Senior Manager Content Acquisitions (m/f/d)

at  Sky Deutschland GmbH

Location Unterfoehring near Munich
Department Film / Content
Contract Type Limited
Reference Number 5648 001084 P07
Contact Person Lisa Krautsieder
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Job Description
Please be advised: Due to our international corporate culture, we publish all our job advertisements in English. Nevertheless a significant part of this job will be in German.
We’re looking for you to join our Content Acquisitions Team, limited to 2 years.

Tasks

• You’re responsible for PayTV and transactional contract negotiations, i.e. you negotiate content licence agreements for DACH with US film studios as well as national and international licensors
• You’ll be involved in analyzing and negotiating extensive output and volume deals, film and series packages (fiction + factual) and individual titles
• You’ll drive forward the renewals and amendments of existing contracts
• You’ll manage internal processes related to financial approvals as well as the contract drafting and the final contract signature
• You’ll be evaluating programme offers based on extensive KPIs
• Good cooperation is important to us - you’ll ensure this with all major US studio partners and licensors, as well as with internal departments such as Content, Finance, Legal, Strategy, Commercial, etc.

Requirements

• You’ve 5-6 years of proven experience in content acquisitions in an international media company
• Your experience in negotiating complex licence agreements and a strong understanding of contract design and legal language is among your strengths as well as your attention to detail and your strong commercial mindset
• Thanks to your know-how of the technology, it’s easy for you to understand the Pay-TV and Streaming market and their respective rights requirements
• You’d describe yourself as a diplomatic team player with a “can-do” attitude and a high level of initiative
• Working in an international environment and in intercultural teams comes naturally to you
• You’re an expert (m/f/d) in Excel and Powerpoint - knowledge of other tools is a plus
• Very good German and good English skills to communicate with international stakeholders round off your profile

Benefits

At Sky, we’ll give you our full support, so you’ll be all set to achieve your best. Our range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Free Sky - watch all our content for free
• Hybrid working model (60/40)
• Flexible working hours with overtime compensation
• 30 days of vacation + Holiday Buy
• Subsidized Deutschland Ticket
• Company Bike & Wellhub

• Corporate Benefits platform

• Sky Learn - your platform with over 20,000 external & hundreds of Sky internal learning opportunities

• You’re responsible for PayTV and transactional contract negotiations, i.e. you negotiate content licence agreements for DACH with US film studios as well as national and international licensors
• You’ll be involved in analyzing and negotiating extensive output and volume deals, film and series packages (fiction + factual) and individual titles
• You’ll drive forward the renewals and amendments of existing contracts
• You’ll manage internal processes related to financial approvals as well as the contract drafting and the final contract signature
• You’ll be evaluating programme offers based on extensive KPIs
• Good cooperation is important to us - you’ll ensure this with all major US studio partners and licensors, as well as with internal departments such as Content, Finance, Legal, Strategy, Commercial, etc