Senior Content Acquisition Manager, Canada / Australia

Full Time Job
Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we're just getting started changing the way millions of people enjoy content. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals such as the Emmy Award-winning comedies Fleabag and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, The Boys, Mindy Kaling's Late Night, Donald Glover's Guava Island, the Academy Award-winning Manchester by the Sea, Academy Award-nominated The Big Sick, exclusives, and live concerts and sports.

Amazon Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our role to produce original content and license studio programs worldwide in exclusive service of Amazon's Prime Video customers. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.

Amazon is seeking a savvy and analytical digital content licensing executive to join our Prime Video Content Acquisition Team. This individual will be responsible for helping to define and, in turn, to execute the content strategy for TV and movie content on our Prime Video service, with a focus on Canada and Australia.

In addition to strong negotiation skills, the ideal candidate will be a critical thinker who has an attention to detail, an ability to juggle multiple priorities, is cool under pressure, and isn't afraid to role his/her sleeves up as needed. S/he must have the ability to clearly and concisely communicate thoughts and ideas, both written and verbally, and think outside of his/her direct sphere of responsibility.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and execute the content acquisition strategy for TV and Movie content on Amazon's Prime Video service in Canada and Australia
• Develop and document acquisition plans, financial metrics and goals for Senior Management
• Lead all aspects of content licensing negotiations, including content selection, financial analysis, forecasting, and technical requirements
• Manage relationships with key content providers
• Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., Marketing, Public Relations, Finance, Operations, etc.)
• Use behavior, usage and consumption data to inform decision-making
• Work closely with Amazon Video leaders to develop new services and product offerings
• Maintain a can-do attitude and a willingness and flexibility to solve problems at short notice, using any tools necessary

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years' experience in a high volume account management, content licensing or finance role.
• 5 years' experience with quantitative analytics (e.g. ability to use and modify data sets in Excel)
• 5 years' experience negotiating complex license or business development agreements