Senior Research Program Manager Quantitative Operations Emea jobs at Netflix in United Kingdom, London

• Direct connection/association with our IP [integrations, extensions, or co-marketing]
• Custom content development
• Non-working investment [production, talent, event activation, etc.]
• Netflix ecosystem extensions [Consumer Product, Brand Partnership, Gaming, Experiences, etc.]
• Multi-year, standard & custom investment windows [ie, non-calendar/upfront year-based

• Collaborate with Brand Partnerships in developing holistic commercialisation strategies for our global, pan-regional and local priority titles and the roll out of go-to-market sales materials, guidance and training specific to EMEA.
• Partner with Finance & Strategy (F&S), Marketing Partnerships, Product and Revenue Yield Analytics (RYA) teams to forecast, price, and package advertising programs tailored to the EMEA region.
• Work with Legal, Business Affairs, and Content teams to stand up regional commercial sponsorship and integration models.
• Partner with the EMEA Sales team and Brand Partnerships to help inform account/advertiser opportunity prioritisation and GTM sales strategy
• Ensure yearly and multi-year sponsorship frameworks align with other regional and global approaches and priorities
• Collaborate with Ads Research and Consumer Insights to develop measurement and insights capabilities that support monetisation models.
• Develop, in conjunction with Business Operations and Marketing Partnerships, revenue and program tracking mechanisms to ensure annual objectives for the EMEA region are met or exceeded.
• Track and evaluate competitive offerings within EMEA to ensure Netflix provides best-in-class advertising solutions.
• Provide guidance and input on product capabilities as part of regular internal innovation initiatives.
• Work with Ads Marketing to ensure up-to-date and compelling case studies are available for use by sales teams in the market
• Partner with the Enablement team to ensure regular training and sales tools are available

• Experience: 7+ years of sales/monetisation experience, specific to integrated marketing, and/or sponsorship programming.
• Cross-Platform:Deep experience and understanding of both the traditional linear and evolving streaming/digital video space in addition to social, audio, event, and gaming.
• Regional Focus:Proven expertise within the EMEA market, with an understanding of the unique characteristics and opportunities of this region; multiple languages (French, German, Italian and/ or Spanish) a big plus.
• Collaboration:Ability to collaborate upstream with content and creative teams during the concepting and ideation phases of ad programs.
• Adaptability:Thrive in ambiguity and demonstrate a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to evolving challenges and opportunities.
• Curiosity:A deep sense of curiosity, with a passion for learning and exploring innovative advertising models and strategies.
• Client Insights:Deep understanding of how clients and agencies value and negotiate Integrated Marketing opportunities to inform Marketing and Sales initiatives.
• Innovation:Demonstrated track record of challenging the status quo and successfully implementing innovative approaches that drive revenue.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit:Comfortable in a “roll-up-your-sleeves” environment, with an entrepreneurial approach to building and developing new capabilities within a larger organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Line Producers, Production Managers, accounting staff and the Netflix team to deliver the highest quality original entertainment content.

• Working within the UK Production Finance team to lead on Series Commissions (both Self Produced and Partner Managed) with the support of a Production Finance Associate.

• Working closely with Production Management, Business and Legal Affairs, and Post Production teams to ensure shows deliver within budget and on schedule.

• Work with internal development teams to research, test and develop new technologies that provide the next generation of finance tools and determine how and when to best incorporate them into the production accounting workflow.

• Hire the most talented production accounting teams with the skillset to provide the highest level of production accounting support on shows that are some of the most ambitious and complex to be ever produced. Accounting teams must be self–motivated, resourceful, dedicated, hard-working, focused and strive for only the highest level of professional ethics, consistent mathematical accuracy and completeness, and embody the Netflix ethos.

• Liaise with Labor Relations, Content Accounting, Internal Audit, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Tax, Finance and IT to ensure production finance policies and procedures are current and effectively implemented on our productions.

• Prepare, or supervise the compilation of initial production budgets.Manage production incentive workflow and align with the Production Tax team to ensure receipt of tax credits or cash.

• Work with the production accounts teams to ensure that insurance claim costs are accurate and adequately supported by schedules, invoices and payroll documents.

• Oversee the cash flow and funding processes.

• Review production budgets, cost reports, trial balances and petty cash reconciliations prepared by show accountants.

• Work with show accountants on a day-to-day basis to drive accurate, complete and timely cost reporting, protecting and managing show assets and supporting production.

• Develop relationships with Film Commissioners, CPA audit firms, Accountants, Producers and Payroll Companies to build resources and networks from which to poll industry information and help ensure all production finance processes are current, reasonable and timely.

• Facilitate the training and mentoring of junior production accounting staff on Netflix shows with the goal of increasing the pool of loyal “star” accounting candidates for future Netflix productions.

• Keep abreast of current and changing industry trends, evolving technologies, production incentives and changes in crew capacity and infrastructure support in the main worldwide production centres.

• Travel to production locations where our shows are filming to audit, review workflows, organisational abilities and effectiveness of accounting staff.

Requirements:

• Candidates to have significant experience in scripted television production accounting, to lead accountant level.

• Good understanding of UK production incentives.

• Solid understanding of payroll process, Union agreements and tax requirements.

• Expert skill level of Movie Magic Budgeting and PSL or other recognised production accounting systems.

• Proven people management experience.

• Solution-focused.

• Ability to understand and articulate production finance issues to non-financial stakeholders.

In this role, you will support across:

Strategy & Planning

• Support the execution of market-level commercial operations, strategies and processes to help build a high-performing commercial organization.

• Own / support pipeline and business reviews on a recurring basis at the front-line manager or country level.

• Own / support the execution of initiatives to drive regional effectiveness within Sales Operations and across the broader Sales organization.

Insights & Analytics:

• Define, build, and maintain sales inputs, forecasting, and pipeline management.

• Bring perspective to efficacy of current KPIs and metrics across the Ads function. Have perspective on how to evolve them.

• Build detailed dashboards and monthly, quarterly review decks for senior (VP+ level) consumption to run the business. Lead discussions on business performance & state of business with expertise and full ownership.

• Coordinate with global counterparts in (UCAN, EMEA, LATAM, APAC) to assimilate business insights and package for regular check-ins.

Core Process & Sales Policy:

• Lead the implementation and execution of key Sales Operations functions (e.g., defining success metrics, reporting, customer segmentation, target setting, quota allocation)

• Assist in the defining, building and managing workflows/processes on behalf of the broader Sales organization

XFN Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate with internal team, commercial partners and cross-functional teams as needed to understand strategy and help develop plans for execution.

About you:

• 5+ years of experience in advertising/ advertising-related fields; and/or experience working in Sales Operations.

• Self-starter with the ability to manage and lead large-scale, complex projects.

• Strong collaborator who embraces differing perspectives and experiences to make better decisions.

• Strong technical skills, including expertise working with multiple large data sets; SQL and data analytics skills are a plus

• Proven ability to prioritize and lead multiple projects efficiently.

• Familiarity with agency and client-direct sales models.

• Knowledge of the advertising landscape, including media channels and methods of buying.

• Proficient with reading, writing, and speaking English, French / German / Italian / Spanish a plus

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Platform managers are responsible for live event coverage, whether that’s on the ground capture at a physical event like a premiere, or virtual clipping for the latest WWE event.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead @NetflixUK on Facebook and Instagram. Lead on the UK contributions to global YouTube channels, including Netflix, Still Watching Netflix, and Netflix Sports.

• Set the strategy for the above channels, considering how they fit into the wider business strategy

• Manage the publishing schedule for each of the above channels

• Co-manage the retained reactive agency relationship - setting context, briefing them, and feeding back on their creative assets in real-time.

• Be a creative partner to the Title Social Managers, supporting them with reviewing creative ideas and edits for campaign assets that will run on your channels

• Jump into Netflix events, marketing activations, and industry events (i.e. London Film Festival, BAFTA) to support on covering them across our channels

• Share your knowledge of the channels and audiences with cross-functional teams. Be

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  expert on your audiences and platforms.

• Be a relentless champion of audience growth. Share your wins and fails, always seeking to maximise engagement and brand love.

• Keep a particularly close eye on titles that don’t have Marketing support. Sometimes under-the-radar titles pop unexpectedly, and we need to pivot in at speed.

• Try new things. Use the features of the platforms or habits of the audiences to create bold, exciting moments.

• Stay alert to social trends, with consideration for how we stay industry leading in our approach to social media. Consider other platform opportunities and how we engage fans across the internet

Background and skills:

• 8+ years experience running social channels at a brand or publisher

• 8+ years experience of community management and audience development at a brand/publisher.

• A strong eye for creative, understanding what maakes online audiences laugh, cry, debate, and ultimately share

• Passion for entertainment.

• Deep understanding of internet culture, and the distinct demands of different social platforms.

• Strong local culture and consumer expertise.

• Experience in partnering with creatives.

• Ability to work cross-functionally, with the confidence to argue your point of view and sell your vision.

• Excellent organisational skills.

• Spirit of curiosity - an obsessive interest in what other brands and publishers are doing in the space.

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Title Social Managers are responsible for building social media marketing campaigns for our TV series, films & documentaries. Their role is to embed themselves in the fandoms of our titles, figuring out ways to get people even more excited. Their goal is to get people talking, and they do it by knowing what makes fans tick, what ticks them off, and creating content - big and small - that helps take a title from a hit into a cultural mega-hit.

We are seeking a highly driven, self-motivated person who lives & breathes TV and films. You are an excellent communicator, strategist and creative. You are always learning and testing new ideas. You are comfortable scrutinising your own ideas, and you are always the first to ask, “How could this have been better?” This job will require you to juggle many different kinds of short and long-term tasks, including coordinating with different parts of the company, producing and giving notes on AV and static assets, copywriting, defining high-level strategy for titles, and much more, and nimbly move through all these responsibilities with ease. Above all, you have an instinct for good social creative, strong platform and creator knowledge, great ideas, and the passion, energy, and creative ambition to see it all through.

• Social media marketing. You’ll be working with our Title Marketing and Publicity teams (among many others) to create unique and exciting campaigns in support of our TV shows, films, and live content. From fast-turnaround reactive to high-production big swings, you’ll make social media content that gets people talking for the duration of the campaign.

• You’ll set the strategy for social campaigns, and be a strategic thought partner within the wider title team. You’ll guide all areas of the campaign and inform how it shows up on social

• We work with some of the best talent in the business. You’ll be working with PR and Marketing partners to ensure we’re capturing class-leading content with our stars - be it simple things liketo.

• Whether it’s,,,, or, the sky’s the limit for creative big swings. You’ll be responsible for working with internal and external production teams to bring high-impact content to life.

• You’ll be thinking about the best place for our campaigns to play out. Sometimes, everything lands perfectly on our own Netflix social channels, but other times, the campaign goals or audience profile means you have to look elsewhere on the internet. You’ll be making that call and identifying the external partners you need to bring things to life and reach the right people.

• As well as planned content, you’ll be working on fast-turnaround reactive content in partnership with our Platform Managers.

• You’ll work with all areas of the business, ensuring everyone is updated on the status of our social media campaigns and keeping everyone up to date on trends and innovations. Strong project management skills are fundamental.

• You’ve got 8+ years of leading multiple-platform social campaigns and delivering nuanced, insight-based social strategies.

• You’ve got 8+ years of developing organic social creative that cuts through the noise. When it comes to success, you’re intentional with what you want to achieve with each piece of content

• You’re a great project manager

• You have a deep knowledge of the UK social media landscape, both in terms of platforms as well as the creator ecosystem.

• You’re confident with talent. When on a shoot, you’re able to partner with a Director and prompt them to ensure the vision you went in with is brought to life in the best way it can be

• You’re able to monitor social and cultural trends and pivot creatively when needed.

• You have an entrepreneurial spirit and are highly collaborative - you love working with others, and aren’t afraid to lead or follow.

• You’ve got excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• You’ve got experience using both data and intuition to make content that grabs attention. You know how to use social media analytics, but you aren’t afraid to take risks.

• You know how to prioritise your time and budget to focus on the most impactful work.

• You’ve got experience managing external agencies and partners

• You’re confident in speaking up and have experience working as part of a cross-functional team. You’re able to hear and understand feedback

• You’ve got a high tolerance for change and the capacity to accomplish enormous amounts of work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

• You respect, understand, and appreciate the Netflix.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with aligned Sales Partners to understand client goals and objectives in order to deliver excellent customer service

• Host weekly Pipeline & Pacing meetings with Sales Partners to align on upcoming launches and active campaign performance

• Build Media Plans and contribute to RFP responses around campaign packaging, pricing, targeting, etc.

• Host campaign kick-off meetings and partner with client on gathering campaign launch assets

• Partner with cross-functional teams on the production of custom creative assets

• Work closely with Ad Operations for flawless order implementation and technical troubleshooting

• Responsible for overseeing the delivery performance of Ad Campaigns and partnering with clients on necessary campaign optimization tactics

• Provide clients with necessary campaign performance including post-campaign wrap reports

• Ability to navigate campaign escalations and contribute to long-term solutions to prevent similar issues in the future

• Maintain an in-depth understanding of our ad products, sponsorship offerings, targeting capabilities and ad policies

• Contribute to monthly billing & invoicing process with clients and finance

• Establish strong working relationships with client and agency partners
  

We’re Looking for:

• 3+ years of experience in Account Management and/or Sales Planning functions in the digital media industry, with a focus on video advertising

• Experience working in Sales Operation systems (CRM, OMS, Ad Servers)

• Knowledge of digital media sales and marketplaces including Direct IO, Programmatic Guaranteed and PMP advertising

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities with the ability to make data digestible for cross-functional stakeholders

• Proven project management skills with ability to multitask and manage requests from various stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Advertising Research and Verification vendors like Nielsen, ComScore, Moat, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, Kantar, etc.