Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs Manager EXTEND TALENT POOL

Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs Manager EXTEND TALENT POOL

Join to apply for the Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs Manager EXTEND TALENT POOL role at BBC

Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs Manager EXTEND TALENT POOL

Join to apply for the Commercial, Rights & Business Affairs Manager EXTEND TALENT POOL role at BBC

Package Description
Band: D
Salary between: £50,000 -£70,000 per annum based on knowledge and experience. London Weighting Allowance of £5319 also offered. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: London, Television Centre
Contract type: Permanent
Working Pattern: This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)
About Bbc Studios
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.
TALENT POOL

• This talent pool is an opportunity for Senior Commercial, Rights Business Affairs Managers interested in working with us.
• It isn’t a live role and doesn’t guarantee you will end up working with us. Talent pools are a chance for us to identify, meet and collate talent so that we can move more quickly and efficiently when opportunities come up.
• You don't have to be available now to apply. You may be working in another role but thinking about a move when the right thing comes up, or perhaps you’ve always wanted to work for BBC Studios. This talent pool is a chance for us to engage with those who want to work with us now or in the future.
• If you are selected our Talent Acquisition team will invite you for a screening call, after that you will be invited to join the talent pool which means you will be considered if/when suitable opportunities come up.
• When we're looking to hire we may approach individuals from the talent pool directly if they have the specific skills and experience required. On other occasions we will send roles to the whole group, or if we feel we need a wider reach, advertise publicly through BBC Careers (those in the talent pool will be welcome to apply).
• If you are informed about an opportunity via the talent pool you will still need to attend an interview or assessment for the role, and most likely enter into a competitive process with other candidates.
• Ultimately, this is an opportunity to start a conversation with us. We’ve carved out dedicated time to read applications and speak with candidates, so if you’re keen to work with us, now’s the time to let us know.
  

EXTEND
This talent pool is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply, you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.
We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our BBC Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team.
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place. If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage (Extend Code: EX2324)
THE ROLE
A commercial Rights & Business Affairs Manager will act as a principle point of advice and direction for the business and Legal Affairs team and represent BBC Studios boards when required. The role will require you manage, conduct and oversee a wide range of legal & Business Affairs activities throughout various stage of production and ensure these are in accordance to relevant policies and frameworks
Key Responsibilities

• Strategy development and implementation: To support the implementation of strategies and business frameworks across portfolios to secure competitive commercial deals and enable BBC Studios to grow in accordance with the business plan, including the development and maintenance of standard documentation and processes. To propose and deliver innovative and entrepreneurial solutions to complex business problems.
• Partnering: To confidently forge excellent relationships across legal teams and wider business
• Negotiation and contracting: To collaborate with the lead Business Legal Affairs representative on the negotiation of global commissioning deals. To ensure a co-ordinated approach to negotiation of deals with the ability to strategically advise on more challenging deals to support the best business outcome.
• Advising: To advise on all aspects of business affairs including day-to-day productions risks, legal and commercial risks, editorial policy and compliance issues across the portfolios with specific focus on a particular Unit during times of significant workload.
• Risk management: To assist in setting and ensure compliance with frameworks for global commissioning deals across portfolios and ensure consistency of approach.
• Representation: To represent Business & Legal Affairs at the most senior level with authority, credibility, tact and diplomacy. To be a recognisable and vocal ambassador and advocate of the strategy/growth plan and deal effectively at senior leadership level
  

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
KEY CRITERIA

• Legal qualifications
• Experience of negotiating content contracts and securing competitive terms with commissioners.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the legal and commercial issues associated with producing content for commissioners.
• Highly business-oriented operating with a commercial approach which enables a quick response to market changes.
• Adept at dealing with conflicts and helping devise solutions where trade-offs involved. Help others resolve issues dispassionately.
  

Desirable

• Knowledge of, and experience in, television content production.
• Experience of innovating and leading change in a complex, competitive environment.
  

REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

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