Tubi TV

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Content Acquisitions

Tubi TV$252K — $360K *
Legal & Accounting
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years' legal experience in an established law firm and in entertainment, media, advertising, and/or technology sector.
  • 5+ years' experience managing and developing a team of attorneys.
  • Demonstrated expertise in negotiating and drafting content acquisition and distribution agreements.
  • Understanding of digital rights management challenges and practices.
  • Strong communication skills for conveying complex legal concepts clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and ensure the professional development of the Content Acquisitions Legal team.
  • Analyze legal issues and communicate effectively with business stakeholders to support Tubi's goals.
  • Implement process improvements and efficiencies for the Content Acquisitions Legal team.
  • Negotiate content license and distribution agreements while ensuring best practices are followed.
  • Maintain communication with stakeholders on negotiation progress and escalate issues appropriately.
  • Build strong partnerships with internal teams, third-party partners, and Fox colleagues.
  • Support overflow work for other Legal team verticals as necessary.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy for salaried employees allowing for personal management.
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave Program for full-time employees.
  • Monthly wellness reimbursement for health and fitness expenses.
  • Comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) plan.
Full Job Description
About the Role:

Tubi is seeking a Vice President, Associate General Counsel-level attorney to lead our Content Acquisitions Legal team. This role provides legal advice, risk assessment and partnership management to the Content Acquisitions and Partnerships business team, and leads a team of four additional attorneys.

You'll work cross-functionally with other Tubi business teams, including Marketing, Sales, Product and Finance, as well as with Fox business and legal teams (e.g., Music and Tax). You'll also partner closely with fellow Tubi Legal subject matter experts on content-related issues including data privacy, digital rights management, IP and sponsorships.

The Tubi Legal team is organized into seven vertical subject areas. We're fast-paced, nimble, and work collaboratively on challenging issues while striving to be excellent partners to our fellow Tubies.

This position reports to our Executive Vice President and General Counsel, and may be located in our San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York offices, or remotely from any US-based location.

What You'll Do:
  • Serve as a functional role model for leadership for the Content Acquisitions Legal team, Tubi Legal and across Tubi.
  • Develop a keen understanding of Tubi's business, with a deep understanding of the evolving streaming and ad technology landscapes. Collaborate with business stakeholders, legal colleagues and Tubi GC to develop Tubi's positions on legal issues and risk tolerance. Serve as a resource for business stakeholders across Tubi's teams by providing thoughtful analysis and effective communication of complex legal issues, regulations and laws, to provide business-forward advice in furtherance of company goals and OKRs.
  • Actively participate in developing and implementing process-related tasks to help the Content Acquisitions Legal team develop efficiencies and suggest areas for development across all Tubi Legal verticals. Work with other Tubi Legal managers to develop training for the entire Legal team.
  • Work to establish best practices and identify practical solutions for your team to bring content negotiations to a close as frictionlessly as possible. Review and update templates, and structure, draft, review and negotiate content license and distribution agreements, and other related agreements.
  • Keep internal stakeholders and third-party representatives adequately and timely apprised of the status of negotiations. Exercise thoughtful judgement to escalate issues to the GC as appropriate.
  • Build trust and drive strong relationships with internal stakeholders, third-party partners and licensors, cross-functional teams and Fox Legal and business colleagues.
  • Working with your team, support other Legal team verticals who have overflow work and counsel their clients, as needed.

Your Background:
  • 15+ years' legal experience between an established law firm and an entertainment, media, advertising and/or technology company
  • 5+ years' experience managing, coaching and developing a team of high-performing attorneys
  • Experience negotiating and drafting content acquisition and distribution agreements
  • Understanding of digital rights management issues
  • Excellent negotiator with exceptional relationship management skills
  • Strong drafting skills and demonstrated ability to balance necessary legal protections with practical business needs and manage multiple, complex legal transactions simultaneously
  • Ability to work well independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic and creative environment
  • Strong executive presence and an energetic team leader who coaches and supports a team effectively
  • Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal colleagues
  • Detail-oriented and able to manage a high-volume workload efficiently and smoothly
  • JD received from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school
  • Admission to the state bar in at least one U.S. state

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Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is listed annually below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, long-term incentive plan, and various benefits including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.

High cost labor markets such as but not limited to Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco

$252,300-$360,500 USD

Tubi is a division of Fox Corporation, and the FOX Employee Benefits summarized here, covers the majority of all US employee benefits. The following distinctions below outline the differences between the Tubi and FOX benefits:
  • For US-based non-exempt Tubi employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.
  • For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.
  • For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX's short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi.
  • For all full-time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.

About Tubi TV

Tubi TV is an American ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corporation. The service features a rotating selection of movies and television series, with the service adding new titles every week. Tubi is available for free on Android, iOS, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Xfinity X1, Xbox, Samsung Smart TVs, Sony Smart TVs, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and the web. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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