Description
The Senior Manager, Business Affairs will provide day-to-day Business and Legal Affairs support for Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records, Disney Music Publishing, Walt Disney Concerts and other music-based initiatives across the APAC region.
The Senior Manager will proactively communicate with APAC music leads and related teams to provide active and timely guidance and support to local music leads and to communicate to DMG Burbank, well in advance of local cross LOB priority projects.
The Senior Manager must be familiar, and remain current, with local laws and practices in the region in order to support local compliance with particular focus on laws and regulations governing intellectual property, such as trademark and copyright, AI, marketing and advertising.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
- Provide day-to-day DMG-related business and legal affairs support for Japan and the APAC region, including negotiating, drafting, reviewing, and revising local documentation of agreements.
- Develop and maintain deal templates, form agreements, and similar documentation and processes to ensure consistent and timely acquisition of rights in the applicable local territory.
- Actively track and present updates across multiple regional projects.
- Ensure that documentation is signed, relevant deal points are communicated, and all documentation is filed as applicable.
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
- 7+ years of experience (preferably specific to music industry).
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, devise practical solutions, effectively distill and present relevant information and complex issues to senior staff for guidance and resolution.
- Breadth of knowledge across a full range of business and legal matters within the recorded music, music publishing, concert and entertainment industries.