Licensing Manager

3 Weeks ago • All levels • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

FuturLab seeks a Licensing Manager to spearhead securing and managing high-profile IP partnerships, ensuring seamless integration of licensed content into their games. This role demands expertise in negotiation, relationship building, and understanding both the commercial and creative aspects of licensing. Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end licensing process, negotiating contracts, building and maintaining strong partnerships, managing partner communications, ensuring smooth content integration, tracking approvals, overseeing multiple projects, coordinating across teams, and maintaining clear documentation and reporting. The ideal candidate possesses a proven track record in licensing within gaming or related industries, excellent communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and strong stakeholder management expertise.
Must have:
  • Proven track record in licensing
  • Negotiating & managing licensing agreements
  • Expert external communications
  • Proactive problem-solving
  • Excellent stakeholder management
  • Knowledge of licensing legal agreements
  • Detail-oriented & highly organized
Good to have:
  • Understanding of content production pipelines
  • Ability to navigate creative workflows
  • Ability to take on broader commercial areas
Perks:
  • Performance related bonus
  • Bi-annual salary reviews
  • Remote work option
  • 21 days annual leave + 9 Bank Holidays
  • 2 Duvet Days
  • Extra day off for birthday
  • Studio closure over Christmas
  • Paid training & volunteer days
  • Free MS Game Pass or PS+
  • Free game codes & merchandise
  • Bike2work scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity leave
  • Enhanced Sick Pay
  • Enhanced Pension
  • Private Healthcare
  • Remote therapy service
  • Eye tests & glasses
  • Great office culture & social activities

Job Details

Description

Competitive salary, from £37,500 (dependent on experience).

We’re FuturLab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games. 

We’re looking for a Licensing Manager to join the team. 

This is an opportunity to step into a role that provides exceptional scope for an ambitious and talented business development professional looking to take the next big step.  

As our Licensing Manager, you will be at the forefront of securing and managing high-profile IP partnerships, ensuring the seamless integration of licensed content into our games. We need someone who thrives in negotiations, builds strong relationships, and understands both the commercial and creative aspects of licensing. 

Possibly as part of a larger team you've developed exceptional organisational and communication skills, enabling you to navigate complex licensing agreements while coordinating across multiple teams. You’re now ready to spread your wings and fly solo.  

You're passionate about bringing iconic brands and franchises into gaming and equally invested in ensuring smooth execution and long-term partnerships. 

You are a proactive problem solver, a clear communicator, and a detail-oriented leader that stakeholders rely on. 

 

Role and Responsibilities:   

 

  • Own the end-to-end licensing process. Negotiate contractual and commercial terms to secure IP licenses, ensuring alignment with FuturLab’s creative and business goals. 
  • Build and maintain strong partnerships. Develop and nurture relationships with global IP holders, brands, talent, and external partners. 
  • Manage partner communications. Act as the primary point of contact, providing clear updates, tracking approvals, and ensuring timely responses. 
  • Ensure smooth integration of licensed content. Work closely with internal stakeholders to align on creative deliverables, from ideation to final approval. 
  • Track and manage approvals. Oversee content submissions for partner review, track feedback, and coordinate revisions with development teams. 
  • Oversee multiple projects simultaneously. Maintain accurate roadmaps, monitor project status, and ensure deadlines are met. 
  • Coordinate internally across teams. Work closely with Production, Franchise Director, COO, and other key stakeholders to align licensing efforts with studio objectives. 
  • Ensure clear documentation and reporting. Maintain detailed records of licensing agreements, content roadmaps, and project statuses for internal visibility. 

 

Requirements

  • Proven track record in licensing. Experience negotiating and managing licensing agreements within gaming, entertainment, or related industries. 
  • Expert in external communications. Comfortable representing a development studio in discussions with high-profile partners. 
  • A proactive problem solver. You see challenges as opportunities for innovation and efficiency. 
  • Excellent stakeholder management. Able to communicate effectively with internal teams and external partners at varying levels of seniority. 
  • Knowledge of licensing legal agreements. Familiarity with contractual language and negotiation processes. 
  • Detail-oriented and highly organised. Ensuring accuracy in tracking, documentation, and communication. 

Desirable: 

 

  • Understanding of content production pipelines.  
  • Ability to navigate creative workflows and ensure timely content delivery. 
  • An ability to take on broader commercial areas over time. 

Benefits

  • Performance related bonus.
  • Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance.
  • Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch!)
  • Opportunity to work from home (UK only), out of our Brighton office, or hybrid.
  • 21 days annual leave + 9 Bank Holidays, which includes our very own FuturLab Bank Holiday!
  • 2 Duvet Days. (No questions asked)
  • Extra day off for your birthday.
  • Studio closure over the Christmas period.
  • 5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development.
  • Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences.
  • Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription
  • Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.
  • Bike2work scheme.
  • Enhanced Maternity - 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)
  • Paternity leave - 8 weeks full pay
  • Enhanced Sick Pay.
  • Enhanced Pension.
  • Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover.
  • Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions.
  • Eye tests & standard glasses for display work.
  • Amazing offices with a great culture. E.g. Regular social activities, Free fresh fruit, Free iced treats in the Summer and Free locally roasted, Small Batch Coffee and Speciality Teas!

FuturLab foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at FuturLab page (www.futurlab.co.uk/life-at-futurlab) for reasons why you’d love working here! 

If you have the skills, experience and passion for the role then please get in touch as we’d love to hear from you!  

To apply, click here:  and attach your latest CV and cover letter/portfolio link.

Equal Opportunities
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required, please add any adjustment requests to your application.

Candidates without a valid UK work Visa cannot be considered.

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About The Company

We’re FuturLab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.

Our zero-crunch policy and commitment to staff well-being is testament to our belief that happy, healthy teams make great games – backed up by our award-winning catalogue.

FuturLab was originally founded in 2003, but things really took off for us in 2007 when we decided to take a risk: we rocked up to Sony HQ and delivered the pitch that would put us on the map as game developers.

Back then, we didn’t have the commercial video game experience that we do now, but what we did have was unbridled enthusiasm, distinctive ideas, and fearless audacity. To this day, we carry these essential ingredients through to every project we work on.

Although our head office in Brighton remains open, FuturLab is a remote first studio, allowing us to work with talent across the UK and beyond to deliver the best games possible, whilst empowering our team to work comfortably and flexibly in their own spaces.

Our studio is a place where everyone belongs, a space for us to cultivate great ideas and flourish together, with our differences as our strength. As a Ukie #RaiseTheGame pledge partner, we are committed to championing diversity and inclusion across all areas as we continue to expand.

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