Content Acquisition Manager – AVOD, FAST

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🌐 Germany, Spain – Remote

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📈 Growth Marketing

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Rakuten

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1997

✈️ Travel

📣 Marketing

🛡️ Insurance

Travel • Marketing • Insurance

Rakuten is a global leader in internet services, known for empowering individuals and businesses through innovation. With a strong presence across the globe, particularly in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Japan, Rakuten offers a wide range of services including e-commerce and technology solutions. The company also focuses on sustainability initiatives, sports entertainment, and has ventured into new technologies like drone delivery and artificial intelligence to enhance societal convenience and vibrancy. Rakuten is committed to cultural and professional diversity, supporting various community engagement programs and social impact initiatives.

📋 Description

• Execute the content acquisition and FAST channel carriage strategy • Build a diverse and compelling content slate aligned with audience and business objectives • Manage the full lifecycle of content licensing and FAST channel carriage agreements • Negotiate with major studios, distributors, rights holders, and third-party FAST channel providers • Identify and onboard locally relevant FAST channels and rightsholder distributors in the DACH market and potentially other territories • Build and maintain relationships with key partners and accounts • Liaise with Legal, Finance, BI, Programming, Marketing, Media Sales, and Operations • Ensure deals are implemented accurately and obligations and goals are met • Oversee content agreements covering title configurations, release windows, territories, languages, and rights exploitation

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in content licensing, acquisition, or distribution, ideally within AVOD and/or FAST environments • Strong understanding of the content landscape, including library and recent content, audience appeal, market trends, and AVOD/FAST performance • Strong negotiation and deal management skills • Experience managing complex rights and/or carriage agreements across multiple territories • Excellent account management and relationship-building abilities with studios, distributors, and content partners • Highly organized and proactive, with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and attention to detail • Strong analytical and commercial mindset • Fluent English and German are mandatory • Spanish, Italian or other European languages are a strong plus • Preferably based in Germany; candidates based in Barcelona, Spain will also be considered

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal-opportunity and diversity-focused workplace • International team and collaboration across EMEA • Opportunity to work in AVOD and FAST content acquisition and channel carriage