Director of Business and Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

About the Role

This is a full-time position based onsite in San Francisco, CA.

Key Responsibilities
• Drive the end-to-end contracting lifecycle for complex, high value commercial agreements, ensuring strategic alignment across the organization
• Oversee mission critical transactional matters spanning Corporate Partnerships, Premium Sales, Ticketing, Golden State Sports Academy,, and other revenue generating programs
• Enhance operational excellence by creating and refining contract templates, playbooks, negotiation frameworks, and cross functional processes
• Provide strategic legal support for sponsorships and partner activations, ensuring that all activations - including marketing, in venue, digital, and experiential - are executed in full compliance with regulatory, brand, and contractual standards
• Act as a legal advisor to multiple business teams with the ability to help drive strategy and positive outcomes with a risk calibrated, solution oriented approach
• Create an innovative legal framework that enables teams to bring products to market efficiently while scaling agreement structures for growth
• Deliver clear, decisive legal guidance on sophisticated and fast moving legal issues affecting sports, entertainment, venue operations and commercial activities
• Anticipate operational and regulatory challenges, devising forward looking, practical strategies to minimize disputes and mitigate enterprise risk
• Monitor and interpret legal developments to ensure ongoing compliance and best in class governance across all business units
• Communicate complex legal concepts in business focused, accessible terms that empower leaders to make confident, informed decisions
• Manage outside counsel and interface with external stakeholders to ensure alignment, cost effectiveness, and exceptional representation of the organization
• Other duties as assigned

Required Experience & Skills
• Juris Doctor degree with an active bar license and the ability to practice in-house in California.
• 7 years of legal experience, ideally with a combination of top tier law firm training and in-house counsel work within sports, entertainment, media, technology, live events, real estate, or other sophisticated commercial environments
• Expertise in complex commercial transactions, including structuring, drafting, and negotiating high value agreements across partnerships, sponsorships, media, licensing, technology, live events, real estate, and/or venue operations
• Ability to support revenue generating business units, balancing legal risk with business priorities in fast moving, highly visible settings
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite/Google Suite
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills with the ability to influence senior executives, operational leaders, external partners, and cross functional stakeholders.
• Strong strategic judgment and business acumen with a proactive approach to issue spotting, problem solving, and operationalizing legal frameworks across a large enterprise
• Experience building scalable legal infrastructure, including templates, playbooks, processes, and governance models that elevate efficiency and consistency
• High integrity, discretion, and professionalism, with the ability to handle sensitive information and navigate high stakes situations with confidence
• A collaborative, agile mindset and comfort operating in a fast paced environment that spans sports, entertainment, live events, and digital innovation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

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