Director of Legal

RZR Global•Los Angeles, NY

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

RZR is seeking its first in-house legal counsel, a Director of Legal, to manage its commercial contracting processes. This role will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and closing various agreements including client insertion orders, NDAs, DPAs, and partner/vendor agreements, primarily under US law. The position reports directly to the CEO, Aman Sareen, and will also triage employment and general legal matters, managing relationships with external law firms. The Director of Legal will operate within the legal standards of RZR's parent company, FIRY, and collaborate with the FIRY legal team on complex or cross-entity issues. This is a foundational role where the individual will define and build the contracting framework at RZR, including templates, negotiation strategies, triage processes, and outside counsel management.

Requirements

JD and active bar admission in at least one US state.
At least 3 years of post-JD experience in commercial or transactional practice (in-house or law firm).
Hands-on drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements — IOs, NDAs, MSAs, or equivalent.
Direct experience negotiating DPAs and working knowledge of US state data privacy frameworks (including CCPA) and GDPR as they apply to vendor and partner data flows.
Demonstrated comfort operating independently under US law.
Experience managing or coordinating with outside counsel, including scoping matters and controlling spend.
Ability to manage commercial disputes and aspects of negotiations with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

Working familiarity with employment law fundamentals in California, New York, and other states where RZR has or expects significant headcount.
Experience at a media, adtech, SaaS, or programmatic advertising company where IOs and partner agreements are a high-volume, recurring contract type.
Prior in-house experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Draft, negotiate, and close client insertion orders (IOs), NDAs, and partner and vendor agreements under US law.
Own data processing agreements (DPAs), balancing client and regulatory requirements against RZR's actual data flows and vendor stack.
Build and maintain a library of templates, playbooks, and fallback positions for IOs, NDAs, and DPAs.
Build and run AI tools and workflows to process template-driven documents such as NDAs.
Triage incoming employment and general legal questions, resolving straightforward matters directly and routing the rest to outside counsel.
Manage RZR's outside law firms, including controlling spend, scoping matters, and holding firms accountable to timelines and cost.
Serve as the first point of contact for legal questions across the company.
Partner with sales, partnerships, and finance to understand deal structures and vendor relationships.
Coordinate with the parent company's legal team on matters that cross entities or require broader legal support.
Build the judgment and track record to grow into a broader legal remit as RZR's needs scale.