Music Licensing & Business Affairs Lead

Amazon Music; New York (NY); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC, operating as Amazon Music, seeks a Business Affairs Lead to drive licensing negotiations with labels and artists across the US, LatAm, and EU. You will work with Legal, Finance, Production, and Business Development to shape deal terms from negotiation through execution.

The role requires extensive experience in complex entertainment agreements, strong analytical skills, and an ability to build strategic relationships with rights holders and management teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of entertainment industry deal negotiation experience.
• Experience negotiating complex agreements with a firm understanding of legal terminology and reasoning.
• Experience in content negotiation, acquisition or business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead licensing negotiations to secure applicable rights from record labels and artists, and expand existing agreements as needed.
• Collaborate with the legal team to create and review contractual terms to address licensing and business needs.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key record labels, promoters and artist representatives.
• Perform analysis to quantify the impact of royalty rates and other terms.
• Audit business metrics and processes, perform deep dive analysis on problems to understand root causes and make decisions supported by data.
• Monitor the competitive landscape to help inform Amazon Music’s strategy.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

Independent working

Education

J.D., or MBA

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC, operating as Amazon Music, seeks a Business Affairs Lead to drive licensing negotiations with labels and artists across the US, LatAm, and EU. You will work with Legal, Finance, Production, and Business Development to shape deal terms from negotiation through execution.

The role requires extensive experience in complex entertainment agreements, strong analytical skills, and an ability to build strategic relationships with rights holders and management teams.