Manager, Business Affairs

The Manager, Business Affairs will lead the end-to-end Tradeouts process, including negotiating terms with Production Companies, routing approvals, and maintaining consistency across seasons and series. This individual will report to the SVP, Business Affairs. Responsibilities: Partner with Production Companies to negotiate and communicate Tradeout terms, maintaining consistency across series/seasons and aligning with NBCUniversal’s exposure thresholds Develop and manage a streamlined Tradeouts approval workflow, including evaluating requests, clarifying deal parameters, and routing for Creative, Legal, Sales, Compliance, and Press/Marketing approvals Oversee the creation of a “reference guide” including agreed upon terms, newly formed processes for managing requests, and supporting materials to educate internal stakeholders, as part of the streamlining process Negotiate deal terms with production entities and on-air talent in connection with the development and production of content, primarily unscripted, for NBCUniversal’s television and streaming networks and platforms Draft initial term sheets and negotiate comments seeing through to completion and signature short form agreements reflecting negotiated deal points Maintain internal deal trackers and reporting for leadership Participate in updating management systems Act as a liaison with all internal and external offices with the ability to solve problems strategically and find solutions, as required Manage special projects as designated