Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the C-suite and senior leadership to provide strategic legal guidance and risk analysis on key initiatives and company direction.
• Structure and advise on complex commercial arrangements, including distribution, licensing, partnerships, and strategic transactions.
• Serve as a senior legal advisor across the full enterprise, including music distribution, product and technology, international expansion, sync and licensing, corporate strategy, business development, advertising, and supporting shared services (HR, Finance, IT).
• Manage the internal legal team, setting priorities, allocating resources, and elevating overall legal function performance.
• Partner and coordinate with outside counsel, ensuring efficient execution, cost management, and alignment with company objectives.
• Lead development and implementation of scalable legal frameworks, policies, and best practices across the organization
• Guide product, technology, and international teams on launches, expansion, and regulatory considerations
• Oversee and manage enforcing rights, dispute resolution strategy, including pre-litigation, litigation, and settlement approach.
• Ensure the company operates with a practical, business-forward legal posture that enables growth rather than restricts it

Requirements

• Background in IP, media, technology, music and/or entertainment law, with strong commercial instincts.
• Proven ability to operate at a strategic level, advising executives and influencing business outcomes while maintaining strong relationships internally and externally.
• Experience managing or leading legal teams and partnering with outside counsel.
• Deep understanding of commercial deal structures, rights frameworks, and global business operations.
• Strong judgment, with the ability to balance legal risk against business objectives.
• Effective communicator, excellent writer, and outward leader who can translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Comfortable operating cross-functionally with product, finance, HR, marketing, and business teams.
• Proficiency with AI-powered legal tools and workflows (e.g., contract review/analysis, legal research, and document automation), with the ability to leverage emerging technologies to improve legal efficiency, scalability, and decision-making.
• J.D. from an accredited law school, admitted and in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, preferably NY.
• 8 to 15 years of experience, with a mix of reputable entertainment law firm and in-house experience

Benefits

• bonus
• stock options
• 401(k) match
• etc.