What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Business & Legal Affairs position at NBCUniversal?
Company Description
About Us:
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal's affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Job Description
The Position:
The Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs executive will serve as a legal point of contact and provide legal support for all aspects of content acquisition of NBCUniversal’s broad portfolio of television entertainment networks (NBC, USA, Bravo, Syfy, E! and Oxygen) and innovative direct-to-consumer streaming service Peacock, including a wide range of issues relating to the licensing of film, television, news, sports, live events, and original programming. The role will report into the division’s Senior Vice President.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Independently draft, review, negotiate and interpret a range of contracts and other legal documents while managing other lawyers in the division working on acquisition, marketing, and similar matters.
- Provide timely and thoughtful legal advice on potential risks and issues, then propose practical, responsive solutions.
- Identify and implement improvements to forms and processes.
- Partner with NBCUniversal business executives, as well as colleagues in the Law Department, to discuss and implement best practices and formulate new processes in connection with business needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Member of New York, California, or other U.S. state bar.
- JD or LLM degree from an accredited law school.
- Minimum of 10 years of transactional entertainment law experience at a major law firm, comparable studio, or corporation.
- Demonstrated proficiency with the distribution or acquisition of video programming for exploitation on television and emerging platforms.
Desired Qualifications:
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines proactively, independently, and reliably in an organized fashion in a fast-paced environment.
- Maintain a collaborative and team-oriented approach.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to influence a wide range of personalities/styles and build productive relationships at all levels of the organization.
- Outstanding analytic, communication and organizational skills, including excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
- Sound business judgment, with flexibility/adaptability to manage multiple, wide-ranging matters, conflicting deadlines, and new areas of expertise as business needs change.
- Proactively identify, prioritize, and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively.
- Demonstrated ability, in a positive and practical manner, to approach complex legal scenarios in a thoughtful and analytic fashion.
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts to business and creative executives, build consensus across business units, think creatively, and collaborate with other executives to address business needs.
Additional Information
Additional Requirements:
- Must be willing to work in Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY
- Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
- Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States
- This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week
- This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $200,000 - $280,000; bonus and LTI eligible
Salary : $200,000 - $280,000
