Director, BLA

This Business & Legal Affairs role sits in the digital team.  The role interfaces directly with Sony’s major digital partners and ensures that Sony and its artists are properly compensated and protected in Sony’s recorded music licenses with digital partners.  You will be on the other side of negotiations with very talented and experienced lawyers.

• Draft and negotiate a wide variety of agreements authorizing the digital distribution of Sony Music’s various intellectual property assets via a wide array of platforms and business models.
• Provide legal advice on a wide variety of contract, antitrust, copyright, trademark, corporate and privacy issues.
• Provide legal advice on commercial opportunities in a vibrant and evolving digital landscape. Think AI, NFTs, DAO, Metaverse, etc.
• Provide historical background and framework of digital landscape to contextualize and advise on new digital partners.

• Fundamental comprehension and appreciation of technology and devices.
• 3+ years’ experience at a major law firm (preferably in IP or Corporate).
• JD from a top law school.
• Member of New York Bar in good standing.
• The ideal candidate is a quintessential “techie” by avocation.
• Excellent drafting skills, as well as analytical and communication skills.

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• Our Hybrid with Flexibility approach combines the flexibility of remote working with the benefits of in-person collaboration whenever we need to come together to do our best work. Managers will partner with their teams and employees to establish work arrangements that meet the business, team, and individual needs.
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• Time off for a winter recess

Sony Music is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.