Lead Counsel, DTC Product

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Lead Counsel DTC Product

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About the Role:

The Lead Counsel DTC Product is a senior attorney role supporting Disneys direct-to-consumer streaming products at the intersection of entertainment and technology. Reporting to the Assistant Chief Counsel Disney DTC Product this role will serve as a primary legal advisor to product technology design business operations and customer service teams on matters involving Disneys streaming services including SVOD and live products. The role requires a practical business-minded attorney who can independently assess legal and regulatory risk translate complex technical and legal concepts into clear guidance and help enable innovative product experiences consistent with Disneys legal ethical and brand standards.

Responsibilities:

This role provides practical business-focused legal guidance on DTC product and technology initiatives with a focus on enabling innovation while identifying assessing and mitigating legal risk.

• Provide day-to-day legal counseling to product technology business operations and customer service teams on issues related to Disney Hulu and ESPN including in-app experience commerce functionality consumer messaging back-end architecture regulatory and policy considerations.

• Serve as primary legal advisory on product launches feature development partner integrations and operational initiatives by identifying legal issues early assessing risk and recommending practical paths forward.

• Independently advise on matters of increasing complexity and significance while escalating highly sensitive high-risk or broad-impact issues to the Assistant Chief Counsel.

• Advise on and review technology product and commercial arrangements supporting DTC products.

• Partner with legal and business subject matter experts across The Walt Disney Company including privacy distribution government affairs litigation intellectual property product and technology teams to provide coordinated and consistent guidance.

• Synthesize contractual and consumer legal requirements to provide product and technology teams with applicable legal requirements and constraints.

• Translate complex technical concepts and product strategy into clear legal advice for business stakeholders.

• Support litigation risk assessment dispute strategy regulatory inquiries and incident response.

• Maintain trusted relationships with senior business partners and serve as a resource to colleagues and less experienced legal professionals on product and technology issues.

• Work proactively and independently under tight timeframes while upholding Disneys standards of professionalism collaboration ethics and integrity.

Required Qualifications:

• Significant relevant experience as a practicing attorney providing product technology digital media streaming or direct-to-consumer legal counseling.

• Demonstrated ability to independently advise on complex product technology regulatory and operational issues in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment with the ability to assess risk balance competing considerations and develop practical business-focused solutions.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and organization skills.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and communicate legal requirements clearly to product and engineering teams.

• Proven ability to manage multiple high-priority matters under tight timeframes with limited supervision.

• Collaborative solutions-oriented approach with the ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels including senior business leaders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior in-house experience at an entertainment media technology streaming or direct-to-consumer company.

• Experience advising on consumer-facing digital products subscription services app experience product compliance or partner integrations.

• Experience with litigation risk advisory work regulatory inquiries or incident response.

• Technical background or demonstrated fluency working closely with engineering product compliance and operations teams.

Required Education:

• J.D. degree or equivalent from an accredited law school.

• Admission to the California Bar in good standing or willingness and qualification to be Registered/Authorized In-House Counsel.

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica CA is $212000.00-$274200.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates geographic region job-related knowledge skills and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package in addition to the full range of medical financial and/or other benefits dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

Legal

Job Posting Primary Business:

DE TV Legal

Primary Job Posting Category:

Attorney

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Santa Monica CA USA

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