Strategic Music Licensing Lead

Amazon Inc.; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Business Affairs Lead for the US, LatAm, and EU to drive licensing negotiations with record labels and artist management for original content productions and exclusive artist merchandising. This role partners with Legal, Finance, Production, and Business Development to shape deal terms throughout negotiations.

The role requires deep knowledge of sound recording rights, sync rights, and music licensing, with experience in content negotiation or business

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.
• Experience working independently with minimal supervision, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.

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

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication abilities

Education

J.D., or MBA

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Business Affairs Lead for the US, LatAm, and EU to drive licensing negotiations with record labels and artist management for original content productions and exclusive artist merchandising. This role partners with Legal, Finance, Production, and Business Development to shape deal terms throughout negotiations.

The role requires deep knowledge of sound recording rights, sync rights, and music licensing, with experience in content negotiation or business