on emerging technologies and evolving compliance requirements and translate the legal terms into business requirements, guidance, and advice
- Create norms and processes to ensure the Product and Privacy team are engaging with the Product and Engineering teams to understand the product roadmap and priorities, to ensure legal considerations are considered during development of products and services
- Collaborate with the Partnerships team and supporting legal team members to ensure compliance with developer terms and cross-functional alignment
- Ensure the Product and Privacy team have created a brand of business minded attorneys and paraprofessionals that accelerate business priorities
Our take
Engagement tools for social media are proving increasingly vital with the rise of social commerce, and brands need to keep a careful eye on customer satisfaction and interaction if the company is to net a profit from this market. Sprout Social is a social media management platform for brands and agencies of all sizes, allowing users to post, manage engagement, and access analytics on a single hub.
With plenty of big-name customers, including Unicef, Chipotle, and Subaru, Sprout Social has developed a trusted and effective brand of its own. It dodged direct competition with social engagement platform Hootsuite by expressly prioritizing its customer service tools, where Sprout Social appears to be generally recognized as superior.
To double down on serving the social commerce market, and carve out a distinctive niche ahead of this eCommerce trend’s anticipated success, Sprout Social has integrated with platforms such as Shopify and Facebook Shops. It is also a member of the TikTok marketing partner program, and has continued to receive accolades for its software.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2018
$40.5m
SERIES D
Feb 2016
$42m
SERIES C
Total funding: $101.5m
Company benefits
- Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
- Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
- High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
- Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
- Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
- Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
- Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
Company values
- Care Deeply
- Embrace Accountability
- Champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Promote Open, Authentic Communication
- Seek Simplicity
- Solve Hard Problems
- Celebrate Change
Company HQ
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
Articles
Leadership
Justyn Howard
(CEO)They were Senior Account Executive at New Horizons, and worked in Learn.com's Executive Account Sales department.
Aaron Rankin
(CTO)They have a Master's in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon and were an IT Architect at IBM. They were also a Software Engineer at Endeca, and they are currently an investor with Rankin Family Ventures.
Peter Soung
(Head of Growth)They studied Computer Science at Penn State before working at IBM as a Software Engineer. They also worked as a Sales Engineer at companies such as Endeca.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sprout Social
Cassandra Blackburn (Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
- At Sprout Social, we’re committed to building a diverse team, fostering an inclusive culture and investing in equity across our organization. By prioritizing equity, defined as system-level change, we ensure that our practices support a diverse and inclusive environment.
- Monthly DEI Guild meetings: DEI Guild meetings provide a space for our team to learn about different cultures, identities and societal challenges that underrepresented groups face. Recent meetings have explored the US criminal justice system, understanding intersectionality and unsung heroes of Black America
- Resource groups: Members of our resource groups are people who share a common purpose, interest or background. Resource groups provide the space for team members to connect, exercise leadership skills and contribute to our ongoing DEI initiatives
- Training & development: To ensure our hiring and management practices are equitable, all new hires receive an introduction to DEI and unconscious bias training in their first month at Sprout. Our learning and development program, Grow@Sprout, contains courses for continued DEI learning and small groups meet monthly to extend discussions from previous DEI Guild meetings
- Community engagement: Team Sprout engages in the community in a number of ways, including partnering with organizations that serve the priority identity groups of our DEI initiatives and leading internal initiatives like our annual Philanthropy Week, Technology Giving Program and our volunteering program, Sprout Serves
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