Business and Legal Affairs Manager for Nonfiction Series

This is a Full Time Job

THE OPPORTUNITY

Netflix seeks a Manager/Counsel to join the Business and Legal Affairs team for Nonfiction Series, to handle a wide array of responsibilities related to the acquisition, development, and production of Netflix's Nonfiction slate (i.e, documentary and unscripted series and podcasts). The successful candidate will primarily oversee business and legal affairs facets of in-house and third-party productions, and will be an integral part of the Nonfiction Business and Legal Affairs team, also working closely with the entire Nonfiction cross-functional team (e.g., Content, Production, Finance, Marketing).

REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate should have at least seven (7) years of business and legal affairs experience in the development, production and licensing of nonfiction content, with direct experience negotiating and drafting deal terms and all forms of agreements, including production services agreements, above-the-line and below-the-line agreements, format licenses, option 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 work independently and own all facets of production legal, 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, or a production company that specializes in nonfiction programming is preferred. The successful candidate should have knowledge of substantive areas of the law and customary business practices relevant to nonfiction productions.

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 and curiosity to tackle matters outside of expertise.