Business Development Manager - TikTok Global Entertainment Micro Series

About the team: Our Micro Series Business Development team drives strategic content partnerships and licensing deals that bring compelling short-form entertainment to global audiences. Working at the intersection of content, product, and market strategy, the team collaborates cross-functionally to identify growth opportunities, shape production and distribution partnerships, and support the expansion of our micro series business across diverse international markets.

Responsibilities: - Source, pitch, and close partnerships with micro-series producers across studios, production companies, and talent-led studios; partner closely with Legal for negotiations - Monitor and analyse market trends, building pipelines of potential IPs and micro-series producers; producing and presenting reports to Product and cross-functional teams - Work closely with the Product and Product Operations team to operationalize micro-series strategy, acquisition pipeline, production, delivery, editorial & marketing, monetization, and performance

Minimum Qualification(s): - 5+ years of experience in content acquisition or business development within industry-leading streaming platforms; deep familiarity with AVOD/SVOD/TVOD models - Strong commercial and analytical capabilities: ability to build forecasts, benchmarks, ROI models and communicate tradeoffs to stakeholders - Deep fluency in content performance metrics and the ability to connect supply strategy to platform growth outcomes - Operational excellence: experience building scalable acquisition pipelines and managing execution cross-functionally - Product fluency: ability to translate deal negotiations and projects into platform metrics - Strong communication and relationship-building skills; ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and time zones. - Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and drive crisp execution under deadlines

Preferred Qualification(s): - Track record of sourcing and closing micro-series deals