VP, Content Acquisition

Company Description

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Job Description

As the Vice President of Content Acquisitions, you will be responsible for evaluating, acquiring and managing programming for NBCUniversal’s Television & Streaming portfolio (Peacock, USA Network, SYFY, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, NBC). The Content Acquisitions team licenses SVOD, AVOD and linear rights. After deals are closed, the VP is responsible for communicating critical terms to parties across the company. The ideal candidate is meticulous, organized, passionate about series and movies and can pivot at a moment’s notice.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Identifying potential acquisitions via synopses, scripts, trailers, and finished product. Managing the process of tracking available programming opportunities including current and former TV shows and movies, reality shows, and kids programming.
• Negotiating programming deals for NBCU that will drive customer growth and retention.
• Working with SVP to oversee budget documents, laying out possible acquisition scenarios, searching for creative ways to acquire new product.
• Effectively managing distributor relationships; interfacing and engaging with distributors at studios, agencies, and independent production companies.
• Assisting in managing inventory management across NBCUniversal networks and platforms.
• Evaluating performance of inventory to aid in the analysis of future acquisitions.
• Managing acquisition team members, supervising tasks such as: program acquisition financial analyses, inventory, and competitive tracking of content on other platforms.
• Serving as an expert on new distribution rights, and effectively interpreting and creating legal language to ensure NBCU is at the forefront of the business.
• Updating boilerplate deal memos, by studio, to reflect current marketplace, as needed.
• In close partnership with Legal, finalizing acquisitions contracts to signature.
• Supervising the population of Compass, or equivalent system, with all relevant information, for content to be programmed properly.
• Creating and presenting various reports to help manage the acquisitions process.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of experience in the field of content licensing in the television and streaming industries, either as a content buyer or seller.

Desired Characteristics:

• Co-production experience and knowledge of both domestic and international content distributors is highly preferred.
• Cash licensing experience working with a yearly minimum budget of 20M.
• Clearly established knowledge of and long-standing relationships with agencies (Fifth Season, CAA, UTA, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective relationships and collaborate with senior executives and peers across a highly matrixed, high-volume, fast-paced, and innovative corporate culture.
• Experience in negotiating revenue-sharing deals is a plus.
• A keen instinct for potentially successful content and the foresight to acquire this content ahead of competitors.
• Strong business and financial acumen with a clear ability to form judgments and actionable recommendations.
• Proven experience working across a wide array of deal memos and acquisitions contracts, with exceptional attention to detail.
• A self-starter, who is assertive, enthusiastic, and highly motivated.
• Highly organized and able to effectively