Legal and Governance Manager in London

At Synexus, we\'re helping advertisers rethink how they show up in the news ecosystem. After a successful investment round, we are now in the process of launching a new brand and product to the Ad tech market.
Today, blunt keyword blocking causes brands to avoid entire news sites — even when the content is high-quality, balanced, and aligned with their values. It’s like tossing out a whole basket of fruit just because one apple has a bruise.
Our technology changes that. Instead of just scanning keywords, Synexus analyzes how topics are being discussed. This allows advertisers to safely reintroduce premium journalism into their media plans — driving better reach, performance, and efficiency without added risk.
We give brands smarter tools to control where their ads appear, unlocking underutilized, brand-safe inventory and improving campaign outcomes across the open web.
At Synexus, you’ll be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and support everyone around them. Our team is passionate about our mission, are experts in their fields and are collaborative problem solvers.
We model the following behaviors across the organisation:

• Bring positive energy
• Collaborate
• Focus on outcomes
• Respect
  

The postholder will offer clear and pragmatic legal advice while leading and implementing strategies to strengthen the overall governance, compliance, and probity practices of Synexus. You will ensure that:

• our business decisions, operations and processes are in compliance with legal and governance best practice;
• and risk is appropriately managed for Synexus, within the risk appetite of the Board
  

The successful candidate will:

• Provide succinct, pragmatic, risk-based advice on legal and governance matters
• Develop and oversee the framework by which Synexus monitors and reports compliance with all relevant legislative and regulatory requirements in the US and UK, and potentially other jurisdictions in the future (you will be supported by expert local legal advisors and will apply professional judgment to decide whether legal input is to be sourced externally).
• Ensure Synexus’s risk management framework is robust
• Develop and manage the IP and data protection strategy
  

Broad responsibilities include:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating terms of contracts (including consultancy agreements, licensing agreements, NDAs)
• Advising Board and Leadership Team on legal matters (contracts with licensees, suppliers and local partners; data protection and privacy; intellectual property)
• Working with the Board Chair to agree what best practice governance looks like for Synexus
• Maintaining governance registers, including Conflicts of Interest
• Managing the forward scheduling of Board meetings and coordinating agendas, papers, and reports for each meeting against a predetermined schedule
• Staying abreast of relevant changes in law, court cases, governance and regulation (with assistance from local experts) and bringing these to the attention of the Board and Leadership Team
• Supporting the COO with progress tracking against objectives in support of Board and Leadership Team reporting
• Dealing with and/or advising the Leadership team on legal threats and challenges (supported by external lawyers where needed)
  

Essential Experience And Qualifications

• Qualified (Ideally US, or England & Wales) solicitor, with significant experience and expertise
• Experience of working in a strategic capacity ‘in house’ to deliver change and results
• Broad governance experience covering corporate and information governance, ideally in a Tech environment
• Experience of working to coordinate (and reconcile) legal advice from different overseas jurisdictions
• Not being phased by new challenges / considerations never seen before
• Ability (and enthusiasm) to ‘roll up sleeves’ in a quickly growing organization and get things done. Self-motivated in a remote, virtual work environment
• Technologically adept, quick to learn new software and tools
• Desirable - Understanding of, and interest in, the issues which Synexus is seeking to address
  

Terms and Conditions

• LOCATION - Remote – based, and right to work, in the UK preferred though US based also possible.
• WORKING HOURS - This role will be a permanent 0.6 FTE position. Flexible (and increased) working hours are possible. Occasional international travel may be necessary.
• REPORTING - This role supports the work of the Chief Operating Officer, to whom the post holder reports.
  

A place to be your authentic self
We are virtual by design to access a rich diversity of skills, expertise, experiences, and perspectives. Our commitment to neutrality is unwavering – across all of our work around the globe. Our employees are central to our mission and to our impact and we know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex challenges. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
0.6 FTE equates to 22.5 work hours/week #J-18808-Ljbffr