The Role: Preferably based in Los Angeles, this role is ideal for an experienced music executive, who thrives in a fast-moving environment and is excited to roll up their sleeves, solve novel challenges, and create smart, scalable processes. At its core, the role will oversee music matters across Versant’s businesses, including building internal policies and processes, negotiating music clearance and library agreements, creating new ways to exploit owned music, and servicing Versant’s business units with their music needs. This role reports to the SVP, IP & Music. The Responsibilities: Establish and implement strategy for clearing, licensing, and exploiting music across the Versant enterprise. Draft, negotiate, review, track a wide array of music agreements including work-for-hire agreements, record label and music publishing waivers, sync and master agreements, and long form blanket agreements ranging from production music libraries to composer deals, AV licenses, bill back agreements and similar documents. Assess copyright risk and advise content creators on music usage and licensing implications, fair use, ephemeral use, parody, and union issues. Clear or oversee clearance of master recordings and musical compositions, licensing and payment for applicable music uses across the Versant enterprise. Conduct client and staff trainings in the areas of music, copyright, cue sheets, and general business processes Administer and/or oversee the administration of the company-owned music catalogue, including maintaining all databases of musical assets and administering internal or external use of such assets. Maintain tracking grids, cost charts, databases, etc. for all music usage, and licensing Cue sheet review, analysis, revision, and submission Partner with senior business executives, as well as colleagues in the Legal Department, to discuss and implement best practices and formulate new processes in connection with business needs.