About this role
Job Posting Title: Manager, Publishing/Digital Experiences Req ID: 10158554 Job Description: Job Summary:
• Manage and develop licensing business in publishing/digital category containing physical/digital publishing, learning products, and digital products capitalizing on Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/20th Century/National Geographics properties. • Understand market requirements and identify appropriate products with most appropriate launch timing, business models and licensees/partners who have expertise in their field of business. • Develop and negotiate deals with licensees/partners and manage product and marketing approvals for the licensees.
Responsibilities:
• Drive and grow the business with sales target. • Analyze market conditions in order to identify trends and key success factors to grow the business. • Propose new ideas to licensees or new business partners. Lead deal negotiations to close them successfully. • Responsible in working closely with licensees and develop Annual Operating Plan/5 year Plan forecast, ensuring goals and targets are to be achieved according to the plan. • Manage daily contacts with licensees • Contract negotiations • Sales update, analysis and forecasting • Minutes of key meetings and negotiations • Product and marketing approval management • Proposal of new products and contents
• Develop strategic plans, reflecting both short term and long term opportunities and risks in the market. • Communicate with global and local counterparts and be always up to date on global product and/or concept availability and contents. • Report business progress to Director regularly as well as ad hoc reports.
Requirements:
• 3－5 years of experiences in publishing market and/or digital market and/or IP business. • First-hand experience with the following not an absolute requirement but preferred. • Sales experience in Publishing category and/or licensing business. • Product development experience in publishing category and/or digital category. • New business development. • At least 3 years of project management experience involving 3 or more stakeholders. • IP and rights management experience.
• Native level fluency in Japanese, and business level communication skills in English (written and spoken) are required • Sense of commitment and responsibility to one’s business responsibilities with passion • Understanding of company priorities, and how one’s business responsibilities tie into them • Good communication skills particularly in negotiation, leadership and interpersonal relationships • Bachelor's Degree or above • Strategic Thinker • Analytical Skills • Self-Starter
Job Posting Segment: APAC - Publishing Job Posting Primary Business: Regional (APAC) Primary Job Posting Category: Pub-Cmization Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Minato-ku, Japan Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted: 2026-08-24