Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

WMG's top priority is the safety and wellbeing of its team members, artists and songwriters across the globe. In response to COVID-19, WMG is fully committed to helping its people balance their home and life commitments with flexible working options, virtual wellness sessions, and more. WMG strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a condition of employment for all US new employees, prior to the commencement of employment. If you are hired, you will be required to provide proof of your vaccination as part of your new employee onboarding process, subject to our legal obligation to make reasonable accommodations in certain limited circumstances.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

A little bit about our team:

The Business & Legal Affairs is a tight-knit department that provides global business and legal support to Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), which offers distribution, sales, and frontline label services to a wide variety of third party record labels and artists; and Level Music (a new proprietary music distribution platform).

Your role:

The Vice President would supervise and oversee internal work product and agreements, and advise several lines of businesses within the ADA umbrella. ADA sits within Warner Music Group, a home to a collection of the best-known labels in the music industry, as well as one of the world's leading music publishers. As an in-house attorney, you will negotiate competitive record deals with major firms across the US. You will help craft our strategy and deal structures, for not only artist and distribution deals, but also acquisitions, JVs, equity investments, new technologies and strategic partnerships.

Here you'll get to:
• Negotiate and draft agreements for the various divisions, including, but not limited to, recording agreements (royalty and profit split deals), distribution agreements, license agreements, video production agreements, intellectual property acquisition agreements, joint venture agreements, merchandise agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and termination and settlement agreements;
• Refine template agreements;
• Provide guidance and strategic advice to senior management toward developing and executing strategies and business plans;
• Interpret, advise and answer questions on complicated contractual provisions;
• Provide ongoing legal advice both within the ADA umbrella and across other Warner Music Group departments;
• Work closely wit