Associate Manager, Franchise Business D&D

We're hiring an Associate Manager, Franchise Business to provide the program management backbone behind D&D's franchise growth, licensing, and partner initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, coordinating cross-functional activity across franchise, licensing, business development, and legal teams so that D&D's franchise team can stay focused on finding and building the next great D&D experience. This role is a hybrid role requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office location.

Responsibilities

Coordinate multiple concurrent franchise growth and licensing programs, ensuring on-time execution against key milestones; Build and maintain the systems that surface program status, risks, dependencies, and progress for leadership and cross-functional partners; Drive consistency in brand execution and compliance across partners; Manage the flow of partner deliverables for publishing and content operations, leading asset reviews, consolidating feedback, and tracking approvals; Provide data-driven reporting and insights that support business growth decisions and performance tracking; Coordinate cross-functional activity across franchise, licensing, business development, and legal teams, supporting partner negotiations, tracking approvals, and keeping programs on schedule

Requirements

Experience in program or project management, ideally supporting business development, licensing, or strategic partnership functions; Strong organizational skills and comfort managing multiple concurrent workstreams with competing deadlines; Clear written and verbal communication skills, with experience consolidating stakeholder feedback and driving alignment; Comfort working with data and reporting to track program performance and surface insights

Nice to have

Passion for Dungeons & Dragons

Benefits

Health & Wellness; Time Off to Recharge; Financial Well-being; Life & Family Support; Volunteer and Community Initiatives; Learning & Development; Exclusive Perks; Annual and long-term incentives (depending on role, location, and eligibility)