Director, Legal, Streaming – EMEA

Warner Media, LLC.
Overview

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery. This role is a two-year fixed-term contract for a Director, Legal, Streaming – EMEA, based in London. The position is part of the Streaming EMEA Legal team and provides legal support to Warner Bros. Discovery’s global digital businesses, including Max and discovery+ (and TNT Sport). The role reports to the VP, Regional Legal Lead for Streaming, EMEA.

The Streaming Legal team has an international remit with lawyers in the US and the UK, helping drive the growth of direct-to-consumer SVOD, AVOD and digital content services.

Your New Role

This two-year FTC is a Director, Legal, Streaming – EMEA position responsible for all legal aspects of our fast-paced and growing direct-to-consumer business.

Based in London, this role forms part of the Streaming EMEA Legal team. The role reports to the VP, Regional Legal Lead for Streaming, EMEA.

Your Role Accountabilities

Consumer and Marketing

• Work closely with key stakeholders on the global rollout of new digital product launches.
• Provide support across the consumer lifecycle and experience, including advising on product development, buyflows, subscription models and pricing, promotions, customer support and complaints.
• Advise on a wide range of consumer, regulatory and marketing issues.
• Oversee advertising, marketing and promotional campaign clearance and events for both the D2C services and content.
• Coordinate with global compliance teams to ensure product compliance across all markets.
• A proven track record in product development and marketing is key to the role.

Commercial Agreements

• Draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements, including promotional partnerships, events, consultancy services, influencers, sponsorships, marketing, creative agencies, advertising and confidentiality.
• Collaborate with the international legal team to advise on digital distribution agreements with key affiliates and global partners, including content distribution agreements with OTT platform providers and app stores.
• Draft, negotiate and advise on Ad Tech agreements including SSP, DSP and DMP agreements.

General Responsibilities

• Create and update relevant policies and template agreements.
• Work closely with regional legal teams globally to navigate legal restrictions, improve efficiencies, and implement best practices.
• Liaise with Product, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, Tax, Data Protection, Information Security, Procurement, Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance, Employment and other specialist legal teams as appropriate.

Qualifications & Experience

• UK-qualified or equivalent common law lawyer with post-qualification experience, excellent academics and top-tier law firm training.
• Strong expertise in product development, consumer law, marketing, and commercial judgment.
• Experience in digital media, tech, or broadcast industries is a plus.
• Skilled negotiator with proven ability to balance legal protection and commercial outcomes.
• Clear communicator who simplifies complex legal issues for stakeholders.
• Professional, detail-oriented team player with global collaboration experience and multitasking ability.

Hybrid Working: This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, combining remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to applicable laws, WBD reserves the right to adjust this working arrangement as needed.

How We Get Things Done

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Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified candidates on merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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