Job Posting Title:
Manager, Publishing/Digital Experiences
Req ID:
10158554
Job Description:
Job Summary:
- Manage and develop licensing business in publishing/digital category containing physical/digital publishing, learning products, and digital products capitalizing on Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/20th Century/National Geographics properties.
- Understand market requirements and identify appropriate products with most appropriate launch timing, business models and licensees/partners who have expertise in their field of business.
- Develop and negotiate deals with licensees/partners and manage product and marketing approvals for the licensees.
Responsibilities:
- Drive and grow the business with sales target.
- Analyze market conditions in order to identify trends and key success factors to grow the business.
- Propose new ideas to licensees or new business partners. Lead deal negotiations to close them successfully.
- Responsible in working closely with licensees and develop Annual Operating Plan/5 year Plan forecast, ensuring goals and targets are to be achieved according to the plan.
- Manage daily contacts with licensees
- Contract negotiations
- Sales update, analysis and forecasting
- Minutes of key meetings and negotiations
- Product and marketing approval management
- Proposal of new products and contents
- Develop strategic plans, reflecting both short term and long term opportunities and risks in the market.
- Communicate with global and local counterparts and be always up to date on global product and/or concept availability and contents.
- Report business progress to Director regularly as well as ad hoc reports.
Requirements:
- 3－5 years of experiences in publishing market and/or digital market and/or IP business.
- First-hand experience with the following not an absolute requirement but preferred.
- Sales experience in Publishing category and/or licensing business.
- Product development experience in publishing category and/or digital category.
- New business development.
- At least 3 years of project management experience involving 3 or more stakeholders.
- IP and rights management experience.
- Native level fluency in Japanese, and business level communication skills in English (written and spoken) are required
- Sense of commitment and responsibility to one’s business responsibilities with passion
- Understanding of company priorities, and how one’s business responsibilities tie into them
- Good communication skills particularly in negotiation, leadership and interpersonal relationships
- Bachelor's Degree or above
- Strategic Thinker
- Analytical Skills
- Self-Starter
Job Posting Segment:
APAC - Publishing
Job Posting Primary Business:
Regional (APAC)
Primary Job Posting Category:
Pub-Cmization
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Minato-ku, Japan
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-08-24
