Netflix

4 months ago

Manager, Music Business Affairs

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Job Summary

Provide music business, legal, and strategy support for Netflix Originals, overseeing music clearance and licensing across production, marketing, and PR. Partner with internal teams and production partners to negotiate and draft music deals, agreements, and rights documentation, including cue sheets and song credits. Advise on production services and content rights matters, manage music-related risk under tight timelines, and present educational sessions on music processes and best practices.

Location: Tokyo

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Oversee music business and legal affairs, including music clearance and licensing matters during production and for marketing/PR campaigns.
•Support production partners with negotiating music deals (e.g., composer/artist/songwriter, music supervisor, clearances, worldwide public domain assessments, waivers) and handle certain music deals in-house.
•Negotiate, structure, and draft music-related commercial terms and agreements with creators and rights holders (e.g., composers, songwriters, artists, record companies, music publishers) and clear music/execute licensing contracts.
•Provide music business and legal guidance to internal teams by negotiating and drafting music terms in production services agreements, content licenses, and other rights acquisition deals, including cue sheet and song credit guidance.
•Manage music issues under tight timelines by evaluating risk with incomplete information and presenting music educational sessions to internal teams and external partners.

Key Requirements

•5+ years of music production experience for anime, series, film, or documentaries, including structuring, negotiating, and drafting composer, performer/featured artist, and soundtrack/music license agreements.
•In-depth knowledge of music copyright and the series/film production process, including music clearance/licensing through delivery (cue sheets, marketing, and launch).
•Practical knowledge of Japan’s music and entertainment industries, including CMOs such as JASRAC, and active relationships with agents, lawyers, managers, music publishers, and record companies.
•Experience providing in-house support in an anime, television, documentary, or film production company and/or network (preferred).
•Fluency in English and Japanese (written and spoken), with exceptional drafting and project management skills plus strong communication and organizational abilities.

Experience:5+ years

Skills:Exceptional draftingProject managementClear communicationHighly collaborativeStrong analytical judgment

Languages:EnglishJapanese

Company Brief

Netflix

Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States

Founded: 1997

Glassdoor: 4.1

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Netflix

4 months ago

Manager, Music Business Affairs

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 19 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Tokyo

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Oversee music business and legal affairs, including music clearance and licensing matters during production and for marketing/PR campaigns.
•Support production partners with negotiating music deals (e.g., composer/artist/songwriter, music supervisor, clearances, worldwide public domain assessments, waivers) and handle certain music deals in-house.
•Negotiate, structure, and draft music-related commercial terms and agreements with creators and rights holders (e.g., composers, songwriters, artists, record companies, music publishers) and clear music/execute licensing contracts.
•Provide music business and legal guidance to internal teams by negotiating and drafting music terms in production services agreements, content licenses, and other rights acquisition deals, including cue sheet and song credit guidance.
•Manage music issues under tight timelines by evaluating risk with incomplete information and presenting music educational sessions to internal teams and external partners.

Key Requirements

•5+ years of music production experience for anime, series, film, or documentaries, including structuring, negotiating, and drafting composer, performer/featured artist, and soundtrack/music license agreements.
•In-depth knowledge of music copyright and the series/film production process, including music clearance/licensing through delivery (cue sheets, marketing, and launch).
•Practical knowledge of Japan’s music and entertainment industries, including CMOs such as JASRAC, and active relationships with agents, lawyers, managers, music publishers, and record companies.
•Experience providing in-house support in an anime, television, documentary, or film production company and/or network (preferred).
•Fluency in English and Japanese (written and spoken), with exceptional drafting and project management skills plus strong communication and organizational abilities.

Experience:5+ years

Skills:Exceptional draftingProject managementClear communicationHighly collaborativeStrong analytical judgment

Languages:EnglishJapanese

Company Brief

Netflix

Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States

Founded: 1997

Glassdoor: 4.1

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor