Director & Corporate Counsel

Schaumburg, IL (currently 50% onsite, up to 50% remote)

About the role

At TouchTunes, the world’s largest in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, we’re all about sparking joy and human connection. Our platform plays millions of songs daily, powers the largest soft-tipped darts business in the United States, and operates nearly 100,000 connected devices across North America and Europe. We’re innovators and strategic thinkers shaping the future of entertainment.

We’re looking to expand our legal department with a Director and Corporate Counsel. You’ll work directly with our General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, partnering with vendor services, finance, technology, and business teams on a wide variety of projects, including deal negotiation and drafting, marketing campaigns, and other legal matters. You’ll be a high-impact player from day one with opportunities to grow with our business.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have very strong contract negotiation and drafting skills;
• Provide strategic, creative, and effective legal and business advice;
• Use sound judgment in balancing legal risk against business needs and goals;
• Be an excellent communicator at all levels of an organization;
• Thrive tackling complex challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the contract lifecycle – draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and other legal documents with customers, technology partners, service providers, vendors, and licensors.
• Refine how we work – create new agreement templates, tools, and processes to enhance team support and consistency across agreements.
• Share your expertise – build and present training programs on contracts and substantive law topics for business teams.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives – support M&A activity, financing transactions, and other corporate initiatives as they arise.
• Partner with the business – serve as a reliable, approachable legal advisor for business team projects.
• Bring a practical mindset to risk – contribute as a solutions-oriented legal advisor and risk manager, balancing legal risk with business objectives.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school with a strong academic record and bar admission in good standing (preferably in Illinois).
• Previous in-house experience with a focus on contract work and prior experience at a major law firm, including progressive responsibility.
• Extensive contract work experience (3-6 years), including drafting and negotiating agreements and managing a high volume of legal work.
• Significant experience with privacy, data management, and/or cybersecurity is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including active listening, for effective collaboration at all organizational levels.
• Rigorous and thorough legal analytical skills, with the ability to generate elegant solutions that enable business goals while mitigating risk.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and excited to work as part of a larger legal organization.
• A desire to learn, be challenged, and grow in a fast-paced environment of innovators and strategic thinkers.

Work Requirements:

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Ability to perform primarily sedentary work, frequently using a computer (visual acuity, fine motor skills) and telephone (talking/hearing).
• Ability to listen, understand, and follow verbal and written directions.
• Ability to exchange information in written format.
• Ability to learn procedures, functions, and limitations of assigned duties.
• Ability to recognize when there is a problem or when something is likely to go wrong.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible solutions.
• Flexibility to work outside of normal hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed.

Benefits

• Joining a dynamic, brilliant legal and risk management team.
• Challenging, wide-ranging legal work with a direct impact on the company’s success.
• A fun, exciting environment focused on creating human connection through music and entertainment.
• A culture of pioneers changing the face of the amusements industry.
• Very competitive insurance packages.
• Competitive 401K package with company match.
• Generous starting Paid Time Off program.

Schedule

Current hybrid work schedule: 50% time onsite, including Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and every other Thursday.