外資系・グローバル エンタテイメント - BD ディレクター Exclusive job

This division is a new division, bringing the best of anime and Japanese RPG games to  audience. We work with a variety of global and domestic partners to help publish games to over 100+ countries and bring more fans into the anime game's ecosystem! Our team is composed of anime enthusiasts, experts within gaming, and mash-ups of keenly intelligent and driven individuals. We are highly collaborative, and partner with multiple teams to ensure success in a fast-growing market.

We are looking for a Director, Business Development and Partnerships to support our growing portfolio of anime-based mobile games.

Job responsibilities:

• Work closely with Emerging Business Group and Business Development Games team to assess new deal opportunities across publishing, co-publishing, and strategic partnerships
• Work closely with Games Publishing team to understand key projects that require licensor approval, and help facilitate the approval process with licensors.
• Work with our Tokyo team on Content rights and identifying games to pursue for licensing
• Work with the rest of the games team to guide on-deck game projects through the pre-launch phase, including being the point person for all key projects until launch
• Actively engage with partners on a continuous basis, for developing new deal opportunities and maintaining existing relationships on pre-launch projects
• Build relevant financial projections and pitch models for both internal and external review, in order to provide the vital materials for partner meetings
• Work with finance, legal, and other key internal functions as part of advancing specific deal terms, term sheets, or publishing agreements forward
• Key liaison wh all external publishing, development, and game production partners

Requirement:

• 7+ years of working experience within entertainment, media, or games space
• 4+ years of negotiating and solidifying deals, partnerships, and rights procurement
• 3+ years of international business development or game development experience
• Experience navigating sophisticated, multi-party deals and partnership discussions
• Experience negotiating on key deal terms and has ability to assess overall terms impact
• Experience maintaining various complicated project flows simultaneously, while ensuring all projects are prioritized properly and completed time.
• Experience navigating licensor approval process with Japanese IP holders, and ability to work with licensors and internal stakeholders to push projects through.
• Ability to thoughtfully assess game-specific opportunities within regional markets
• Ability to maintain strong communications with external partners and build relationships
• Keen understanding of game landscape in world markets

Pluses:

• Game publisher experience
• Finance modeling experience
• Strong knowledge and ties within Asian Games Development Community