Manager - Content & Licensing Acquisition - Entertainment Industry

Content and Licensing Acquisition Manager

Key responsibilities:

- Develop an acquisition strategy for India and execute it. This includes planning, striking deals with content partners, managing partnerships and building strong relationships.

- Independently drive partner negotiations, contract closures, commercial negotiations and execution with publishers, IP owners. Manage and optimise all operational related processes.

- Collaborate with internal teams across all functional areas to streamline the region's licensing process and implement the licensing team's vision and strategy

- Establish business reviews with partners and senior stakeholders within Pocket FM to track and evaluate partner and content performance

- Work on analysis projects on user engagement and behaviour to forecast and optimise all content related performances and cost

Key requirements:

- 4+ years of experience in content licensing roles in India

- Experience in the entertainment industry, particularly with OTT experience. Someone who has worked with clients across regional languages is a plus.

- Seasoned at account management, business development and content licensing

- Strong analytical skills and negotiating skills to enable closure of complex licensing deals

- Agility and strong interpersonal skills to work with multiple internal teams.

- Knowledge of the digital audio and content landscape