Senior Counsel, DTC Product
Job Summary:
The Senior Counsel, DTC Product is an experienced attorney role supporting Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming products at the intersection of entertainment and technology. Reporting to the Assistant Chief Counsel, Disney DTC Product, this role will serve as legal advisor to product, technology, design, business operations, and customer service teams on matters involving Disney’s streaming services, including SVOD and live products. The role requires a practical, business-minded attorney who can assess and manage risk, translate complex technical and legal concepts into clear guidance, and know when to escalate more complex or high-impact issues.
What You Will Do:
This role provides practical, business-focused legal guidance on DTC product and technology initiatives, with a focus on enabling innovation while identifying and managing legal risk.
- Provide day-to-day legal counseling to product, technology, business operations, and customer service teams on issues related to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN, including in-app experience, commerce functionality, consumer messaging, back-end architecture, regulatory and policy considerations.
- Support product launches, feature development, partner integrations, and operational initiatives by identifying legal issues early, assessing risk, and recommending practical paths forward.
- Advise on matters of moderate to increasing complexity, applying sound judgment and familiarity with legal precedent across a variety of disciplines.
- Partner with legal and business subject matter experts across The Walt Disney Company, including privacy, distribution, government affairs, litigation, intellectual property, product and technology teams, to provide coordinated and consistent guidance.
- Synthesize contractual and consumer legal requirements to identify applicable legal requirements and constraints.
- Assist with litigation risk assessment, dispute strategy, disputing the implementation of regulations, regulatory inquiries, and incident response.
- Maintain trusted relationships with business partners and serve as a go-to resource on to-product/service legal issues.
- Work proactively under general supervision while upholding Disney’s ethical and integrity standards.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong legal experience supporting product, technology, and digital media teams.
- Strong analytical and advisory skills with ability to manage complex issues.
- Strong communication and organization skills.
- Ability to manage multiple matters independently.
- Ability to communicate legal issues to technical teams.
- Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with digital media, technology, or consumer products sector.
- Experience with litigation risks, regulatory compliance, or consumer digital products.
- Ability to work with engineering and product teams.
Education:
- J.D. degree from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in California or ability to qualify as in-house counsel.
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