Senior Manager Content Distribution & Rights

Duties

• and Responsibilities
• Serve as the primary operational contact for platform partnerships with YouTube, Twitch, and other streaming and broadcast partners, managing day-to-day coordination and relationship health.
• Structure and negotiate partnership agreements for content distribution, including usage rights, promotional commitments, technical requirements, and performance expectations.
• Commission viewership and performance analytics from internal or external resources, define requirements for data collection and reporting infrastructure.
• Interpret distribution performance data to identify optimization opportunities, audience trends, and platform-specific insights for leadership decision-making.
• Present data-driven recommendations to the Director on platform prioritization, content strategy adjustments, and distribution resource allocation.
• Oversee vendor execution of technical signal delivery, transmission workflows, content feeds, transcoding, and metadata management for live and on-demand distribution.
• Manage vendor performance against service level agreements, ensuring quality, compliance, and timely resolution of delivery issues.
• Coordinate with internal production and content teams to align distribution timelines, format specifications, and content delivery schedules.
• Ensure all distributed content meets technical standards, quality benchmarks, and regional compliance requirements across territories.
• Manage rights clearance processes, ensuring proper handling of content ownership, licensing constraints, and territory restrictions.
• Oversee redundancy, backup, and contingency measures to safeguard live transmission reliability and minimize broadcast disruption risk.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of distribution processes, technical specifications, vendor contacts, and operational runbooks.
• Support the Director in budget tracking, vendor invoice reconciliation, and operational planning for distribution activities.