Position: Commercial Lawyer - Digital & E-Commerce Technology
Rate: $160-185k base max – 32% bonus – 30% equity – 4 weeks’ vacation + 6 additional days.
Client: Enterprise Retail Client
Hybrid: 5 days a week - Mississauga
Must Haves
- 7-10+ years of corporate/commercial legal experience, including at least 5-7 years supporting a business in an in-house counsel capacity.
- JD/LLB and membership in good standing with a Canadian law society.
- Strong experience supporting ecommerce, digital commerce, or technology-driven businesses.
- Deep knowledge of advertising law, privacy law, consumer protection, and data governance.
- Experience advising on ad-tech platforms, digital advertising ecosystems, media buying and selling, and DSP (Demand-Side Platform) environments.
- Proven ability to draft, negotiate, and manage complex commercial agreements, strategic partnerships, and technology-related contracts.
- Experience partnering closely with sales and commercial teams, providing practical legal guidance that supports revenue growth while mitigating risk.
- Strong understanding of customer data usage, audience targeting, analytics, campaign measurement, and privacy compliance.
- Experience drafting and negotiating advertising terms and conditions with clients, agencies, vendors, and strategic partners.
- Ability to review marketing, advertising, and sales materials and advise on what claims, customer information, and performance data can be legally disclosed.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance legal risk against business objectives in a fast-paced environment.
Plusses
- Experience supporting a retail media network or enterprise retail organization.
- Previous experience advising media, advertising technology, marketing technology, or digital media companies.
- Experience supporting omnichannel advertising programs across digital, ecommerce, mobile, and physical retail environments.
- Familiarity with emerging regulations and industry trends related to artificial intelligence, digital advertising, consumer data, and online marketplaces.
- Experience building governance frameworks, compliance programs, and scalable legal processes for advertising and data use.
- Experience managing external counsel and specialized legal advisors.
- Exposure to product development and technology teams, particularly within data-driven advertising environments.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic legal advisor to the enterprise retail media and advertising business, partnering with commercial, sales, product, marketing, and technology stakeholders.
- Provide legal guidance on the development, launch, and scaling of advertising products, retail media solutions, and customer engagement initiatives.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and structure commercial agreements involving advertisers, agencies, media platforms, technology providers, ad-tech vendors, and strategic partners.
- Support sales teams by reviewing proposals, customer-facing materials, campaign performance reporting, and commercial terms to ensure regulatory compliance and minimize legal risk.
- Advise on privacy, customer data usage, audience targeting, analytics, measurement capabilities, and data-sharing practices.
- Review marketing campaigns, sponsored content, advertising claims, and customer communications to ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Provide guidance on what customer, campaign, and sales performance information can be shared externally during sales pitches and business development activities.
- Partner with compliance, privacy, and technology teams to identify legal risks and develop practical solutions that enable innovation and business growth.
- Develop and maintain terms and conditions, governance frameworks, and compliance processes related to advertising, data use, and media publishing activities.
- Monitor emerging legal, regulatory, and industry developments across privacy, advertising technology, ecommerce, digital media, and artificial intelligence, translating those developments into actionable business recommendations.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and external counsel to address complex legal matters and support strategic business initiatives.
- This profile would be ideal for someone coming from a retail media, ecommerce, ad-tech, digital advertising, media agency, or enterprise retail environment who has experience acting as a business-oriented legal partner to sales and commercial teams.
**Vacant opening / net new role**
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