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Forbes is seeking a dynamic professional to join the fast-growing Forbes Licensing & Branded Ventures team as a Licensing Operations Manager. In this role, the Licensing Operations Manager will be responsible for managing the day-to-day contractual and financial operations of our global licensing businesses. The role will report to the President of Licensing & Branded Ventures and work closely with our business and editorial worldwide as well as our internal legal, sales and marketing teams.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate and support worldwide licensees on all licensing contracts, financial obligations as well as all performance metrics of their business.
- Working closely with the President, Licensing and Branded Venture in coordinating all active projects within the organization.
- Work alongside Forbes’ internal and external legal teams to review, update, and amend global licensing contracts based on business objectives and legal approvals
- Structure and maintain our cloud-based storage platform (Box) for licensing agreements, amendments, billing, financial statements, editorial files, and marketing presentations
- Collaborate and work alongside Forbes’ finance team to develop reports and schedules for licensee billing
- Serve a liaison for the global and brand licensees and Forbes to ensure payments, revenue statements, and editorial deliverables are made in a timely manner
- Develop and produce marketing presentations and reports for the Licensing and Branded Ventures team
- Work on ad-hoc and one-off projects – e.g., industry and/or macroeconomic research for potential new business and business partnerships
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