Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years in product management, business analysis, enterprise applications, or similar roles.
Experience in media and entertainment, particularly in content distribution and rights management.
Ability to lead complex cross-functional projects from discovery to implementation.
Strong communication and analytical skills, with a knack for simplifying complex requirements.
Experience working with executives and diverse stakeholder groups in fast-paced environments.
Responsibilities
Own the product roadmap for Rights Management solutions, aligning technology investments with business goals.
Lead discovery sessions and solution reviews across multiple teams including Sales, Legal, and Operations.
Document business requirements, user stories, and process flows, validating needs against system capabilities.
Design scalable workflows for IP rights management and related operational processes.
Serve as the main liaison between business users and IT teams, driving consensus even amidst competing needs.
Define interactions among key enterprise applications like Salesforce and Rightsline.
Manage comprehensive testing phases, overseeing user acceptance testing and ensuring production readiness.
Guide organizational readiness and change management for new systems and processes.
Benefits
Full Coverage - Medical, Vision, and Dental
Work/Life Balance - generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
401(k) company matching
Full Job Description
Summary of Position
The Senior Product Manager, Rights, Sales & Distribution Systems will lead the roadmap, solution design, and delivery of enterprise technology solutions supporting Rights Management, Sales, Operations, Distribution, and Legal. This role will own key product responsibilities for strategic roadmaps for Salesforce and Rightsline, while defining scalable business processes and integrations across enterprise systems. The ideal candidate combines product management, business analysis and customer relationship management, and can operate independently across executive, business, technical, and implementation partners.
Responsibilities
Own and drive the product roadmap for Rights Management solutions, including the evolution of SalesHub and Rightsline as enterprise platforms; evaluate business priorities, define system capabilities, and align technology investment with business objectives.
Lead discovery sessions, design workshops, and solution reviews across Sales, Rights Management, Legal, Domestic and International TV Distribution and Sales Operations.
Document and validate business requirements, user stories, process flows, integration points, configuration decisions, acceptance criteria, and define functional and non-functional requirements.
Design scalable workflows that standardize and optimize IP rights management, release scheduling, customer management, licensed sales, acquisitions, deal management, document management, and related operational processes.
Serve as primary liaison between business users, IT teams and other stakeholders; drive decision-making and consensus across diverse stakeholder groups with competing business needs.
Define how data, business processes, and workflows operate among critical enterprise applications including Salesforce, Rightsline, Box, SAP ECC, and other enterprise platforms.
Manage enterprise testing including end-to-end testing, integration testing regression testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including defining testing approaches, test scenarios, data requirements, validation criteria, and defect resolution. Oversee test execution and ensure production readiness.
Drive organizational readiness and change management, training, and adoption for new systems and business processes; review and support training materials, user guides, testing documentation, and stakeholder communications.
Participate in solution reviews, design workshops, roadmap discussions, and delivery planning
Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of experience in product management, business analysis, enterprise applications, systems implementation, or business process transformation.
Experience in media and entertainment, content distribution, licensing, rights management, sales operations, or related business domains.
Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives from discovery through implementation, including roadmap management, requirements definition, stakeholder alignment, solution design, and release readiness.
Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex needs into actionable product, process, data, and system requirements.
Experience partnering with executives, business stakeholders, technical teams, implementation partners, and vendors in fast-paced enterprise environments.
Nice to Haves
Experience with Rightsline or similar IP rights management platforms.
Experience with Salesforce or comparable CRM / sales workflow platforms.
Experience leading large-scale enterprise testing and deployment.
Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Jira, product backlog management, epics, themes and user stories, acceptance criteria, and iterative delivery models.
Additional Requirements
This position requires five (5) days per week in office.
Our Benefits
Full Coverage - Medical, Vision, and Dental
Work/Life Balance - generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
401(k) company matching
Compensation
$180,000 - $195,000
About Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is a Canadian-American entertainment company that produces and distributes films and television shows. The company's film and television library includes over 17,000 titles, and its content is distributed through various platforms, such as theaters, cable and satellite television, and streaming services. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
