General Counsel

Who We Are: Same Seats. Better Prices. Among the fastest growing technology companies, TickPick is reshaping the secondary ticket marketplace, putting money back in the wallets of live event-goers. Since inception, we have saved our customers over $55 million in service fees. Our BestPrice Guarantee backs up our promise to deliver better prices than our competition. For the last five years, TickPick has been named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 award winner and has landed on lists of Inc. 5000’s and Crain’s New York Business’ Fast 50. If you are passionate about concerts, sports, or theater, and want to see your skills and experience have a direct impact on a fast growing company, TickPick is the place for you. We are building a lean, high-output engineering team committed to providing the most innovative, transparent, and cost-effective ticket marketplace in the industry. Who You Are: We’re hiring a business-minded, hands-on General Counsel to be TickPick’s first in-house lawyer and to build our legal function from the ground up. Reporting to the Chief Financial & Administrative Officer and working directly with our co-founders and leadership team, you’ll own legal strategy and execution across the company — balancing risk, speed, and pragmatism in a business that operates at national scale with a small team. This is a generalist, “builder” role where you’ll run the company’s legal function, setting priorities, advising the business, and managing risk across teams. You’ll be expected to leverage AI and modern legal practices to streamline workflows, manage outside counsel budgets, and raise the overall effectiveness of the legal function. Responsibilities: Commercial & partnerships: Lead negotiation of partnership agreements with teams, leagues, venues, and media/affiliate partners, plus customer, vendor and technology agreements Consumer-facing policies: Own terms and conditions, privacy, cookie and other policies and advise on trademarks, advertising, promotions, and giveaways. Disputes and legal requests: Manage litigation, consumer claims, investigations and other disputes. Regulatory and compliance: Partner with Finance on sales-tax and marketplace-facilitator obligations, corporate filings, and lender/investor reporting requirements. Own governance, compliance and risk frameworks. M&A and strategic transactions: Lead the legal workstream on acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including diligence coordination, quarterbacking outside counsel, and integration support. Government affairs: Monitor state and federal laws and licensing requirements impacting our industry, translate changes into operational updates, and manage related lobbying relationships and outside consultants. Represent TickPick in industry coalitions and with regulators Employee relations and equity administration: Partner with the People team on employment matters including offer letters, onboarding docs, handbook/policies, employee relations issues, separation agreements, visa/immigration compliance, and management of equity grant issuance. JD and active bar membership in good standing (New York Admission, out-of-state members will be required to join the NY bar). Minimum 8+ years of relevant legal experience with a combination of law firm and in-house counsel experience required, with a minimum of 3 years in-house. Ideally as the senior or sole lawyer somewhere lean. Demonstrated experience in regulated industry, commercial contracting, and cross-functional counseling. Experience in a role with broad legal and compliance scope in a lean or early-stage environment. Ability to operate independently and build an AI native legal function from the ground up. Hands-on experience with legal ops tools and AI or automation to improve legal throughput and consistency. Ability to manage outside counsel efficiently and effectively. We’re a small team that builds together in New York City with required 3 days in-office . A hybrid in-office approach, enabling remote work a portion of each week Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) Retirement Plan Contribution (401k, IRA) Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Holidays) Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity) Training & Development $100 Monthly Stipend to Attend Live Events Employee Outings Free Lunch & Snacks The estimated pay range for this role, based in New York City, is $225,000 - $250,000 . This role will be eligible to participate in our company’s equity program. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits, and other reward opportunities we provide. Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description. However, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate. Diversity at TickPick: At TickPick, we know that diversity of all types, in an environment that pursues equity and inclusion, strengthens our organization’s culture. When our employees are representative of the communities we serve, with diversity in demographics and a broad set of backgrounds, we provide a superior experience for both our customers and our employees. Fostering an open and supportive environment where our employees are empowered and encouraged to bring their whole selves to the table enables TickPick to thrive. The diverse approaches and collaborative problem-solving that result enable us to provide an innovative, nimble, and creative marketplace for our customers and sellers. This belief is central to who we are and what we do, and we are proud of it. TickPick, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law.