Manager, Rights Management

The Manager, Rights Management oversees the day-to-day administration and quality of content-rights data in Rightsline. This role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Rights & Scheduling, ensures that rights information received from Business Affairs and Content Acquisition is complete, interpretable, accurately configured, and maintained through approved controls. The Manager is responsible for operational execution and leading a team to review source terms, enter and update content-rights attributes, identify discrepancies, managing exceptions, and coordinating resolution with the appropriate business or technology partner.

Responsibilities

Content rights entry: enter content details from contracts (titles, territories, languages, windows, media, restrictions) into Rightsline, following approved workflows and standards; Perform quality checks and reconciliation: regularly audit datasets to ensure completeness, accuracy and clarity, and resolve discrepancies; Prepare operational reporting: prepare analysis on work volume, completeness, accuracy, and data variances for business targets with cross-functional teams; Support special projects: provide input and oversight on projects ranging from systems improvement UAT to data reconciliation initiatives; Manage a team of analysts: lead a team of analysts who will enter contract details in Rightsline and ensure SLAs are met

Requirements

3+ years experience leading teams in rights/contract management in media & entertainment; Proven leadership skills in keeping teams accountable and goal execution with an eye on process improvement; Attention to detail; well versed in understanding contract language and translating terms; Strong communication and collaboration skills to influence cross-functionally; Experience with Rightsline and understanding data flows both upstream and downstream and subsequent business impacts

Nice to have

Experience in streaming industry; Experience and familiarity of anime content and anime industry

Benefits

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