Director, General Counsel, Greater China

The opportunity
Come work at the intersection of our ground-breaking Unity game engine, HMI product, digital twin products, and innovative ecosystem. Collaborate with global teams across Unity to advise on various legal issues and help build, implement, and maintain relevant policies and procedures to help scale our growth. This is a rare opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your work will have a direct impact on our business and long-term strategy. If you are a strategic, hands-on, and proactive legal leader with a passion for leading teams to solve problems and drive cross-functional projects over the finish line, this is an outstanding fit for you!

Unity is looking for a Director to serve as the General Counsel of Unity's Joint Venture in China. This role is responsible for safeguarding Unity's business operations in China by ensuring rapid business growth and protecting Unity's reputation through proactive problem solving and identification, monitoring, and mitigation of legal risks.

You will manage the China Legal Team and be a member of the Unity China Joint Venture's Management Team. You will act as a strategic adviser to the China CEO and China Leadership Team and serve as a company secretary for the Board of Unity China Joint Venture, providing legal support on critical company strategies and business decisions. As Unity China's Data Protection Officer, you will serve as the primary contact with the Cyberspace Administration of China.

You will have the overall responsibility for all legal and compliance matters, including technology transactions, software licensing, product development, intellectual property, employment, data privacy, compliance, litigation, and strategic investment or fundraising activities.

What you'll be doing

• Work as a trustworthy legal business partner for the China Leadership Team
• Direct your team to deliver results by providing legal advice across legal and compliance matters while taking into consideration broader company strategy and business objectives
• Define and develop corporate policies, procedures, and training programs to promote a transparent, efficient, open-minded, and high-integrity company culture
• Ensure legal compliance when launching major initiatives and new projects
• Develop, train, and coach an effective legal team

What we're looking for

• Proven experience in corporate governance and restructuring, as well as corporate finance
• Expertise in M&A/JV transactions, including complex commercial deals, and IP enforcement
• Prior working experience in tech, gaming, or SaaS industries
• Strong team management ability and leadership skills
• Excellent communication/teamwork skills and the ability to work with cross-function collaborators at all levels
• Critical thinking skills, strong business insight, and a hands-on, lean approach
• Creativity, vision, and sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions
• High-level proficiency in both written and spoken English

You might also have

• Qualification to practice law in PRC (PRC bar certificate holder)
• Curiosity in exploring pioneering technology and innovative business models

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position.
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the fourth quarter of 2023, more than 69% of the top 1,000 mobile games are made with Unity as derived from a blended number of the top 1,000 games in the Google Play Store and iOS App Store. In 2023, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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