Business Development Manager

About Us

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day.

We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X,  and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog. Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process.

About the Team

Twitch's Business Development team is at the forefront of driving strategic partnerships and shaping the future of our community. We excel in fostering long-term relationships with key business partners, ensuring impactful adoption of Twitch's cutting-edge products and technologies. With a deep understanding of the industry landscape, we oversee and nurture overall business partner relationships.

About the Role

Come create the future of live streaming at Twitch!  As a member of Twitch's BD team, you'll use your industry and product acumen, existing network, and partnership knowledge to support new product initiatives and present new opportunities with strategic B2B partners that benefit Twitch communities. 

To support our growth, we are looking for an accomplished, motivated, and data-driven Business Development Manager who is a detail-oriented problem solver and thrives in ambiguity. The ideal candidate will have experience with relationship building, financial analysis/modeling, designing creative deal structures, and closing complex partnerships by working with cross-functional partners including product, engineering, legal, marketing, creator partnerships, and sales. You will report to the Director of Business Development and manage new and existing Twitch partnerships, which may include opportunities with social platforms, consumer products, payments, distribution partners, and more.

You can work in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You Will:

• Both independently and collaboratively identify, source, and close a variety of high impact partnership agreements with a diverse variety of companies. This includes developing strategy within a sector by applying relevant data points to make informed decisions and bring important internal team members on board from initial negotiations through execution to ensure successful long-term partnerships.
• Lead multiple engagements simultaneously over a variety of business categories including commerce, digital media, advertising, and web services from sourcing to go-to-market. This includes driving financial modeling, legal reviews, co-marketing discussions, and appropriate internal reporting including P&L management.
• Explore new business categories with an opportunity assessment and build external partner relationships quickly. This includes working backwards from both companies' goals with an understanding of needs, visions, and strategy on both sides.
• Articulate product vision and strategies to both internal and external partners by providing relevant insights to our teams based on customer feedback and data analysis

You Have:

• 3-5 years experience in Business Development, Consulting, B2B Partnerships or Go-To-Market management 
• Experience partnering with legal teams to negotiate and contract agreements
• An understanding of Twitch's products and its business model
• The ability to develop and communicate recommendations in highly ambiguous environments
• Experience and comfortability working with and influencing technical product teams

Bonus Points

• Background in media & entertainment, gaming, technology, or consulting preferred
• 5-7 years experience preferred
• Avid Twitch user as a creator or viewer and passionate about the creator economy

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Job ID: TW8846