VP, Business & Legal Affairs

Job Description

Responsibilities
Job Duties
• Lead business and legal affairs for various Telemundo departments and divisions, including but not limited to the Hispanic Streaming Group, Marketing, Corporate Affairs, Operations & Technology, Revenue Strategy & Distribution, Digital Operations, and HR departments.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to department executives to identify and resolve business and legal issues (including issues relating to contract interpretation).
• Draft, negotiate, review, and interpret an extensive range of agreements, including but not limited to vendor, software as a service agreement, executive producer, partnership/sponsorship, venue, development, rights acquisition, production, license, content distribution, and above-the-line talent (e.g., writers, producers, directors, and cast) agreements and provide timely and thoughtful legal advice on potential risks and issues.
• Provide counsel on various business deal structures and related documentation.
• Manage the day-to-day business and legal affairs/production legal issues in connection with the production of Telemundo's live specials, including live music award shows, as well as Hispanic Streaming Group's scripted and unscripted productions.
• Review and/or provide rights analyses and clearances for productions.
• Manage, train and mentor a team of business and legal affairs attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff.
• Provide advice and legal support as a business and legal generalist.

Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Requirements
• Minimum 10 years of combined television business affairs and legal affairs experience at a media company and/or law firm with substantial entertainment and media practice.
• Extensive knowledge of entertainment transactions.
• J.D. from accredited US law school, demonstrated academic achievement and current bar membership in good standing.
• Spanish verbal and written skills a plus.

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics
• Strong strategic negotiations skills.
• Good business judgment; strong business ethics.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.
• Detail-oriented and possess superior drafting, negotiation, organizational and time management skills.
• A self-starter who exhibits the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, have a take- charge attitude and be a quick study in all things television development and production.
• Ability to top-line issues for network executives on a daily basis and communicate in a clear, concise and succinct manner both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the television industry and relationships therein.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to lead a multi-regional team.
• Team player, collaborative style, excellent interpersonal skills and able to establish effective relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to handle multiple projects; work well in a fast-paced, deadline intensive in-house environment.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g38en9-18-219-22-169-42 in your application.