Director, Legal Anz

6 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Discovery, Inc. Full time

Overview:
This role Heads up the Legal team covering all ANZ issues and will be the main point of contact for key Legal issues for ANZ and APAC senior management. This role is also tasked with providing strategic input to senior management and is responsible for all corporate, regulatory, broadcast standards, media law, compliance and commercial issues, including pay TV distribution sales, advertising, consumer law and general issues relevant to a broadcaster and D2C content service provider across the ANZ region.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop strong relationships with relevant regulators and government bodies to help better represent and further Discovery’s interests across ANZ.
- Responsible for management and supervision of the ANZ legal team.
- Other support to the APAC team, where required.

Qualifications:

- Technically very proficient lawyer - needs to have excellent understanding of contract and media law and excellent drafting skills. Must be Australia or NZ (or comparable jurisdiction) qualified lawyer - excellent academics; training and experience at top law firm or in-house team an advantage.
- Must have several years of relevant experience.
- Ability to work autonomously on complex deals and to own key internal commercial relationships.
- Negotiation skills - to deliver both proper legal protection to the company and excellent commercial results.
- Flexible and pro-active approach to work, including a recognition that some work may be needed to support key deals out of usual working hours. Some travel may be required.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to work effectively at all levels within the company.
- Clear and concise communicator (both orally and written) - ability to present and distil legally complex issues into legally compliant but practical and commercial solutions, in a way that engages the key stakeholders.
- Well organised and attention to detail: this role requires focus and energy.
- Ensure VP Legal fully briefed on key issues. Liaise as necessary with BLA team re ANZ content issues.
- Good commercial knowledge and common sense essential.
- Extremely professional: calm under pressure, clear thinking, well organised, proactive and grasps concepts quickly.
- Will be a key provider of day to day support so must be a good team player, and have flexible, hands on approach.
- Emotionally intelligent outlook - must have the ability to diffuse and calm others.
- Inclusive behaviour - ensuring that all key stakeholders are consistently kept in the loop.
- Ability to manage own time judiciously and deal effectively with competing interests.
- Confident, sociable and ability to interact with clients from different cultures and backgrounds.

**Competencies we are looking for**:

- Relationship management and influencing skills
- Commercial - curious about the business and actively influences and contributes to discussions
- Willing to challenge and debate issues that matter
- Clear thinking - willing to make sound and prompt decisions
- Credible and Results Driven - able to lead major projects and change programmes.
- Role models WBD values

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