Head of Legal

Sparteo - Suite of Solutions for Web Publishers

Since 2016, Sparteo has been revolutionizing advertising technology. Our AI-powered solutions boost media value on websites.

Sparteo is skyrocketing in Europe :

🇫🇷 2nd fastest-growing French ad-tech startup and 32nd nationwide (Les Echos).

🇪🇺 21st fastest-growing European ad & marketing startup and 359th overall (Financial Times).

Why?

🧙 Passionate, dedicated teams! We empower them to learn, excel, and drive Sparteo’s success.

🌟 High-performance solutions: Actirise for display, FastCMP for consent management, Viously for video, and Voxeus for audio.

Discover our journey, products, and culture on 👉our website👈 !

Your Job

The Head of Legal will oversee all legal aspects of the business, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, managing legal risks, and providing strategic legal advice to support Sparteo's growth and operations.

To specify

Operational Legal Management

• Monitor legal risks in business operations, provide timely updates and solutions.
• Ensure the company's compliance with national and international privacy regulations, including GDPR (ROPA,…).
• Assist teams during RFPs, negotiate and manage all contracts, including the development of standard contract templates and the review of third-party agreements.
• Collaborate with the product team to ensure all new features outlined in our contract are covered and to foresee any potential legal risks that may emerge.
• Develop and implement dispute resolution strategies to minimize legal exposure, collaborating with specialized law firms for litigation.
• Respond to each new adverse event with structural adjustments to our contracts and processes, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Assist the executives in decision-making.

Service legal Strategy and Management

• Create, lead and develop the legal service. Currently, we are working in partnership with 2 lawyers.
• Develop and implement the legal strategy aligned with Sparteo’s business objectives, focusing on privacy and innovation.

Your profile for this job

We are looking for someone who:

• Has at least two years of experience in the Ad Tech industry, demonstrating deep understanding and expertise in managing contractual agreements with publishers, SSPs, DSPs, and data providers, as well as a profound grasp of privacy regulations, including GDPR.
• Possesses international experience, with a broad understanding of legal practices across different jurisdictions.
• Is fluent in both English and French, capable of effective communication and handling legal documentation in both languages.

What would be a strong plus:

• Experience in team management and establishing legal teams, showing the ability to lead and develop a legal department.

Your mind set to share our adventure

• You want to make an impact and move things forward collectively. Does hearing phrases like "Yes, but we've been doing it this way for years..." make your hair stand on end? We feel the same way: progress is made by questioning what already exists.
• You solve problems pragmatically and analytically.
• You're looking for a fast-moving environment where your agility will be an asset. The 80-20 (Pareto) principle holds no secrets for you.
• Your ability to listen encourages you to challenge and improve yourself on an ongoing basis.

Our working conditions

• A convivial and flexible working environment, with our telecommuting culture integrated into the company's organization.
• A friendly and small-sized team that you can find in our offices near Lille or in Paris.
• Social gatherings and company events organized throughout the year.
• Sparteo is experiencing significant growth both in terms of business and workforce, especially internationally.
• Additional benefits include an advantageous compensation system with non-taxable and non-mandatory overtime hours, as well as a Swile restaurant ticket card.

Ready to join Team Sparteo? Send us your CV and continue the recruitment process!

Here are the stages in our recruitment process

• Discussions about your driving forces, your ambitions and our Sparteo mindset
• Analytical test
• Discussions with one or more members of the Sparteo team, including your future manager
• Taking up references

Our recruitment process is mainly conducted by videoconference; however, certain stages may require a face-to-face meeting.