Director, Acquisition Strategy

1 Month ago • 3-5 Years • Sales • $120,000 PA - $135,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director, Acquisition Strategy will partner with the EVP and senior team on 3rd party library acquisition analysis and relationship management. This role involves evaluating and managing key library initiatives, including assessing acquisition proposals, interfacing with senior management, and negotiating renewals. Responsibilities include financial modeling, presentation development, managing partner relationships, leading operational content onboarding, analyzing data for monetization, and contributing to business plan development. The role also includes managing statement requests, tracking library processes, and formulating cross-departmental strategic analysis and implementation. This position requires collaboration with various teams such as Legal, Servicing, Domestic & International Sales, and Sales Planning to ensure smooth operations.
Must have:
  • Project Management skills, including interaction with internal and external teams
  • Organize and synthesize information into actionable insights
  • Multi-tasking to meet deadlines effectively
  • Strong MS Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint
Good to have:
  • Comprehension and Retention of Library profiles
  • Experience in sales planning or library acquisition
Perks:
  • Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
  • Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
  • 401(k) company matching
  • Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

Job Details

Summary of Position

Lionsgate is currently seeking a Director, Acquisition Strategy to partner with the EVP and senior team with all 3rd party library acquisition analysis, and relationship management.  This role will support the group in its efforts to evaluate, onboard, and manage key library initiatives.  

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and assess newly proposed library acquisitions for long-term strategic and financial value for the worldwide television distribution business
  • Interface and produce deliverables for key senior management across the organization, including the C-Suite, Motion Picture, and Television Executives
  • Partner with EVP on any key initiatives regarding new library opportunities or strategic management of current 3rd party libraries
  • Partner with EVP to assess and negotiate key expirations and renewals for 3rd party acquisitions
  • Collaborate with Finance to conduct greenlight modeling for acquisitions and renewals
  • Develop high-impact, ad-hoc presentations for Divisional President under tight deadlines
  • Manage and maintain third-party content partner relationships and frequently evaluate potential for new opportunities
  • Partner closely with the organization’s functional teams (Legal, Servicing, Domestic & International Sales, and Sales Planning), leading all operational content on-boarding processes
  • Perform analysis of large amounts of data associated with the potential for monetization of acquired libraries, translating insights related to profitability and investment in an ever-evolving marketplace
  • Support and drive all operational processes associated with the conversion of distributed only titles to owned and distributed, including the management of participants, inventory, ultimate’s, expirations, sales tools, and points of integration
  • Identify innovative acquisitions opportunities across franchisees and content for distribution
  • Continuously contribute to the development of short and long-term business plans for continuous future growth
  • Partner with EVP and Participations team for management of statement requests, as they pertain to liabilities, renewals and key participants/titles
  • Meet regularly with Sales Planning team to track libraries process as they relate to fiscal goals 
  • Help formulate cross-departmental strategic analysis and implementation (Intl, Domestic, Digital, Participations, Sales Planning, Rights, Servicing, Marketing)

Qualifications and Skills

  • Project Management skills with the ability to:
    • Interact with all internal teams as well as key external players
    • Organize and synthesize information into actionable insights
    • Multi-task to proactively meet deadlines
  • Strong MS Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint
  • 3-5 years’ of directly related experience required

Nice to Haves

  • Comprehension and Retention of Library profiles including rights in/out, sales history
  • Experience working in a sales planning or library acquisition capacity

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world’s leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio’s bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Business Unit Overview

Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate Television is one of the foremost third-party suppliers of premium scripted series to streaming, broadcast and cable platforms alike while also serving as a prolific supplier of premium content to Starz. Drawing upon its production partnerships with many of the top content creators, it supplies dozens of scripted series to more than 20 different network partners. With a reputation for creating “brand-defining” shows for a diverse range of platforms, Lionsgate Television has produced and distributed the iconic long-running series Mad Men, one of the most acclaimed shows in television history, the ground-breaking Orange is the New Black, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Nashville, Dear White People and many others while continuing to develop strong slates of acclaimed new series. Lionsgate also operates a robust in-house unscripted television business partnering with a diverse array of linear and streaming platforms. Lionsgate television series have garnered 238 Emmy® nominations, 38 Emmys®, 66 Golden Globe® nominations and nine Golden Globe® wins.
 
The Lionsgate Television Group collaborates closely with the Company’s other television businesses, including Debmar-Mercury, a leading producer and syndicator of evergreen game and talk shows, Pilgrim Media, one of the top producers of unscripted series, and 3 Arts Entertainment, a leading talent management and production company that has become a major television production partner and a source of top talent for all of the Company’s businesses. The Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution Group licenses the Company’s feature film and television slates, 17,000-title film and television library, one of the largest in the world, and Starz’s original programming slate to nearly every major OTT and linear platform through a global network of deep customer relationships.  

Our Benefits

  • Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
  • Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
  • 401(k) company matching
  • Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

Compensation

$120,000 - $135,000

EEO Statement

Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law. 

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