Senior Legal & Business Affairs Counsel (Ad Tech & Media Transactions)

Join Roku's Legal Ad Partnerships & Sales team as a Senior Legal & Business Affairs Counsel. In this high-visibility role, you will negotiate and structure complex commercial agreements across the digital advertising ecosystem, advise on data privacy, and serve as a trusted legal partner to various business stakeholders. You will work closely with ad sales, ad partnerships, ad ops, content & services, finance, tax, product, engineering, and marketing teams. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. from a U.S. accredited law school, active bar membership in New York or California, and at least 5 years of combined transactional legal experience in the ad tech or data space.

• Negotiate and structure complex commercial agreements across the digital advertising ecosystem, including publisher and content provider agreements, DSP and SSP agreements, advertiser and agency contracts, data licenses, insertion orders, and ad tech vendor and platform agreements.
• Advise on data privacy considerations embedded in commercial transactions, bringing a confident working knowledge of the evolving privacy law landscape to each deal.
• Collaborate closely with ad sales, ad partnerships, ad ops, content & services, finance, tax, product, engineering, and marketing teams — serving as a legal partner, not a gatekeeper.
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving, sound judgment under ambiguity, and the entrepreneurial mindset to work independently in a constantly evolving environment
• J.D. from a U.S. accredited law school and active bar membership in New York or California
• A track record of quickly understanding complex products and services and offering creative solutions for business enablement
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating advertising data and measurement licenses, including privacy and data security provisions
• At least 5 years of combined transactional legal experience at a law firm and in-house, with meaningful time spent on internet, technology, and/or media companies in the ad tech or data space
• Skills across the full range of digital advertising legal issues — including intellectual property, data protection, consumer protection, cookie/beacon technologies, programmatic targeting, and audience data management
• Experience working with brands, advertising agencies, publishers, and other content providers
• Proven ability to build relationships across departments and work effectively in a matrixed environment
• Solid understanding of digital advertising technology, programmatic ecosystems, and the IAB terms and conditions landscape
• Familiarity with both B2B and B2C aspects of the digital advertising ecosystem
• Demonstrated ability to translate legal requirements into actionable business advice for fast-moving teams
• Deep experience negotiating supply-side agreements, demand-side agreements, data licensing agreements, and IOs with advertisers, agencies, and publishers
• Excellent working knowledge of data privacy and marketing
• Strong track record of handling complex business and legal issues in a fast-paced, agile, technology-driven company