Senior Director of Legal

The Role

Linktree is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director or Senior Director of Legal to join our dynamic legal team. In this role, you will be integral in leading legal initiatives and providing strategic counsel to support Linktree's vision to empower anyone to curate and grow their digital universe. This position will report directly to the SVP of Legal and People and will be responsible for managing a small team of generalist legal professionals.

What You’ll Own

•  Providing legal counsel to stakeholders across all teams on a broad range of legal issues, with special focus on product development, commerce, and partnerships

• Monitoring the regulatory landscape on laws applicable to Linktree 

• Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including for large scale partnerships

• Partnering with the SVP of Legal to identify and mitigate legal risks, and set legal goals for the year

• Managing a team of legal professionals, including facilitating their professional development 

• If you are a strategic thinker with a strong legal background and a passion for driving business success through legal expertise, we invite you to apply for the role of Senior Director of Legal at Linktree. Join us in shaping the future of the legal function in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Who We’re Looking For

• Must be a licensed attorney who has passed the bar in a US state, with preference given to candidates licensed in California or New York

• Minimum of 8 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), with a minimum of 5 years of commercial law experience, at least 3 of which to have been in-house

• Extensive legal experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including partnership agreements

• Experience in providing legal counsel for a B2C online platform, with a focus on e-commerce and payments

• Proven ability in strategic risk mitigation and partnering with the General Counsel to identify and address legal goals and risks

• Excellent commercial acumen with a deep understanding of business metrics and goals and the ability to get creative with solutions 

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to navigate between altitudes (high level strategic counsel and issue spotting down to detailed legal advice on specific projects) 

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and navigate ambiguity

• Exceptional communication skills and strong judgement 

We Would Love It If You Also 

• Have experience in, or working with, start-up or scale-up stage businesses 

• Legal qualifications in other jurisdictions, such as Australia, the UK, or Canada 

• Experience of privacy laws such as the GDPR and CCPA, advertising, and M&A preferred

• Experience advising on global initiatives 

• Prior experience in AI

P.S. If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button!

Where and How We Work

We are a global and diverse group offering a truly flexible and family friendly work environment. Kids, pets, and the occasional delivery person are all actively encouraged to appear on our Zoom screens. All of us at Linktree work either fully remote or a discretionary hybrid approach.

We offer autonomy and flexibility in how you structure your days and weeks. There will be the need for some collaboration outside of a "normal" 9-5 being a global company, but we aim to work asynchronously where possible.

How we’ll help you thrive

Our approach to benefits considers the whole person and the unique contributions they bring to Linktree. We want the experience at Linktree to be one that enables people to truly thrive so we can Go Further Together. Some ways we support you:

• An annual wellbeing allowance ($7,000 AUD / $4,900 USD) to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set up - the choice is yours!

• 100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.

• 401K matching for you to save towards retirement.

• Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time and other categories.

• Employee Stock Option Program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success as we go further together.

We believe in promoting a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, talents, and experiences. We are creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunities to thrive. To learn more about our benefits, including our parental leave program, volunteering leave, DE&I initiatives, and more, click here!

Linktree is committed to providing a competitive compensation package. Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $195k-300k in the San Francisco Bay or Los Angeles area. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate expertise, the scope of role and level, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Our Story

We're on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow and monetize their digital universe. We created the "link in bio" category and are trusted by some of the world's biggest brands and celebrities including TikTok, The UN Environmental Program, The White House, F1, Manchester United, Olivia Rodrigo and Selena Gomez. With over 40,000 new accounts created everyday, Linktree is the fastest growing leader in our category. Linktree has partnered with some of today’s biggest names like Amazon, TikTok, Snap, YouTube, GoFundMe, Spotify, Google, Stripe, Reddit and more to help unify users’ digital spaces—  and we’re just getting started. Join us in empowering everyone from businesses to creatives in building their online presence.

At Linktree, we celebrate and support everyone’s perspective and background, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all team members have a sense of belonging, because we believe in going further together. Linktree welcomes all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience. If you require accommodations to fully participate in our opportunities, please don't hesitate to reach us at talent@linktr.ee – your needs are important to us.