Business Operations Manager

In this role you shape licensing deals end-to-end for the Digital Licensing & Partnerships team, ensuring smooth term sheet to signature processes. You act as the primary contact for licensees on contract matters and drive the Rightsline integration, enabling scalable data and workflow governance. Collaborating across Legal, Finance, BD, Production, and Marketing, you translate business terms into solid contract language and build reusable playbooks to accelerate future deals. You contribute to faster cycle times, accurate rights data, and a contract process that grows with the business. This hybrid, cross-functional position blends contract know-how with operational fluency in a dynamic, IP

• Health & Wellness
• Time Off to Recharge
• Financial Well-being
• Life & Family Support
• Volunteer and Community Initiatives
• Learning & Development

• Serve as the first contact for licensees on contract matters and prepare agreements from Legal-approved templates
• Lead first-pass redlines and escalate non-standard terms to Legal
• Drive integration into Rightsline, including deal/rights record setup, data migration, workflows, and governance
• Maintain accurate rights and deal records (term, territory, royalty, MG) and collaborate with Finance on royalty tracking
• Track contracts across the deal pipeline and flag delays or open issues
• Translate business terms into contract language with Business Development to streamline drafting
• Develop playbooks, templates, and clause libraries with Legal to speed future deals
• Respond to contract status inquiries from BD, Finance, and partners; route legal questions and handle overflow on NDAs and services agreements

• 6+ years in contract administration, licensing operations, or legal support, ideally in gaming, media, or entertainment
• Hands-on experience preparing and negotiating licensing agreements, including royalties and MG mechanics
• Working knowledge of IP licensing concepts (copyright and trademark)
• Clear written and verbal communication with external partners and cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple contracts simultaneously
• Experience with Rightsline or similar rights/contract management system is a plus
• Familiarity with video game licensing is a plus

• clear communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• strong organizational skills
• Rightsline or similar rights/contract management system
• contract management and data migration
• royalty tracking