Director, Books Acquisitions UK Job ID: 3202619

Responsibilities

• Structure and negotiate deals with UK-based publishers, literary agents, authors, and independent creators
• Manage and execute high-volume deal flow against specific metrics
• Own content performance and strategic direction for your acquired titles beyond the initial deal
• Identify, initiate, grow and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential partners across the UK territory
• Prepare projects for internal support and valuation through collection of data and preparation of budgets, P&Ls, and proposed deal and creative terms
• Track and communicate deal terms within the organization and provide first line of enforcement of deal terms if necessary
• Work closely with key stakeholders across Audible

Qualifications

• Deep expert in the UK book and audio publishing world with strong relationships across British literary agencies, publishers, and independent authors.
• Understand regional audience preferences and nuances of the UK marketplace, from navigating relationships with rights holders to identifying content with strong performance potential across territories.
• Sophisticated negotiator and high-volume dealmaker, combining relationship-driven dealmaking with data-informed decision making, leveraging analytics to optimize deal structures and identify high-potential content.
• Experience in data analysis and leveraging analytics to make decisions.
• Experience building and analyzing cost/benefit scenarios and business cases and communicating results throughout the organization.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience negotiating complex, concurrent, high-value agreements with an understanding of publishing contracts, rights structures and legal terminology.

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