Director, Rights Management

The Director of Rights Management will oversee the strategic delivery of multiple systems and integrated processes within the rights portfolio to support the NBCU enterprise. The candidate will be responsible for driving the rights team to successful delivery of technology projects including the development of rights management systems as part of our unified architecture, deprecating legacy systems while onboarding new users into the enterprise rights management tools and aligning processes within our content supply chain. This dynamic thinker will own the overall technical business engagement leveraging project management tools and bridging business requirements across project teams and legacy systems. In this role you will: Partner with the business, product and engineering teams to drive progress and report risk across project portfolios Create the broader strategic rights roadmap with clear deliverables and timelines, including input from all stakeholders Understand external factors that influence internal prioritization and to support company’s larger initiatives Drive multiple projects that connect the strategic roadmap across businesses and technology teams including Right Management Systems, Contract Management, Scheduling, Licensing, and current AI/ML Tools Provide a customer-centric view when partnering with business groups by consistently managing expectations and communicating risks Develop executive presentations and materials to aid in articulating messages across all levels of the organization Continually improve business and technical processes that lead to the implementation of approved technical solutions and user adoption Evaluate internal integrations and business impacts including the engagement activities related to deprecation of legacy systems Partner and collaborative with the Enterprise Rights Program Team – and broader Technology organizations to make improvements and resolve issues in support of the business Excellent understanding of IT industry and trends, emerging technologies and leverage them as needed to achieve project objectives Provide technical ownership and representation for projects per the NBCU governance guidelines and methodologies