Licensing Lead

conagrabrands; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus opportunity

401(k) & stock plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a Licensing & Partnerships Specialist to help build and execute licensing workflows across assigned brands. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, evaluate opportunities, and maintain project trackers to drive successful partnerships.

You will partner with Legal, Procurement, Brand teams and external IP owners to ensure compliant, timely opportunities and scalable processes that improve execution quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years of experience in licensing, marketing partnerships, brand marketing, communications, public relations, or business development.
• Project management with multi-priority timelines, approvals and stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives with external partners, agencies, vendors or rights holders.
• Commercial curiosity and cultural awareness with trends, properties, partnerships, and consumer behavior.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate licensing and partnership workstreams with brand, Procurement, Legal, R&D, Communications, agencies and external partners.
• Evaluate inbound and outbound licensing opportunities for brand alignment, feasibility, timing and commercial potential.
• Build and maintain licensing pipelines, trackers, plans, updates, logs and calendars for visibility.
• Coordinate materials, approvals, stakeholder inputs for exploration through launch and post-launch learning.
• Serve as day-to-day contact for licensing agencies, studios, IP owners and other external partners.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Commercial acumen

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Reporting to our Director of Creative Strategy & Operations, you will help build, organize, and execute Conagra's licensing and partnership workflow across assigned brands. You will support inbound and outbound licensed product opportunities, manage day-to-day partner relationships, coordinate cross-functional collaboration, identify emerging trends and partnership opportunities, and help develop scalable processes that improve execution quality and strengthen licensing and partnership strategies.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Facilitate licensing and partnership workstreams across assigned brands, partnering with Brand, Demand Science, Procurement, Legal, Research & Development, Culinary, Communications, agencies, and external partners.
• Support the evaluation of inbound and outbound licensing opportunities, considering alignment with brand strategy, consumer relevance, execution feasibility, timing, commercial potential, and communications value.
• Build and maintain licensing pipeline trackers, project plans, partner updates, decision logs, and milestone calendars to ensure visibility and progress across initiatives.
• Coordinate materials, approvals, and stakeholder inputs required to move opportunities from exploration through launch and post-launch learning.
• Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for licensing agencies, studios, intellectual property owners, agents, and other external partners supporting assigned projects.
• Prepare agendas, meeting recaps, action items, and internal updates that keep stakeholders aligned and informed.
• Monitor entertainment properties, cultural trends, creators, brands, and emerging partnership opportunities.
• Connect brand teams, subject matter experts, and external partners to improve collaboration, speed, and execution quality.
• Help create and maintain licensing processes, intake tools, templates, timelines, briefing materials, and decision frameworks.
• Partner with Legal, Procurement, and Brand teams to ensure compliance with contract requirements, usage rights, review processes, and brand standards.
• Maintain licensing documentation, partner materials, asset libraries, and project records to establish a clear source of truth.
• Support marketing and communications planning for licensed products and partnerships, including launch activities, media extensions, influencer opportunities, social content, public relations initiatives, and partner amplification.
• Review partner-facing and consumer-facing materials to ensure strategic alignment, brand consistency, accuracy, and proper approvals.
• Track learnings, partner feedback, execution results, and improvement opportunities to strengthen future licensing and partnership efforts.
• Prepare concise stakeholder updates highlighting project status, timelines, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
• Share best practices, tools, templates, and examples that help build licensing capabilities across the organization.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years of experience in licensing, marketing partnerships, brand marketing, communications, public relations, or business development.
• Project management skills with experience managing multiple priorities, timelines, approvals, and stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving external partners, agencies, vendors or rights holders.
• Commercial curiosity and cultural awareness with a demonstrated interest in trends, properties, partnerships, and consumer behavior.
• Problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
• Written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Number of Days in Office

3

Job Tags

#LI-Hybrid #LI-Associate #LI-HL1

Compensation

Pay Range:$64,000-$95,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of buildin