Senior Global Content & Partnerships Counsel

Responsibilities

About the Team:
The Global Content & Partnerships Legal team sits within the wider Global Product Legal organisation and supports TikTok and other products and services across a broad range of commercial, product, and content-related matters. The team provides strategic legal support for product partnerships, content licensing, creator initiatives, and other high-priority commercial programs, working closely with business, product, operations, and legal stakeholders across multiple regions.

This is a highly collaborative, on-site role and requires five days per week in the office.

Responsibilities:
- Lead legal support for a broad range of complex commercial matters across the US, with flexibility to support wider regional and global initiatives as needed.
- Advise on and negotiate technology transactions and strategic commercial agreements with US partners, including in support of product- and growth-related initiatives.
- Advise on and negotiate content licensing arrangements in the media and entertainment space, including deals involving professionally generated content, production, distribution, and related rights.
- Provide clear, practical legal advice to business teams and senior leadership, balancing commercial objectives with legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
- Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders and specialist legal teams to support product launches, strategic partnerships, and complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Help drive operational excellence through the development of templates, playbooks, workflows, training, and scalable legal support processes, while supporting and mentoring more junior team members where appropriate.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar.
- Extensive years of experience in private practice and/or in-house, with substantial experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Meaningful experience in one or more of the following: technology transactions (SaaS, PaaS, IT outsourcing), strategic product partnerships, content licensing, media and entertainment transactions, or distribution arrangements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage high-value, high-visibility transactions from start to finish
Strong business judgment with the ability to provide practical, risk-calibrated advice in a fast-paced environment with multiple senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal audiences and drive strong outcomes.
- Experience supporting a consumer-facing technology platform, digital media company, streaming service, studio, or other media/entertainment business.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior in-house experience at a tech-first or tech-enabled company (platform, scale-up, or startup environment strongly preferred).
- Deep familiarity with studio business operations and how major entertainment companies structure deals.
- Experience negotiating global rights deals in content, IP monetization, or creator programs.
- Exposure to high-volume contracting and experience designing scalable contracting solutions.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $165300 - $370880 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

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