Senior Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs - Ad Tech & Media Transactions

Roku•New York, NY

8d•$230,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Roku is seeking a sharp, pragmatic attorney to join its Legal Ad Partnerships & Sales (LAPS) team within the Legal & Business Affairs organization. This role is central to Roku's advertising business, providing transactional legal support to ad sales, ad platform, and publisher ad services teams. The attorney will negotiate and structure complex commercial agreements within the digital advertising ecosystem, advise on data privacy for live deals, and act as a trusted legal partner to various business stakeholders. This high-visibility position is ideal for someone with a strong understanding of advertising technology and deal dynamics, who is eager to contribute to the legal infrastructure supporting Roku's advertising growth.

Requirements

Deep experience negotiating supply-side agreements, demand-side agreements, data licensing agreements, and IOs with advertisers, agencies, and publishers.
Solid understanding of digital advertising technology, programmatic ecosystems, and the IAB terms and conditions landscape.
Excellent working knowledge of data privacy and marketing.
Significant experience drafting and negotiating advertising data and measurement licenses, including privacy and data security provisions.
Demonstrated ability to translate legal requirements into actionable business advice for fast-moving teams.
Pragmatic approach to problem solving, sound judgment under ambiguity, and the entrepreneurial mindset to work independently in a constantly evolving environment.
Proven ability to build relationships across departments and work effectively in a matrixed environment.
Strong track record of handling complex business and legal issues in a fast-paced, agile, technology-driven company.
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.
Familiarity with both B2B and B2C aspects of the digital advertising ecosystem.
Experience working with brands, advertising agencies, publishers, and other content providers.
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.
A track record of quickly understanding complex products and services and offering creative solutions for business enablement.
J.D. from a U.S. accredited law school and active bar membership in New York or California.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements across the ad tech 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.
Structure master services agreements, data integration arrangements, and vendor agreements in support of Roku's advertising platform.
Advise on data privacy considerations embedded in commercial transactions, bringing a confident working knowledge of the evolving privacy law landscape to each deal.
Stay current on developments in martech, ad tech, digital media, retail media, OTT/CTV, and applicable regulations including data privacy laws.
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.
Independently navigate stakeholder input across departments and translate legal requirements into clear, actionable business guidance.
Help develop scalable, risk-calibrated processes that give the advertising team the flexibility to move quickly without sacrificing legal rigor.
Use AI-powered legal tools and large language models to accelerate contract review, drafting, and analysis — and help identify opportunities to further integrate AI into the team's workflows.
Bring a forward-thinking approach to legal operations, including comfort with and curiosity about how emerging technology is reshaping the practice of law.