Senior Manager, Labor Relations

6 Months ago • 5 Years + • Legal • $180,000 PA - $690,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix is seeking an experienced labor relations executive to join their team as a Senior Manager. This role specifically supports labor relations for facility and studio operations. Responsibilities include providing advice on guild and union agreements, advising internal groups on agreement terms, negotiating above-the-line and below-the-line guild and union agreements, investigating and resolving labor-related grievances, consulting with Production HR on investigations, training internal teams on guild and union agreements, and overseeing outside counsel on labor arbitrations.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of film/TV labor relations experience
  • Direct experience negotiating guild and union agreements
  • Providing in-house support in a production company or major entertainment studio
  • Established working relationships with entertainment industry guilds and unions
  • Practical knowledge of the evolving made-for-new media landscapes
Good to have:
  • Broader experience in related areas (production legal experience, physical production experience)
  • Excellent collaboration skills
  • Clear, concise communication skills
  • Strong analytical skills and good judgment
  • Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timeframes
  • Flexibility and a solutions-driven mindset
  • Ability to think outside of the box
  • Dynamic public speaking abilities
  • Unconventional, creative thinking abilities

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 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 Role

Netflix’s Labor Relations team is responsible for managing the company’s relationships with all entertainment industry unions and guilds. They represent Netflix externally in negotiations for various multi-employer agreements with unions like DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, etc., and provide expert advice internally to the studio on a broad range of labor-related issues involved in production. 


Netflix seeks an experienced labor relations executive to help support its domestic and international expansion efforts as a Senior Manager on the team. This position specifically supports labor relations for facility and studio operations. 

Responsibilities

  • Providing advice in connection with the guild and union above the line and below the line agreements (compensation, pension and health, residuals, credit, working conditions, clip reuse and other issues relating to the applicable collective bargaining agreements) 

  • Advising internal groups on the terms of the guild and union agreements 

  • Advising the business and legal affairs teams on the applicable guild and union language for various talent agreements

  • Negotiating above-the-line and below-the-line guild and union agreements in both multi-employer and single employer negotiations

  • Investigating and resolving labor-related grievances 

  • Consulting with Production HR in connection with investigations involving union-covered employees

  • Training internal teams on guild and union agreements

  • Overseeing outside counsel on labor arbitrations or in other legal proceedings

Requirements

The successful candidate will ideally have 5+ years of film/TV labor relations experience, including direct experience negotiating guild and union agreements (both U.S. and outside U.S.) and providing in-house support in a production company or major entertainment studio. This person must also have established stellar working relationships with the entertainment industry guilds and unions, and other studio labor executives. Practical knowledge of the evolving made for new media landscapes is preferred.  In addition to a focus on labor relations, broader experience in other related areas (e.g., production legal experience and physical production experience) is also welcome and valued.

The successful candidate will also possess the following:

  • Excellent collaboration skills

  • Clear, concise communication skills

  • Strong analytical skills and good judgment  

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

  • Flexibility and a solutions-driven mindset

  • Ability to think outside of the box

  • Dynamic public speaking abilities

  • Unconventional, creative thinking abilities

Generally, 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 $180,000 - $690,000.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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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