Business Affairs Manager

Insight Global; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

HSAs and FSAs

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a strategic Business Affairs Manager to lead marketing contract negotiations and rights clearance, partnering across Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Partnerships, Music, and Privacy. You will drive scalable workflows from creative development to distribution, managing talent agreements and IP considerations.

You will guide complex, cross-functional workstreams, improve efficiency, and build the Business Affairs function within the Marketing group, including mentoring the Contract

Qualifications

• 8+ years in legal, procurement, sourcing, and/or Business Affairs.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, structuring, and negotiating marketing contracts.
• Ability to review materials for talent, copyright, privacy, and clearance considerations.
• Strong analytical and business judgment to assess deal opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Excellent relationship management and communication with suppliers and internal teams.
• Experience with data privacy regulations (CCPA and GDPR/EMEA).
• Proven ability to drive process improvements and cross-functional partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Advise on Business Affairs for Marketing’s creative development, production, and distribution, combining legal, financial, and strategic perspectives.
• Structure, negotiate, and implement a wide range of agreements in partnership with Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Partnerships, Music, and Privacy teams.
• Lead cross-functional deal lifecycles and communicate best practices to stakeholders.
• Manage production rights clearance, talent agreements, and music licenses across projects.
• Drive risk assessments and obtain executive sign-off when needed; scale processes and tooling.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Privacy regulations

IP & clearance

Relationship management

Strategic thinking

Tools

Contract tooling

Legal review tools

Job description

Position Title: Business Affairs Manager

Location: NYC, LA, or open to remote for the right candidate

We’re looking for a strategic, solutions-oriented Business Affairs Manager to join our team. You are a creative-first Business Affairs lead who is operationally minded and ready to help build our scaling Business Affairs infrastructure and support capabilities. You will partner across Marketing and with Creative, Production, Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Partnerships, Music, and Privacy to help deliver marketing work efficiently and with appropriate legal and business safeguards. You will guide complex workstreams from creative development through production, post-production, and distribution, while building the processes, tools, and capabilities needed to scale the Business Affairs function.

What you’ll do:

Business Affairs Strategy and Deal Management

• Advise on Business Affairs matters for Marketing’s creative development, production, post-production, distribution, and services, bringing legal, financial, and strategic perspectives.
• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, and implement a wide range of agreements in partnership with relevant Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Partnerships, Music, and Privacy teams.
• Partner with Marketing stakeholders throughout each deal lifecycle to compile and prioritize deal points, communicate best practices, and advocate for Snap’s interests.
• Analyze deal opportunities and develop business strategies for marketing initiatives and production matters.

Creative, Production, and Rights Clearance

• Serve as a liaison between Creative and Marketing teams and Legal partners on production legal, privacy, copyright, trademark, music, talent, and rights-clearance matters.
• Review creative materials and advise stakeholders on talent, copyright, and intellectual property issues and concerns.
• Support projects across digital production, photoshoots, animation, partnerships, and non-creative work through final delivery.
• Draft, review, structure, and negotiate or manage deal points for talent agreements, including celebrity and influencer agreements, and music licenses.

Risk, Compliance, and Operational Excellence

• Help implement practical guardrails and workflows that support compliance with Snap’s legal and contractual obligations.
• Drive risk escalation and ensure executive-level sign-off on risk assessments when needed.
• Communicate, implement, and champion Business Affairs best practices across Marketing.
• Project manage complex, cross-functional workstreams and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and provide creative solutions for best-in-class content production.
• Drive improvements to and scale Legal and contract tooling workflows within Marketing.

Function and Team Leadership

• Define, build, educate, and scale the Business Affairs function within the Marketing department.
• Oversee, manage, and train the Business Affairs Contract Associate.
• Build strong partnerships across teams and help stakeholders navigate Business Affairs processes and requirements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of legal concepts related to marketing contract negotiations.
• Ability to review creative materials and identify talent, copyright, intellectual property, privacy, and clearance considerations.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, structuring, and negotiating agreements, including talent and music licensing agreements.
• Strong analytical and business judgment, with the ability to assess deal opportunities, develop strategies, and mitigate risk.
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with suppliers and internal business teams.
• Proven ability to build trusted cross-functional partnerships, drive process improvement, and develop creative solutions.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to lead complex workstreams across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to influence, communicate, and champion best practices across a growing organization.
• 8+ years of experience in legal, procurement, sourcing, and/or Business Affairs.
• Strong understanding of legal concepts related to contract negotiations for marketing.
• Experience with data and privacy regulations and compliance management, including CCPA and EMEA/GDPR requirements.
• Proven track record of mitigating risk through contract negotiations.
• Excellent relationship management skills and demonstrated ability to collaborate with suppliers and internal business teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Understanding of accounting and finance practices.
• Experience partnering with Marketing teams to implement regulatory and process requirements.
• Proven ability to drive positive change and build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Experience with social networking, platform integrations, publishing platforms, broadcast, and new media.
• Understanding of union requirements, agreements, and negotiations.

Compensation:

$75/hr to $85/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.