Senior Director of Business Development and Licensing

This is a Full Time Job

Reporting to the SVP of Business Development, the Senior Director will be responsible for driving and managing business development, licensing and partnerships for Paramount. The Senior Director is a strategic and results-oriented leader who will partner internally and help identify growth opportunities. They will be an excellent partner and develop long and prosperous relationships, elevating Paramount Games via consistent delivery of high quality, bold and fun games across original IP and the Paramount IP portfolio.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, and negotiate and structure licensing deals
• Leverage your deep expertise in the gaming industry to identify emerging gaming trends and evaluate business opportunities
• Cultivate and nurture strong business relationships with game developers, platforms and partners and maintain a deep understanding of upcoming projects and initiatives
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Brand, Marketing, Communications, Creative, Production, Legal and Finance to support greenlight recommendations and approvals
• Stay closely connected to cultural trends, emerging formats and shifts in the entertainment landscape to inform future content opportunities
• Drive value through licensing, business development and strategic partnerships and approach relationships with a customer service mentality
• Create and communicate presentations and materials related to deals and key strategic initiatives
• Pitch and secure new IP rights for licensing commercialization
• Source and negotiate third party development partnerships for both internal and external development teams
• Source and negotiate new game content and manage existing game developer relationships

REQUIREMENTS:
• 8 - 10 yrs working in licensing and business development in the video games industry at a video game studio, publisher or platform
• Bachelor's degree, MBA or JD strongly preferred
• Ability to travel (25%)
• Demonstrated success in identifying and closing large scale licensing deals
• Enthusiasm and deep understanding of traditional business models and learning those flowing from emerging media
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented and poised and able to resolve issues and communicate effectively
• Strong negotiation skills, with experience in developing multi-year deals with multiple stakeholders
• Self-starter that demonstrates good judgment, takes initiative and gains consensus
• Strong relationship and project management skills
• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results

#Games #LI-hybrid

Recruitment Fraud Alert

It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official ''@skydance.com'' email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at https://skydance.com/report-suspected-fraud/