Acquisition Manager

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**Your New Role**:
**This role**is** responsible for**leading**ongoing and future acquisitions of content**for**WarnerBros** Discovery/**HBO**Max with a primary focus on**Southern** Europe**, undertaking negotiations with major studios, European and local independents per the division within the team**, and will be working closely in partnershi**p** with other teams across the company; local teams,**F**inance,**A**dministration,**Content S**trategy &**A**nalysis and many others**,**to ensure a complete and successful** content portfolio on**HBO**Max.**The role will also play a crucial part in monitoring and fulfilling any**European or**local investment obligations** with acquisitions as needed**and will**work**collaboratively**on**Pan-European** de**al**s** and discussions**with larger EMEA**S**treaming Acquisition team**when relevant**.**:
**The**Acquisitions**Manager**reports**to VP Acquisitions**&**P**rogramming**Iberia & Italy**,** based in**Madrid**,**S**pain**.**:
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**Your Role Accountabilities**:

- **Driving** and executing**Acquisition of content, both current and library**for**HBO**Max**across**Southern** European markets**.** Driving discussion per team account division for**local or multi-territory** rights and other projects.** Supporting sourcing, evaluations,**dea**l** making and negotiations as needed across Northern European markets.**:

- ** Sourcing, screening, reading and evaluating content for acquisition and pre-buy/co-**pro opportunities**, looking at estimated performance, programming needs and platform requirements**.**:

- ** Negotiat**ing** commercial terms with licensors (volume, license fees, rights etc.) with respect to budget and legal requirements for**HBO**Max**.**:

- ** C**ollaborate**closely**with any WBD channels**or services**in**market/**region** as needed.**:

- ** Preparation/distribution of documentation, both internal and external: set up**various**approval materials, proposals, deal memos and contracts, and follow the process through to the securing of signatures.**:

- ** Ensuring** internal administration and communication, for example setting up rights and content overviews and**administering** information flow to relevant intercompany teams and stakeholders across WBD and**HBO**Max EMEA.**:

- ** Working closely with the Acquisitions and Rights Management teams across Europe, supporting different projects as part of the day to day as well as any expansion to new markets as needed.**:

- ** Coordination across teams and regions within the Acquisitions and Programming team with regards to opportunities, rights alignment,**benchmarking**,**communication etc** ensuring best practices and service coherence across EMEA.**:

- ** Supporting the**Acquisition** budget/forecast process**.**:

- ** Preparation of presentations and assembling analyses and data consolidation required**:

- ** Setting up rights and content overviews and making sure they are kept up to date and monitoring**compliance with regulatory requirements, contract obligations and internal content benchmarks.**:

- ** Monitor market trends and competitors in**market**as well as the international content rights market and rights holders.**:

- ** Building and maintaining relevant relationships with rights owners, Licensors and other necessary partners in the region.**:

- ** Attending markets as needed**/requested.**:

- ** As part of a dedicated Programming and Acquisitions team there will also be other ad-hoc tasks and periodic projects where support is required** and expected.**:
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**Skills and Experience**:

- ** Relevant experience of rights acquisition within the media/broadcast/TV**and content**industry**, including a de**e**p understanding of**Rights**, Legal requirements and SVOD service needs.**:

- ** Passionate about content****:

- ** Solid**and current**r**elationships with**Licensors and R**ights owners**, as well as**other**market players**,** with special focus on**Southern** European markets**.**:

- ** Good**understanding and experience**of the**Souther**n European** audience,**rights market, broadcasters, competitors and media industry** at large.**:

- ** Broad knowledge of cinema and TV**,**deep evaluation skills and experience of both finished and in-prod