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ABOUT THE ROLE
As a member of the Business Affairs team based in Singapore, you will be responsible for content analysis, acquisition and development efforts in India. This includes acquiring audio rights via licensing deals from content providers across India including but not limited to English, Hindi and Tamil. You will help define our Indian content strategy.
ABOUT YOU
The ideal candidate should have excellent knowledge of the Indian book industry and a broad overview about commercially relevant Indian publications; confident and upbeat written and verbal communicator; highly organized and detail oriented; and able to thrive in a high-energy entrepreneurial environment. This is an individual contributor role. Note: the position is based in Singapore.
Key job responsibilities
As the Business Affairs Manager, you will...
- Proactively identify books and authors to meet the interests of our Indian customers
- Initiate negotiations for new deals with content creators, agents, publishers, and business development partners
- Analyze and select book content to be offered to customers by leveraging internal data and monitoring media trends
- Liaise with internal marketing, merchandising, metadata and production teams to ensure success of consumer content offering
- Identify books and authors that meet the interests of customers
- Collaborate with Audible cross-functional teams including Content Operations, Content Creation, Finance, Legal and PR to achieve Audible India business goals
- Travel to India for content provider meetings and industry events
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Singapore, SGP
Basic Qualifications
- College degree required
- Minimum 5 years’ experience
- Ability to evaluate content opportunities in both English and Hindi
- Communicates effectively (oral and written) both internally and externally, including the ability to communicate complex concepts and ideas to a diverse group of stakeholders
- Strong analytic and problem solving skills
- Solid organizational and project management skills
- Resourceful self-starter who will find opportunities rather than wait for inbound leads
Preferred Qualifications
- English and Hindi language fluency
- Professional degree (e. g., MBA, JD)
- Proven success in publishing rights acquisition or licensing
- Solid familiarity with Indian literature and culture
