Location: Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago or SF office or 100% remote

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government, communicate without barriers, and measure what matters. We have over 250 team members in six countries and eleven offices — Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Chicago, D.C., Geneva, London, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich. We apply our unique expertise in strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for American and European clients

The Impact You Will Make

We're looking for a business-oriented attorney to serve as Sr. Counsel, Legal, Privacy & Compliance to guide our dynamic and growing team on day-to-day legal needs as well as increasing complexities around data privacy, security and compliance. Digital Media experience is preferred.

The Sr. Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to agency leadership and work with business partners across the agency to provide legal guidance and recommendations on a variety of business and risk management matters. You will determine when to engage external counsel and serve as the liaison on more specialized M&A, real estate, employment and election matters. Digital Media Industry is preferred.

You will help build a solid foundation from which we can scale for future growth, including having a point-of-view on best practices, process efficiencies and managing costs, and an aptitude for putting these plans into practice. You will have internal management responsibilities for the Contracts team which we expect to grow over time.

What the Day-to-Day Looks Like

Contracts. You will play a hands-on role, as well as oversee our Director of Contracts, in developing, drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts (Consulting Agreements, Statements of Work, Amendments, Letters of Authorization) for various types of service engagements in the marketing domain in compliance with company policy.

Commercial Risk/Compliance. You will be responsible for identifying areas of risk and coordinating commercial risk mitigation measures. You will support the maturation and expansion of our corporate compliance infrastructure, including the evolution of company policies and programs and their alignment to organizational controls.

Data Privacy and Information Security/Compliance. You will play a key role in our strategic initiatives by providing data protection counsel, developing data protection compliance infrastructure, and operationalizing compliance policies. You will develop contract language as needed to maintain or strengthen compliance with applicable privacy law and to protect sensitive information.

Product Counsel. You will collaborate with our Insights team to identify potential legal risks and provide risk-mitigation counseling on ad tech products. You will critically analyze complicated data flows and leading-edge ad tech technologies, help implement privacy by design in new ad tech products, and contribute to the development of scalable processes for legal review.

Regulatory Counseling and Training. You will have nuanced understanding of and keep abreast of changes in state, federal and international regulation, legislation, and market expectations related to data privacy, data protection, and election laws at the intersection of privacy, consumer protection, and advertising technology. Related, you will engage with colleagues across the business through training and raising awareness on these developments.

Information Security. You will serve as the primary support for our information security program by partnering with our IT team to address and respond to DSARs, respond to reported incidents that require legal input, maintain existing controls, and identify improvements.