Director of Legal

goodr•Los Angeles, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Legal role at Goodr involves serving as a hands-on legal leader, personally handling substantive legal work while leading the broader Legal function. This position advises teams across the company on commercial, regulatory, privacy, employment, and other legal matters. The role requires drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements, including those related to manufacturing, supply, distribution, wholesale, retail, fulfillment, technology, staffing, agency, creator, athlete, influencer, sponsorship, event, league, and services. The Director will also advise on product development, sourcing, overseas manufacturing, importation, logistics, warehousing, distribution, consumer protection, product safety, warranties, and related regulatory matters. Additionally, the role involves advising on advertising claims, product substantiation, endorsements, promotions, social media, publicity rights, and other consumer-facing communications. The Director will lead legal workstreams for corporate transactions and financings, support corporate governance and compliance, and partner with the People team on employment matters. This includes managing pre-litigation demands, subpoenas, insurance, workers’ compensation, disputes, and litigation. The role also encompasses managing the company's trademark portfolio, brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting, patent matters, and negotiating IP licenses. Support for marketplace and channel expansion, cross-border payments, entity structures, and coordination with local counsel is also expected. The Director will manage outside counsel relationships and spending, partner closely with various internal teams to identify and address legal issues, and build practical legal infrastructure such as templates, policies, and training. This role is part of the Office of the CEO and reports directly to the Chief of Staff.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
Must be admitted to the California Bar OR eligible to register as Registered In-House Counsel under California Rule of Court 9.46 within 180 days of hire (does not require passing the California Bar Exam).
8+ years experience counseling high-growth consumer brands, with at least 4+ years in-house.
Demonstrated experience managing direct reports and/or outside counsel is preferred.
Can translate complex "legalese" into actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders, and is able to raise difficult issues clearly without creating unnecessary noise.
Working experience advising marketing and creative teams, and negotiating marketing, talent, sponsorship, licensing and related agreements.
Hands-on privacy experience in a consumer/DTC context, including CCPA/CPRA, consent management, and vendor data terms.
Excellent judgment and the ability to distinguish material business risk from issues that can be addressed pragmatically.
Organized and responsive, with the ability to manage a high volume of work and competing priorities.
Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and taking ownership of the path forward.
Thoughtful about process: able to create structure where it helps and eliminate it where it merely slows people down.
Proactive, curious and willing to roll up their sleeves.
Strong communicator who lives into collaboration and holding people accountable.
Driven by personal growth and thrives in an environment of constant feedback.

Nice To Haves

Experience in retail, e-commerce, apparel, sporting-goods and lifestyle.
Bonus points for experience in retail, e-commerce, apparel, sporting-goods and lifestyle.

Responsibilities

Lead by example by consistently living into Goodr's values of Fun and Authenticity.
Be a culture carrier by leaning into our three fundamentals of communication, professionalism, and vision.
Hold monthly one-on-ones with each team member to build upon their role duties and hold everyone accountable.
Ask clear questions, increase everyone’s knowledge, and empower the team so that we can get the best out of every person in your department.
Give consistent, continuous feedback and challenge your flock to perpetually grow so they become the best version of themselves.
Own your team’s budget and ensure its accuracy.
Use imagination and wisdom to set team goals and communicate them clearly.
Challenge the status quo ALWAYS; the phrase “this is how we’ve always done it” is banned here at Goodr, so don’t be afraid to push out of your comfort zone and encourage your team to do the same.
Serve as a hands-on legal leader, personally handling substantive legal work while leading the broader Legal function and advising teams across the company on commercial, regulatory, privacy, employment and other legal matters.
Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial and marketing agreements, including manufacturing, supply, distribution, wholesale, retail, 3PL and fulfillment, technology and SaaS, staffing, agency, creator, athlete, influencer, sponsorship, event, league and services agreements.
Advise on product development, sourcing, overseas manufacturing, importation, logistics, warehousing and distribution, as well as consumer protection, product safety, warranties and related regulatory matters.
Advise on advertising claims, product substantiation, endorsements, promotions, social media, publicity rights and other consumer-facing communications.
Lead legal workstreams for corporate transactions and financings, including diligence and coordination with outside counsel, and support corporate governance and company-wide compliance matters.
Partner with the People team on employment matters, including leaves, accommodations, separations and wage-and-hour issues, and manage pre-litigation demands, subpoenas, insurance and workers’ compensation matters, disputes and litigation.
Manage Goodr’s trademark portfolio and clearance process, brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and patent matters, and negotiate inbound and outbound IP licenses with sports leagues, nonprofits and brand partners.
Support marketplace and channel expansion, cross-border payments and entity structures, and coordination with local counsel.
Manage outside counsel relationships and spending, including determining when specialized external support is warranted.
Partner closely with Product, Operations, Money, Marketing, Creative, People and other teams to identify and address legal issues affecting their work.
Build and maintain practical legal infrastructure, including standardized templates, intake mechanisms, playbooks, self-service tools, policies, training and other processes that streamline recurring work and proactively manage legal and operational risk.
Perform other related duties as assigned.