Commercial Legal Director

About Cardlytics

Founded in 2008, Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through our partners' digital reward programs. Join us on our mission to make commerce smarter and more rewarding for everyone!

About the Position

Cardlytics is looking for a Commercial Legal Director to join our Legal team. You will serve as a key legal partner to our commercial, sales, and partnerships teams, helping draft, negotiate, and close a wide range of technology, data, and partnership deals. You'll bring a pragmatic, business-minded approach to managing risk, and help scale a platform that connects banks, publishers, and advertisers.

The Commercial Legal Director will report to the Chief Legal and Privacy Officer and will work cross‑functionally with stakeholders across Sales, Partnerships, Product, Engineering, Finance, and People.

You will

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS/platform agreements, publisher agreements, data and licensing agreements, marketing and media insertion orders, NDAs, and strategic partnership contracts with some of the largest financial institutions and technology companies in the world.
• Gain deep technical understanding of data flows and technology to advise on innovative commercial deal frameworks.
• Advise internal stakeholders on commercial and contractual risks, providing clear, practical guidance that balances risk with business objectives.
• Partner with Sales, Partnerships, and Product teams to support deal structuring, product review and contract execution.
• Help maintain and improve contract templates and playbooks that drive consistency and speed across the business.
• Identify, research, analyze, and work with cross-functional teams to address potential risks related to a wide range o