Descripción de la oferta
About the Company:
Our client is a product-led international technology company operating at significant global scale in the consumer digital space. With hundreds of millions of users across mobile platforms, the business is navigating increasing complexity across intellectual property, platform risk, and emerging regulation. Profitable, fast-growing, and entrepreneurial by design, the company combines global reach with a lean, high-performance operating model.Para una comprensión completa de esta oportunidad y de lo que se requerirá para ser un candidato exitoso, siga leyendo.The Opportunity:
The business is at an inflection point where legal needs to evolve into a defined strategic function, not simply a reactive support capability.
This is a rare opportunity to build and lead the legal function from the ground up, shaping how legal enables growth, manages risk, and supports decision-making at scale.
Operating across jurisdictions and digital ecosystems, the company faces sophisticated legal questions spanning intellectual property, platform enforcement, privacy, regulatory compliance, and governance.
The mandate is to establish the legal operating model, define priorities, and serve as a strategic partner to leadership.The Role:
This is the most senior legal role in the company, partnering directly with the CEO and executive leadership team. The initial focus is on intellectual property and platform-related risk, including:
Developing and leading trademark and copyright strategy
Overseeing platform enforcement and anti-infringement matters
Structuring dispute, takedown, and escalation approaches across digital platforms
Managing IP risk in a fast-moving product environmentBeyond IP, the scope expands into broader strategic legal leadership, including:
Shaping the company’s approach to regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DSA, and DMCA
Advising leadership on legal and commercial risk across multiple jurisdictions
Designing scalable legal processes, governance, and decision-making frameworks
Defining how and when external counsel is leveraged
Supporting product, growth, and operational teams with pragmatic legal guidance
Building the long-term legal function in line with the company’s global growth trajectoryThis role is equally about legal expertise and function-building, creating structure where little exists today and positioning legal as a strategic advantage for the business.Candidate Profile:
We are interested in senior legal leaders who bring a blend of strategic judgment, operational pragmatism, and deep subject-matter expertise. xiphteb You will likely bring:
Experience:
Significant experience in technology, digital products, mobile apps, marketplaces, or platform-based businesses
Deep expertise in intellectual property, particularly trademarks, copyright, platform enforcement, and anti-infringement strategy
Experience operating across U.S. and European legal and regulatory environments
Broad exposure across commercial, regulatory, privacy, and governance matters
Experience building or transforming legal functions, processes, or operating models
Leadership Style:
Commercial and pragmatic in balancing risk with business velocity
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-growth environments
Able to influence senior stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor to leadership
Hands-on, entrepreneurial, and motivated by building rather than inheriting mature structuresWhy This Role:
Opportunity to define and lead the legal function at a global-scale technology business
Direct partnership with the founder and executive leadership
Significant ownership, autonomy, and strategic influence
Ability to shape legal infrastructure at a genuine growth inflexion pointBarcelona is preferred, though London or other European locations may be considered for the right individual.
