À propos de ce poste Senior Manager, Rights Management chez Crunchyroll, LLC
About Crunchyroll
Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.
Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
About the role
The Senior Manager, Rights Management will lead the critical function of managing content rights administration for Crunchyroll across distribution channels. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Rights and Scheduling, within the Global Operations org, this role will lead the operating model for the function and ensure that commercial terms are translated accurately, consistently and auditably into rights records.
The Senior Manager establishes the standards, controls and workflows that protect Crunchyroll from incorrect rights exploitation and collaborates with Business Affairs, Content Acquisition, Deal Management and technology teams to set up the rights pipeline for success.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee content rights entry: oversee entry of content details from contracts (titles, territories, languages, windows, media, restrictions) into Rightsline, the system of record that carries rights to distribution channels (SVOD, digital manga, theatrical, home video).Own the content-rights operating model: set clear boundaries and handoffs with upstream teams Business Affairs and Content Acquisition, partner team Deal Management who is responsible for financial data entry, and downstream teams Scheduling and Avails.
- Establish validation rules, exception management and change management: set up clear processes, reports and systematic checks to audit entry of rights, communicate rights changes, and handle exceptional cases for complex deals or system limitations.
- Collaborate with technology teams to bolster system support: continuously improve Rightsline to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and set up audit trails.
- Manage the Rights Management team: lead a Manager and team that will be globally distributed who will enter contract details into Rightsline; set up time-zone coverage, accountability checks, and workflows.
About You
We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
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Required:
- 8+ years experience leading teams in rights/contract management in media & entertainment
- Experienced leader who can drive forward strategic initiatives and set goals for the team
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to influence cross-functionally
- Ability to drive clarity from ambiguity and turn concepts into operational plans
- Well versed in understanding contract language and translating terms
- Experience with Rightsline and understanding data flows both upstream and downstream and subsequent business impacts
Preferred:
- Experience in streaming industry
- Experience and familiarity of anime content and anime industry
Why you will love working at Crunchyroll
In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:
- Best-in class medical, dental, and vision private insurance healthcare coverage
- Access to counseling & mental health sessions 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free premium access to Crunchyroll
- Professional Development
- Company's Paid Parental Leave
- up to 22 weeks for birthing parents
- up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Hybrid Work Schedule
- Paid Time Off
- Flex Time Off
- 5 Yasumi Days
- Half-Day Fridays during the summer
- Winter Break
#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid
About our Values
We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value
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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
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Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
- Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
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Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
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