The Manager, Business Affairs will lead the end-to-end Tradeouts process, including negotiating terms with Production Companies, routing approvals, and maintaining consistency across seasons and series. This individual will report to the SVP, Business Affairs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Production Companies to negotiate and communicate Tradeout terms, maintaining consistency across series/seasons and aligning with NBCUniversal’s exposure thresholds 
• Develop and manage a streamlined Tradeouts approval workflow, including evaluating requests, clarifying deal parameters, and routing for Creative, Legal, Sales, Compliance, and Press/Marketing approvals 
• Oversee the creation of a “reference guide” including agreed upon terms, newly formed processes for managing requests, and supporting materials to educate internal stakeholders, as part of the streamlining process 
• Negotiate deal terms with production entities and on-air talent in connection with the development and production of content, primarily unscripted, for NBCUniversal’s television and streaming networks and platforms 
• Draft initial term sheets and negotiate comments seeing through to completion and signature short form agreements reflecting negotiated deal points 
• Maintain internal deal trackers and reporting for leadership  
• Participate in updating management systems 
• Act as a liaison with all internal and external offices with the ability to solve problems strategically and find solutions, as required 
• Manage special projects as designated