Director, Content Lifecycle Management

NBCUniversal • Universal City, CA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the EVP, Content Strategy, this key role in the Universal Television Entertainment Group is responsible for managing the entertainment content lifecycle management process, including Greenlight, for NBC, Bravo, and Peacock. This role also has a dotted line into the CFO, UTEG Finance. This role will collaborate with other team verticals to manage deal analysis activities and facilitate strategic investment decisions for original and acquired entertainment content, and is responsible for both running the greenlight decision-making process and creating the deliverables that help drive those decisions, as well as coordinating the meeting agendas, constituents, and deliverables for upstream and downstream content decision related activities surrounding the Greenlight process (e.g., content pre-launch trackers and performance post-mortems). Highly qualified candidates must be an expert at developing and communicating strong strategic rationales that utilize both quantitative and qualitative inputs and are designed to deliver key audience outcomes and enterprise value. The ideal candidate has a deep passion for entertainment content and a firm understanding of critical metrics for evaluating content across linear and streaming.

Requirements

• A minimum of six (6) years of work experience in business development, strategic planning, or financial planning & analysis roles
• At least two (2) years of content deal analysis experience in the entertainment industry at a film or television studio, streaming platform, production company, or talent agency
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, with a focus on providing actionable recommendations
• Expert-level presentation-building skills, specifically including the ability to synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative inputs in a visually digestible way
• Deep understanding of the television industry, the broader media industry, and relevant business models
• Proven track record of hands-on Excel modeling and PowerPoint presentation building
• Ability to build long term sustainable business processes, with a passion for optimization and constant improvement
• Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized
• Proven ability to work under deadline pressures with minimal supervision and a dedication to rolling up one’s sleeves and driving tasks to completion
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to synthesize complex analyses into easily interpreted recommendations to senior management, sharing insights and making recommendations
• Ability to collaborate successfully as part of a team and to serve as a mentor to more junior team members

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams (Content Strategy, Finance, Decision Sciences, Marketing, Development, etc.) to create and consolidate strategic and financial rationale for content projects under consideration for greenlight, as well as any materials required to support upstream and/or downstream content decision stages
• Develop story-telling visual presentations to help inform and influence the decision-making process
• Own the planning, creation, and distribution of materials for monthly greenlight decision meetings with senior leadership and project manage those meetings
• Maintain greenlight pipeline and tracking, and provide updates monitoring the progress of previous content decisions
• Traffic titles through the appropriate approval hierarchy, and advocate for optimal approval threshold levels
• Further define and optimize the greenlight management process
• Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate performance of content against greenlight targets and prepare post-mortem materials to present to senior leadership
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure communication of content pre-launch performance expectations materials to share with senior leadership
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of greenlight process and decisions with critical upstream stages, including (i) keeping track of updates to strategic slate priorities coming out of senior leadership’s quarterly meetings; and (ii) regular syncs with development and content acquisitions teams where content pipelines are being developed ahead of greenlight
• Effectively manage multiple stakeholders and priorities, and delegate work appropriately to direct reports, leading by example and exhibiting the culture and values of the Universal Television Entertainment Group
• Foster an inclusive environment that requires collaboration
• Execute on other ad hoc requests as assigned

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed