[Hiring] Senior Business Affairs Director @Brandtech+

Role Description

As the Senior Business Affairs Director, EMEA, you will be responsible for establishing, leading, and driving the Business Affairs function across the region. You will serve as the senior subject matter expert for all Business Affairs activities, ensuring best-in-class support across content production, adaptation, localization, and creative delivery.

The role will work closely with:

• Production
• Client Services
• Legal
• Procurement
• Finance
• Media
• External partners

You will be responsible for:

• Developing scalable Business Affairs processes, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Reducing dependency on external providers.
• Improving operational efficiency.
• Mitigating commercial and legal risk.
• Enhancing service offerings to clients.

You will ultimately be accountable for:

• The quality, consistency, compliance, and commercial effectiveness of all Business Affairs services delivered across EMEA.
• Supporting business growth, protecting profitability, and enabling teams to operate efficiently and compliantly.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Business Affairs, Rights Management, Production Legal, Media Compliance, or a related field.
• Proven leadership experience building and managing Business Affairs teams or functions.
• Strong experience supporting advertising, content production, media, marketing, or entertainment businesses.
• Expert knowledge of talent contracting, intellectual property rights, licensing, usage rights, and content clearances.
• Deep understanding of broadcast, digital, social, cinema, DOOH, and emerging media channels.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex negotiations and commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of international legal, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working across multiple territories and global markets.
• Ability to assess and mitigate commercial, financial, and legal risk.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior leadership teams.
• Commercially minded with strong financial acumen and understanding of project profitability.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, strategic, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong understanding of production workflows, adaptation processes, localization requirements, and media delivery protocols.
• Ability to identify opportunities for process optimization, cost efficiencies, and service growth.

Requirements

• Supporting year-on-year growth through the expansion of Business Affairs services across EMEA accounts.
• Reduction in external Business Affairs agency spend through the development of an effective in-house capability.
• Consistent delivery of rights management, licensing, clearances, and compliance activities across all markets.
• Improved production efficiency through the centralization of Business Affairs support.
• Reduction in project delays related to clearances, approvals, rights management, and media compliance.
• Strong client satisfaction through proactive BA support and consultation.
• Effective risk mitigation and compliance management across all client projects.
• Development and implementation of standardized Business Affairs workflows and governance processes.
• Building and leading a high-performing Business Affairs function that supports team development and growth.
• Positive stakeholder feedback from Production, Client Services, Legal, Procurement, and clients.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment.
• Encouragement for all employees to reach their full potential.
• Valuing and respecting individual differences.