Our Video Sharing Platform is driving growth and innovation for our media companies and studio partners. From offering TV and Film partners the ability to reach users on our global ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) platform to delivering highly demanded live TV experiences to our growing TV base, YouTube entertainment businesses drive impact for our partners and are always addressing new challenges.In this role, you will interface with the large global media companies to facilitate and execute content agreements and to partner on performance optimization and achievement of shared business goals. Internally, you will act as the voice of our partners in cross-functional product and business discussions, and bring a unique perspective to major business decisions due to your expertise on industry trends, partner relationships, and agreement dynamics.The YouTube Entertainment Partnerships team manages Google's partner relationships and agreements for all TV and film related business lines at YouTube. As a Manager of Business Development, you will facilitate licensing agreements with a broad range of entertainment partners, including TV, film, news, and sports partners, manage ongoing partner relationships, and work cross-functionally with product, finance, and strategy teams to drive agreement evaluation and growth across existing and nascent businesses for YouTube and YouTube TV.At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.ResponsibilitiesBuild senior level executive relationships within top TV, film, news, and sports media companiesVet new and renewing agreement opportunities with internal cross-functional stakeholders (finance, product, marketing, legal, business leadership)Facilitate agreements utilizing creative, strategic thinking across various content distribution modelsRepresent the voice of our partners to product leadership. Inform product plansPartner with global, cross-functional YouTube and Google teams on strategic initiatives across top entertainment partners (e.g. domestic/international strategy, agreement execution and performance tracking, new launches, etc.)