Sr. Manager, Intellectual Property

Job Description

Responsibilities

Join our NBCUniversal EPIC Legal Team! EPIC symbolizes key foundational principles as we strive to be extraordinary partners to our businesses in an evolving environment. Here at NBCU Legal, we are Expert Partners who provide Inspiring and Creative solutions to our clients. We are subject-matter experts who collaborate with our legal colleagues and clients to guide, solve and push for our collective success. We inspire by bringing optimism and positivity to our work, and apply strategic and innovative thinking to support our businesses.

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Job Description

Role Purpose

The Senior Manager, Intellectual Property resides within the IP Analysis & Insights Group (''Group''), which is responsible for advising NBCUniversal divisions worldwide regarding rights, and other intellectual property issues that arise across all phases of its business.

Job Duties
• Assume a pivotal role in identifying, validating, and enhancing intellectual property opportunities as well as contributing to strategies across NBCUniversal's worldwide footprint
• Review and interpret – both individually and in tandem with the Group's attorneys – development, production, and distribution agreements to provide advice on issues such as property acquisition (including chain of title and scope of the grant), distribution rights (including via new media / streaming), remake / sequel / prequel rights, live event rights, merchandising / interactive rights, and theme park rights
• Analyze copyright and related issues associated with the exercise of rights in cutting-edge, technologically sophisticated new use cases
• Advise NBCUniversal business and legal divisions, both verbally and in writing, regarding deal terms and contractual language in draft agreements related to intellectual property rights as well as provide timely production clearance / risk guidance in connection with active projects, all while maintaining a strict degree of confidentiality, judgment, discretion, and professionalism
• Efficiently navigate multiple electronic databases and review corporate files and other sources for relevant rights information about current and library properties
• Support transformational enterprise initiative that seeks to evolve the practice in which rights are acquired, analyzed, managed, and shared across NBCUniversal

Qualifications

Basic Requirements
• B.A., B.S., and/or higher degree
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Minimum 8 years related working experience in a comparable professional role

Desired Characteristics
• Legal background (paralegal certificate or comparable work experience)
• Highly motivated self-starter with a keen intellectual curiosity and aptitude for identifying and analyzing complex legal issues
• Accomplished writer and communicator capable of synthesizing and conveying complex and nuanced legal issues to representatives from diverse business, legal, and creative divisions
• Management experience with oversight of people and/or a function
• Superb organizational skills with the ability to handle a large workload consisting of multiple, high-priority tasks in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines under pressure
• Proven interpersonal skills as a team player, demonstrating creative problem-solving skills and a willingness to take initiative
• Capability to multitask, handle changing priorities, juggle many projects, and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $100,000 - $130,000 (bonus eligible).

Additional Information

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