Job Description

Job Title: Business Affairs Manager IV

Type: 3-Months Contract

Location: Culver City, CA

Pay Range: $90 to $95 per hour on W2

Position Summary:

The client is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Business Affairs Manager to support cross-functional teams in managing legal, compliance, and business affairs processes. This role will play a critical part in securing third-party content rights, ensuring procedural compliance, managing consulting relationships, and providing legal guidance on trademarks, copyrights, and risk management. The ideal candidate will have strong project management, contract oversight, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Third-Party Rights Management:
• Work with third-party entities to secure consent and clear rights for the use of their assets, ensuring full legal compliance.
• Compliance Oversight:
• Monitor and ensure vendors, talent, licensing, and publishing partners adhere to company policies and procedures.

• Cross-Functional Coordination:
• Facilitate internal communication to keep projects moving forward, flagging potential legal issues, content constraints, and timeline risks.
• Stakeholder Communication:
• Maintain regular communication with team leads to ensure proper information flow, clear action items, and timely issue escalation.

• Legal Counseling:
• Provide legal guidance and counseling across multiple teams on intellectual property matters, including trademarks and copyrights.
• Risk Assessment:
• Assess, manage, and communicate legal and business risks, offering strategic options to team leads.

• Content Review Process: Manage the review process for third-party content to ensure proper clearance and mitigate legal exposure.
• Internal Training: Educate internal teams on legal best practices and third-party content usage to optimize workflow and compliance.
• Consulting Relationship Management: Work closely with internal business units to support and manage the consulting relationship and due diligence processes.
• Contract and Documentation Management: Oversee contract workflows, review and verify required documentation, and maintain business affairs process decks, releases, and trackers.
• Product Support & Education: Provide product information to customers and professionals, ensuring proper usage and clear understanding of clinical benefits compared to competitors.
• Training and Process Improvement: Train consultants and internal teams on systems and processes to ensure compliant and efficient operations. Identify and implement process improvements in collaboration with cross-functional partners.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven ability to effectively manage complex legal, compliance, and contract processes.
• Strong relationship-building skills with internal stakeholders, consultants, and external partners.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal and compliance issues clearly.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and the ability to make sound, timely decisions.
• Experience working in MacOS and iOS environments.
• Applied knowledge of intellectual property management, including copyrights and trademarks.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to efficiently prioritize multiple responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in technology, media, or consulting industries.
• Familiarity with legal review processes related to third-party content.
• Prior experience in a Professional Affairs, Business Affairs, or Legal Affairs role.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.

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