Director, Contracts
Job Description
<p><strong>About 14 Technology Holdings </strong></p> <p>14 Technology Holding’s (“14TH”) portfolio includes Data Analytics firms in multiple spaces and employs over 100 people. Our team of analysts, scientists, engineers, and strategists hail from diverse backgrounds yet share a passion for using data to solve the world’s greatest social and analytical challenges. Since our inception we’ve worked with more than 400 organizations ranging across the world. We service an ever-expanding portfolio of commercial clients in the automotive, travel, CPG, entertainment, healthcare, media, and telecom industries. Along the way, we’ve developed some of the most innovative tools available in analytics, media optimization, reporting, and influencer outreach.</p> <p><strong>About the team </strong></p> <p>The Operations and People team supports the staff of 14 Technology Holdings and its subsidiaries, their work, and their clients. The Ops and People Division includes People Operations: supporting recruitment, onboarding, and the employee experience; Financial Operations: executing payroll, book-keeping, and financial planning; Legal Operations: reviewing contracts, compliance, and insurance; and broader Operational Logistics support: facilities, travel, employee experience, and IT.</p> <p><strong>About the role:</strong></p> <p>The Director, Contracts will own the end-to-end management of contracts for 14TH and its portfolio companies. This role includes reviewing, drafting, and negotiating agreements with public and private sector clients, managing vendor contracts, NDAs, and statements of work, while collaborating with external legal counsel to ensure compliance and mitigate risk. The Director will also lead corporate compliance initiatives, oversee privacy policies, and streamline internal legal operations processes. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and brings a critical, analytical approach to contracts and the contract management process.</p> <p><strong>In this position you will:</strong></p> <p><strong>Contracts & Contract Management</strong></p> <ul> <li>Review, draft, and negotiate client contracts, vendor agreements, NDAs, SOWs, license agreements, and ad hoc agreements across business units.</li> <li>Ensure all agreements are reviewed for risk mitigation, compliance with state, national, and occasionally international regulations, and alignment with company objectives.</li> <li>Advise internal teams, including senior leadership, on contractual terms that may impact project execution, including intellectual property, staffing restrictions, non-compete clauses, and data governance.</li> <li>Oversee the entire contract lifecycle: generation, negotiation, execution, storage, and retrieval.</li> <li>Own the contract management system (LinkSquares), including system governance, data integrity, reporting, and ongoing optimization.</li> <li>Maintain organized contract records and implement processes to ensure efficiency, consistency, and accuracy.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Compliance & Risk Mitigation</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support internal leadership with legal and compliance guidance across multiple disciplines, including government contracts, professional services, product agreements, and polling/vendor agreements.</li> <li>Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement frameworks for monitoring legal requirements and data privacy compliance across the organization.</li> <li>Oversee corporate privacy initiatives, including policy enforcement, risk assessments, stakeholder coordination, and consumer rights request processing.</li> <li>Manage corporate insurance portfolio, includi