Senior Legal Counsel Commercial Legal

**We govern the beautiful game and ensure it's run with transparency and integrity.** **Join our team in Miami and support us on our mission.** ### THE POSITION The Senior Counsel will be an active member of the Commercial Legal Team working in a “team first” approach to support the delivery of legal services relating to FIFA’s global operations. The role of Senior Legal Counsel will support as follows: - Reporting to the Commercial Legal team leads - Assist in supporting on legal matters relating to FIFA’s Innovation and Technology operations - Provide legal support in the following areas: - FIFA’s direct to consumer media offerings, (including distribution and syndication and advertising sales) - hardware and software procurement - the collection of match data - ensuring appropriate ownership, protection and exploitation of FIFA-proprietary technology developments and collaborations - website and other consumer-facing T&Cs in the digital environment - FIFA’s data and artificial intelligence initiatives - FIFA’s innovation portfolios (including VR/XR and AI related matters) - General commercial legal support to FIFA’s strategic and corporate development activities - Support as point of contact for legal matters for FIFA’s Football, Technology and Innovation Department - Providing strategic liaison with FIFA’s Data Protection department to ensure seamless integration into FIFA digital products - Providing detailed knowledge of FIFA’s rights and obligations in connection with its digital and technology programmes, including the implementation and protection thereof; including the provision of legal and contractual input on FIFA’s existing commercial commitments and future commercial possibilities - Providing commercial transactional support and guidance regarding the interpretation of relevant commercial agreements, including the assessment of relevant business and strategic risks, and commercial regulatory matters - Developing and maintaining suitable template agreements - Support in the delivery of ad hoc advice on issues relating to technology related activities ### YOUR PROFILE **We work hard at FIFA.We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.** And we respect our values. Always. For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset. This role would suit someone with great organisational and communication skills who is a dedicated team player and excels in being professional with excellent legal skills. The specific competencies we require for this position are: - Ability to participate and be part of a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, driving results, and ensuring the successful achievement of organizational goals - First class written and spoken English language skills, consistent with drafting and negotiating complex, high value and nuanced English language agreements - Ability to provide and communicate effectively practical and solutions-based legal advice - Excellent understanding of the digital and technology industry landscapes - Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem solving and analytical skills - Structured, reliable, well-organised with a strong eye for detail - Proactive, with a strong sense of personal responsibility with an ability to work autonomously on a wide variety of projects - Resilient with an ability to competently handle a large workload amid rapidly shifting priorities - Open-minded team player with an affinity for working within a variety of cultures and excellent communication skills - High degree of professionalism and confident demeanour - Ability to be a good ambassador for FIFA in all manner of external facing situations, including during contractual negotiations, external workshops and during FIFA competition-related assignments - Ability to create, develop and maintain strong and reliable relationships with FIFA senior management as well as external legal and commercial counterparts - Willingness to operate outside of comfort zone - Take…