Head of Legal

Allium • New York, NY

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will own the day-to-day legal work and build the practices that support Allium as it grows. The initial focus will be on commercial contracts, data licensing, and technology transactions. Data rights are central to the business, including permitted use, redistribution, derived data, and AI, which shape what can be built and how customers are served. The Head of Legal will work closely with founders and leaders across Finance, Sales, Product, and Engineering, with support from outside counsel for specialist matters and additional capacity. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys personally drafting and negotiating agreements while building a legal function at a Series B startup, offering substantial ownership from the start and a direct role in product development, partnership structuring, and customer service.

Requirements

• Strong experience independently leading complex commercial negotiations for a technology, SaaS, financial data, or related business.
• Depth in data licensing or technology transactions, including IP rights, data use, confidentiality, liability, indemnification, and privacy provisions.
• Experience advising business teams directly, ideally in-house, and translating legal analysis into clear decisions and workable alternatives.
• A track record of building or improving legal templates, playbooks, and processes, with sound judgment about when to push and when to bring in specialist counsel.
• Clear writing, strong negotiation skills, and trusted working relationships with technical and commercial teams.
• Ownership and adaptability: ability to manage competing priorities, follow through on details, and create structure while staying close to the work.
• A J.D. or equivalent legal qualification and active admission to a U.S. state bar, with eligibility to practice in-house in the role’s location.

Nice To Haves

• Working in a small legal team or helping build a legal function.
• Financial market data, fintech, payments, AI, or blockchain-related products.
• Selling to financial institutions or other sophisticated enterprise buyers.
• Privacy, product counseling, or public-sector contracting.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial contracting, including drafting and negotiating enterprise customer agreements, data licenses, partnerships, and vendor contracts.
• Collaborate with Sales and Finance to resolve issues and facilitate deal closures.
• Shape data and IP rights by establishing practical positions on data acquisition, permitted use, redistribution, derived data, AI use, and post-termination rights.
• Align supplier rights with customer commitments.
• Advise on products and partnerships by working with Product and Engineering on new offerings and translating privacy, IP, and regulatory considerations into clear recommendations.
• Build legal operations by developing templates, negotiation playbooks, approval guidelines, intake workflows, and a contract repository, thoughtfully using AI and automation with appropriate confidentiality protections and human review.
• Coordinate broader legal needs by partnering with leadership and outside counsel on corporate governance, financings, employment matters, compliance, and other arising issues, managing priorities, specialist support, and legal spend.
• Make obligations actionable by helping teams understand contractual and policy commitments and working with owners to implement them.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D insurance (US folks get 100% coverage for Gold plans, 80% for dependents)
• Meaningful early-stage equity (stock option grant for every full-time employee)
• Flexible, trust-based paid time off (meeting or exceeding local statutory vacation requirements)
• Company sponsored 401(k) plan in US

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree