Senior Manager, Business & Legal Affairs, Nonfiction and Sports

1 Month ago • 6 Years + • Legal • $250,000 PA - $530,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix seeks a Senior Manager, Business & Legal Affairs for Nonfiction and Sports. This role requires 6+ years of experience in business and legal affairs within live and recorded sports and events. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating agreements (production services, above-the-line/below-the-line, licenses), overseeing production legal and clearance issues, and providing legal counsel. The ideal candidate will have experience with networks, streaming services, sports leagues, or production companies specializing in live sports events. A J.D. and state bar membership are required. The role involves direct interaction with productions, producers, talent representatives, and internal departments. This position is crucial for managing the business and legal aspects of Netflix's Nonfiction productions, including live sports and events.
Must have:
  • 6+ years experience in sports business and legal affairs
  • JD and state bar membership
  • Agreement drafting and negotiation expertise
  • Production legal and clearance oversight
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
Perks:
  • Comprehensive Health Plans
  • Mental Health Support
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Stock Options
  • Disability Programs
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Time Off (Salaried)

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

THE OPPORTUNITY 

Netflix seeks an experienced business and legal affairs executive, with extensive sports expertise, to handle a wide array of responsibilities related to the acquisition, development, and production of Netflix’s Nonfiction slate, including live and recorded sports and events (e.g. WWE, Paul vs. Tyson, NFL Christmas Day Games, just to name a few). The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Nonfiction BLA  team and will primarily oversee business and legal affairs facets of in-house and third-party productions.  

REQUIREMENTS 

The successful candidate should have at least six (6) years of business and legal affairs experience in the development, production and licensing of live and recorded sports and events, with direct experience drafting and negotiating deal terms and all forms of agreements, including production services agreements, above-the-line and below-the-line agreements, license agreements and production forms. They should be extremely comfortable dealing directly with productions, producers and talent representatives, as well as communicating across myriad departments within the company.  

They need to be ready, willing, and able to completely own all business and legal affairs facets of live and recorded productions, sports and events including: drafting and negotiating various agreements, overseeing production-legal and clearance issues and providing general business and legal affairs and production counsel support for the Nonfiction team’s projects. Experience providing in-house support, or as outside production counsel, for a network, streaming service, sports league/organization, or a production company that specializes in live sports and events is preferred. The successful candidate should have knowledge of substantive areas of the law and customary business practices relevant to Nonfiction productions, live sports and events.

A successful candidate will also possess the following: 

  • J.D. (or international equivalent) and membership in good standing in at least one state bar is required.

  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.

  • Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively, think practically and be solution-oriented.

  • Willingness to tackle matters outside of expertise.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $250,000 - $530,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.  Learn more.

is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

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