Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.
Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.
We are a fast-growing, financially strong, pre-IPO Ad Technology company expanding our legal team. We’re looking for an experienced and driven Deputy General Counsel to work closely with the General Counsel, playing a critical role in shaping legal strategy, ensuring compliance, and supporting our evolving global business. This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic legal generalist who aspires to step into a future GC role.
Key Responsibilities- Collaborate with business partners to understand their goals and ensure contracts and legal solutions are aligned with company strategy.
- Assist with maintaining and evolving the company’s global data protection program in response to regulatory and operational changes.
- Support compliance efforts with international privacy and data protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other applicable regulations.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert on data privacy and security, advising cross-functional teams such as People Operations, Marketing, Finance, Sales, and Engineering.
- Stay informed on evolving laws, regulations, and technology developments impacting data protection, cybersecurity, and consumer rights.
- Educate and guide internal teams on contract templates, legal workflows, and regulatory compliance best practices.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, including commercial, marketing, employment-related, confidentiality, and other operational agreements.
- Advise executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on legal risks and strategic considerations relevant to a high-growth company.
- Oversee subsidiary management activities, including entity formation, governance, and intercompany agreements.
- Support the development and execution of internal compliance programs, including insider trading, code of conduct, whistleblower, and SOX-related controls.
- J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and active, current license to practice law in the state of California.
- Minimum of 8 years of legal experience, including at least 5 years as in-house counsel—ideally in tech, SaaS, or digital advertising sectors; IAPP or similar privacy certification preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, including SaaS, vendor, marketing, employment-related, and confidentiality agreements.
- Practical experience with global data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA), including building or managing compliance programs.
- Experience supporting or managing regulatory inquiries related to data privacy or information security.
- Familiarity with corporate compliance programs, including policy development, codes of conduct, and employee training.
- Proven ability to communicate complex legal concepts in clear, business-oriented terms.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a track record of building trusted partnerships across Legal, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and People Operations.
- Highly organized, proactive, and adaptable, with sound judgment and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
Location:
This role is eligible for full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, NV, NY, UT, and WA: Preference is California
We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, Orange County and New York
Travel Expectations:
We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building.
Compensation:
Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience.
The following are our base salary ranges for this role:
- SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $250,000 - $275,000 plus bonus
- Seattle/Olympia, San Diego, Santa Barbara: $230,000 - $253,000 plus bonus
- All other cities and towns in our approved states: $212,000 - $233,000 plus bonus
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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.
Liftoff's Compensation Strategy
Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.
Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:
Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.
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Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand. Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence. Come join the rocket ship! 🚀
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Join Liftoff, where innovation meets impact in a fast-changing global market. We’re a remote-first, hybrid-optional company driven by our values—Growth Mindset, Data-Driven, Agency & Urgency, and Togetherness. Our R&D and GTM teams solve complex technical challenges at scale, while our G&A pros keep us moving fast and supported.
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