Legal Counsel Data, Strategy & Business Operations

This is a Full Time Job

Responsibilities
Role Purpose
NBCUniversal is looking for a talented, passionate, and resourceful Legal Counsel to support NBCUniversal's industry-leading data strategy and advanced digital advertising businesses.

As a premier media and entertainment company, NBCUniversal offers a broad suite of sophisticated advertising products to its advertisers, including audience targeting, cross platform reach and frequency measurement, and attribution, as well as innovative ad solutions with partners such as Apple, Snapchat, YouTube, and Buzzfeed.

This position will play a critical role in helping teams to build and launch these products and partnerships, with a particular focus on the newly-created enterprise data strategy unit. You will enjoy navigating complex and novel legal issues to achieve the business objectives of our internal clients. The role requires a self-starter who can think creatively and thrive in an evolving environment at the forefront of advertising technology and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the data, strategy, partnerships, measurement, and operations teams relating to the development of new technologies and products involving data and digital advertising
• Counsel on cutting-edge issues and risks associated with data collection, use and targeting
• Coordinate with the Privacy and Information Security teams to ensure personal data and confidential information is collected, used, and secured in accordance with privacy laws and company requirements
• Advise on emerging federal and state legislation impacting NBCU's data strategy
• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including data partnerships and vendor contracts with research and measurement companies, data licensors, and other ad tech vendor
• Represent NBCUniversal in digital advertising industry organizations

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Law degree and member of a state bar in good standing
• Minimum of 5 years of corporate transactional experience at a law firm and/or corporate law department

Eligibility Requirements
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY.

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics
• Experience in digital advertising and/or working with new media platforms a plus
• Strong work ethic
• Significant experience in negotiating and drafting contracts and a variety of terms and conditions
• Experience or strong interest in advertising, privacy, and/or IP law
• Strong academic record from top tier law school
• Strong written and oral presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task successfully, and to both work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment