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Job Title: VP, Music Business & Legal Affairs

Employer: GoDigital Music ( https://godigital.music/)

Classification: Full-Time

Reports to: Chief Operation Officer

Location: Remote / United States

About the Company:

We believe success comes down to people. GoDigital Media Group is a multinational conglomerate with uniquepurpose, exponential growth and groundbreaking leadership.

GoDigital is an ecosystem of business units that unite content, community and commerce. We inspire happiness byconnecting consumer passion points in music, entertainment, and sports. Our 1000+ employees share values thatdrive business results. GDMG partners with others that share our vision. The GoDigital Way is inclusive, extensiveand collaborative. Join us.

About the Role:

GoDigital Music is seeking a Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs to serve as the company's primary in-house legal resource, operating with full strategic autonomy while partnering with outside counsel when needed. This is a high-impact, senior leadership role at the intersection of music law, deal structuring, and financial strategy, requiring someone who can advise executive leadership, lead complex transactions from inception to close, and build scalable legal frameworks for a growing, dynamic business.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in music distribution, catalog acquisitions, and rights-based transactions, combined with a sophisticated understanding of deal economics and financial structures relevant to the music industry.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary in-house legal voice for GoDigital Music across all four business divisions: recording, publishing, distribution, and catalog
• Draft and negotiate complex agreements involving revenue-sharing arrangements, minimum guarantees, advances, recoupment mechanics, and royalty structures within music distribution and rights-based transactions
• Lead due diligence efforts related to music catalog acquisitions and rights-based transactions, including analysis of revenue streams, contractual obligations, and asset performance
• Work closely with finance and executive leadership to assess deal structures, evaluate risk, and ensure alignment between legal frameworks and business objectives
• Develop and implement strategies that protect and maximize the commercial value of GoDigital Music's intellectual property assets
• Establish scalable legal frameworks that support transaction execution and financial risk mitigation across all business operations
• Advise on compliance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations
• Collaborate with external legal counsel on litigation strategy, document review, and dispute resolution
• Maintain awareness of evolving practices in music rights, digital distribution, and deal structuring

Experience and Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited US law school.
• Active Bar admission in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the music industry with direct involvement in music distribution, recording agreements, publishing deals, and catalog acquisitions.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions involving music rights, catalog acquisitions, or structured commercial deals,from deal structuring through closing.
• Deep understanding of deal economics including advance structures, recoupment mechanics, minimum guarantees, revenue-sharing arrangements, and financial covenants relevant to music distribution and catalog transactions.
• Ability to work alongside finance leadership on deal profitability assessment and risk management.
• Experience operating as a
  primary in-house legal resource or General Counsel with limited support staff, exercising independent judgment across a broad range of legal matters.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.

Our team at GoDigital Media Group operates with the following core values:

Personal Improvement & Wellbeing: We are committed to doing the work to become the best versions of ourselvesphysically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually in order to explore the world, build community, and curateliving in a healthy state of joy, love and inspiration.

Empowered Thinking: We agree to do the work to metabolize our irrational fears so we can make rational decisionsto achieve the outcomes we are looking for. This means we will be bold and courageous in failing forward, and weaccept risk within well-managed parameters. The faster we hypothesize, test, validate or iterate, the sooner wesucceed. There shall be no fear of rejection for speaking up; good ideas can come from anywhere; everyone has avoice; negative behaviors must be surfaced.

Integrity & Fairness: We seek a meritocracy where equity, inclusion, belonging, authenticity, honesty and integrityare paramount.

Service: We seek to deliver vastly more value than we cost and to make the world a happier place everyday.

Company Benefits:

At GoDigital Media Group, we offer an industry leading benefits package that includes a variety of benefits includingunlimited paid time off, ability to work 100% remotely, health insurance, dental insurance, tax deferred retirementplans, and access to experts in preventative care. We also offer fun items such as access to GDMG University whichis our internal training program that is hosted by entertainment, music, and other industry leaders and companyevents/excursions.

Additional Information:

GoDigital Media Group is committed to creating an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of ourcommunity. We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to their race (or traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture andprotective hairstyles), religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, national origin,ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision-making, medical condition, geneticinformation, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions),gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, veteran or military status.