Director, Contract Management

Title: Director, Contract Management

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Job Description:

Tokyo, Japan

About Crunchyroll

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it's powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

Crunchyroll is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment in the United States and Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc. in Japan (both companies are part of the Sony Group Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo).

Main responsibilities

• This role involves negotiating complex development and production projects with Japanese production committee members, including production committee agreements, co-publishing and master recording agreements for music, and merchandising licensing agreements, as well as creating term sheets.
• We handle contract negotiations and drafting in both Japanese and English.
• For newly acquired or domestically produced content, we will share and inform relevant internal departments such as content, legal, finance, marketing, licensing, and programming about the financial terms, contractual risks, and obligations (payments, rights restrictions, etc.).
• We manage the contract terms for each project and update the negotiation status on our internal tracking system.
• In an ever-changing business environment, we provide advice and support on all aspects of business based on our extensive knowledge of the entertainment industry.

Eligibility requirements:

• Over 10 years of practical experience in licensing, production, business affairs, or legal matters within the Japanese entertainment industry.
• Over 8 years of team management experience
• Practical experience in drafting and negotiating co-production and licensing agreements, as well as interpreting and applying their terms.
• Japanese: Native or business level (reading, writing, and speaking)
• English: Must be motivated to learn and eager to improve reading, writing, and speaking skills (and positive about using English in a practical setting).
• A deep passion for anime, Japanese culture, and the entertainment industry.

Regarding departments

The Business Affairs team is part of the Content Group, driving content acquisition that underpins Crunchyroll's global growth, and serves as the internal point of contact for all contractual terms. They work closely with diverse teams around the world—including co-production, acquisition, legal, deal management, programming, and financial contract reporting—to ensure smooth business operations.

What makes working at Crunchyroll appealing?

Not only will you work with fun, passionate, and inspiring colleagues, but you'll also enjoy the following benefits:

• Health insurance provided by Sony Health Insurance Association
• Defined contribution pension
• Various fixed allowances (gym and wellness fees, mobile phone bill, meal allowance), commuting allowance.
• Crunchyroll Premium Account
• Professional and specialized skills development programs
• Paid childcare leave
• Employees who give birth can take up to 22 weeks off.
• For employees whose partner is giving birth, up to 12 weeks.
• Hybrid work
• Flextime
• Paid leave and time off
• Flexible Time Off
• Yasumi Day: Closed for 5 days a year
• Half-day work on Fridays during the summer
• Three days off for the Obon holiday
• Year-end and New Year holidays

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values ​​in all that we do. We value

• Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

• Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

• Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

• Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

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