Director of Legal Affairs

New York, NY

Full Time

Legal & Business Affairs

Experienced

We are looking to hire a Director of Legal Affairs to review agreements, manage legal risks, and accelerate the growth of our business. This position will work closely with business team leaders to understand and integrate commercial objectives and legal documentation. This is BOTM’s first full time legal hire and will initially report to the CEO. Note that this position is an individual contributor, so we are seeking someone with a hands-on, detail-oriented approach.

You will:

Manage the process to review, negotiate and execute vendor, marketing and creative agreements. Build out a library of templates as appropriate.
Establish and maintain a centralized repository of executed contracts and a calendar of upcoming contractual obligations
Oversee employee and HR-related documentation
Manage consumer-facing legal and business affairs
Manage certain compliance, tax and other legal situations
Provide legal support on special operational and strategic projects
Identify and work with external counsel as needed

Requirements:

J.D. degree required; New York State Bar is a plus
8-15 years of total professional experience
Of which, 2-4 years of in-house experience in legal positions
Growth company, direct to consumer, and media/IP rights experience are pluses
Understanding of regulations relevant to eCommerce companies is a plus
Detail-oriented, organized, efficient and resourceful with strong follow-through skills
Practical, business-oriented approach to problem solving
Strong desire to learn our business and function as part of an interdisciplinary team
Fan of new release fiction and contemporary authors

Base salary range between: $150,000 - $225,000

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Suppose that attorney A works 8.5 hours per day and attorney B works 10 hours per day. Attorney A takes 4 hours to negotiate and complete each contract and attorney B takes only 3 hours to negotiate and complete each contract. However, attorney B is rushing and messes up 36% of the contracts which do not get completed. In a month with 20 business days, how many contracts does each attorney complete?*

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