Department:

Legal & Compliance

Employment Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

Miami

Description

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

These Are Your Key Tasks

• Head of the Digital and Technology Legal department, responsible for delivery of all legal services from the department, establishing robust processes and the management, development, training and recruitment of department staff.
• Organizational lead for all legal and governance matters relating to FIFA's digital and technology related activities, including overall responsibility for the provision of legal support in respect of:
  • FIFA's direct to consumer media offerings, including the FIFA+ OTT platform (including distribution and syndication and advertising sales)
  • FIFA's gaming and Web3 portfolios (including NFTs, VR/XR and AI related matters);
  • FIFA's e-sports and gaming operations; including drafting, advising on and negotiating FIFA's e sports partnership arrangements and the contractual/regulatory framework for FIFA's e-sports events/tournaments;
  • hardware and software procurement;
  • the collection and commercialization 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; and
  • FIFA's fan data and business intelligence activities.
• Principal point of contact for all consumer regulatory issues for FIFA digital platforms;
• General commercial legal support to FIFA's strategic and corporate development activities.
• Key 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 to FIFA senior commercial stakeholders and cross-divisional working groups 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.
• Management of senior level external counsel and external legal spend.