Job Description

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 Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, CN Traveller, Vanity Fair, Wired, The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Tatler, among many others. 

We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide, with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers across print, digital, video and social platforms.

Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).

We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.  

The Role

The Vice President, International, BALA will oversee business and legal affairs for Condé Nast’s international business.  Reporting to the General Counsel in New York, this position will assume day-to-day responsibility for the provision of corporate and commercial legal support and services outside of the United States, including in the UK, EU, Asia and Latin America. 

The Vice President will counsel senior management and business staff on structuring, maintenance, and management of international operations, joint ventures and partnerships, while negotiating, drafting and reviewing a wide variety of agreements related to those businesses and keeping current with all relevant regulatory and compliance needs.  Where there is existing in-house counsel, the Vice President will assume responsibility for the line management of them and their teams, evolving and aligning them to the global approach, whilst ensuring local needs and sensitivities are met. Where there is currently no existing in-house counsel, the Vice President will work with local management to find the best cost-effective approach.  

The Vice President will also liaise regularly with other members of BALA, including Publishing, Entertainment, Content, Employment and Technology & Data to ensure effective cross-collaboration in the delivery of support by BALA to the wider Condé Nast business.

What will you be doing?

Finance & Operations

• Lead BALA’s support to the F&O organisation for all markets outside of the US, ensuring that BALA provides appropriate levels of service to Finance, including Strategy, Tax & Treasury, Decision Support, Procurement and Programme Management. R

• Responsible for managing compliance with Conde Nast’s portfolio of licensing arrangements across multiple regions and providing analysis of deals in order to respond to questions from the business. 

• Develop a close working partnership with Advance Legal on the provision of legal support regarding all M&A opportunities, bringing in other CN L&P colleagues as needed. 

Revenue and Consumer

• Lead BALA’s support on Revenue and Consumer law matters across markets outside of the US.

• Develop a regionally based but globally consistent commercial legal service capable of supporting the needs of these teams in all regions and across all disciplines, including Ad sales, Consumer sales, Licensing, Events and Social. 

• Liaise regularly with other members of BALA, including Publishing, Entertainment, Content and Technology & Data. 

• Build out appropriate workflows and processes using Legal Ops and smart location strategy to ensure timely, consistent and cost-effective support is provided across markets. Take responsibility for the Advertising Guidelines, ensuring teams are maintaining and enhancing these.

US Legal (including Advance Publications)

• Work with the General Counsel and liaise with US peers in BALA, including Publishing, Entertainment, Content and Technology & Data to ensure legal support in international markets is aligned with the US market.

• For global projects and developments, agree on a plan with US peers in BALA that appropriately combines US-based resource, international resource, Advance Legal support and expertise and outside counsel. 

Support to the GC with respect to Legal Operations

Support the General Counsel with the development of the legal operations for BALA, including strategy and budget. This will include working together on:

• Departmental strategic priorities and goals for each year

• The development and implementation of the annual budget

• Review and agree on outside counsel

• Location Strategy

• Legal & Policy Operations Strategy

• Interactions with Advance Publications, ELT, market leadership and other key internal stakeholders

About You:

• Significant legal experience gained in a house environment

• Expertise in Corporate law and major revenue transactions

• Experience in delivering legal services in a major multinational corporation

• Experience of working in a matrix reporting environment

• Experience in legal team management, budgeting and reporting

• Familiarity with Legal Operations, Compliance, Technology and Process improvement

• Willingness and ability to periodically undertake travel between New York and London, and potentially to other markets

Does this sound like you?

 Please upload your CV and cover letter/portfolio, which highlights why you'd love to take on this role and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.

We value the time and effort behind every application. All submissions are reviewed by a member of our talent team - we don’t use AI-assisted technology to review applications.   

What benefits do we offer? 

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer. 

• You’ll have access to a competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.

• We offer a range of tools to support your wellbeing, including core hours, 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location), access to our Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

• We’re a dog friendly office, plus you’ll enjoy discounts and magazine subscriptions, keeping you up to date with all things Condé Nast.

• We encourage personal and professional growth through the Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find an extensive portfolio of learning courses and training, available in local languages.

• Our Employee Resource Groups provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce.

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.