Production Business Affairs Manager

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Garmin is seeking a full-time Production Business Affairs Manager at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The position oversees business affairs, talent rights, contracts, licensing, and financial operations supporting Garmin's global production, retouching, and stock library activities. It ensures compliance with legal, financial, and brand standards while managing usage rights, vendor relationships, releases, contracts, budgets, accruals, and talent-related business affairs across global markets. The role may occasionally manage production projects from initiation through completion and requires travel up to 20% as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or another related field.
A minimum of 5 years of production experience, with an emphasis on live-action, broadcast, motion, and photography.
Knowledge and administration of Non-Union/SAG/AFTRA/AFM commercial contracts.
Superior organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail and quality.
Knowledge and experience with Garmin policies and procedures.
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Team-oriented, positive, and able to work well with others.
Ability to prioritize and multitask in a flexible, fast-paced, and challenging environment.
Experience and success in mentoring or training less experienced team members.
Ability to solve problems collaboratively, creatively, and quickly.

Nice To Haves

Project Management experience.

Responsibilities

Manage business affairs processes for production, retouching, music, and stock asset libraries, ensuring compliance with copyright, licensing, trademark, privacy, and usage-rights requirements.
Oversee usage rights for talent, music, photography, stock imagery, production companies, voice-over talent, and other creative assets, including tracking expirations, renewals, and documentation.
Partner with Finance and Production leadership to manage annual budgets, monthly accruals, cost tracking, equipment purchases, vendor payments, and financial reconciliations.
Collaborate with Legal to maintain and update contracts, releases, licensing agreements, and usage documentation, and mitigate risks related to expired rights and assets.
Manage global release processes for talent, music, locations, property, logos, artwork, photographers, and sponsored athletes across domestic, EMEA, and APAC productions.
Support producers during project development by reviewing estimates, advising on rights requirements, and ensuring release and usage considerations are included in project budgets.
Negotiate and manage agreements with talent, music providers, stock agencies, production vendors, and other external partners.
Coordinate vendor onboarding, purchase orders, contract documentation, payment processing, and purchasing requirements.
Administer production procurement activities, including equipment purchases, tracking, reporting, and insurance-related claims.
Maintain accurate records in digital asset management and workflow systems, ensuring usage rights, contracts, and supporting documentation are properly documented and accessible.
Serve as a subject matter expert on usage rights, licensing, and business affairs policies, and provide guidance and training to cross-functional teams.
Partner with global marketing, creative, production, sponsorship, legal, finance, and purchasing teams to support efficient business operations and risk management.
Occasionally manage production projects from initiation through completion.
Travel up to 20% as required to support business needs.