Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next
generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading
digital video services on the Internet today, and we’re just getting started changing the way millions
of people around the world enjoy content. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories,
Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our
critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals Series such as the multi-award-winning The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Family Man, Paatal Lok, Farzi, The Boys, plus live sport including ATP and WTA Tour and US Open
Tennis and Premier League football.
Amazon Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our
role to produce original content and license studio programs worldwide in exclusive service of
Amazon’s Prime Video customers. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help
take us to new heights.
We are looking for a business affairs executive to add to Amazon Studios’ Indian film and television
group. This role will join a team responsible for supporting our Amazon Studios Local Originals team
across all original film, scripted and unscripted deals in emerging India, in multiple local languages,
markets and multi-territory deals. The role will be based in Mumbai.

Key job responsibilities
This Business Affairs Executive role will be responsible above-the-line talent deals (i.e., writer,
producer, director, cast, etc.), development deals (i.e., original scripts, book rights, format rights,
etc.) and production company deals. The candidate will be able to efficiently communicate status
and tradeoffs with Indian leadership and other members of the Amazon Studios team including
Creative, Production, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Tax and Legal, as well as collaborate with
Amazon business affairs executives in other territories to propose cross-territory business solutions.
Further, this candidate will support Amazon’s Legal Affairs team by providing local inputs on
agreements and helping to address production issues as they arise.

A day in the life
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to effectively interact with various regional
agents, managers and outside attorneys, and possess the necessary experience to effectively blend
custom and practice across territories and regions. A strong working knowledge of international film
and television industry agreements, development and production methodologies, and market
parameters for all such agreements is important. Further this candidate should understand multi-
territory guild regulations, contract law and intellectual property rights (as applicable to the
entertainment industry), and possess communication (written and verbal), interpersonal,
organizational and computer skills.
This business affairs executive must be able to manage a varied, high-volume workload efficiently
and smoothly, operate within corporate parameters, and remain cool and levelheaded in
pressurized situations. A successful candidate is expected to be able collaborate with a team of
talented Indian business affairs executives and across the studio, build strong internal client
relationships, effectively advise senior-level executives under time-sensitive conditions and generate
client satisfaction through creative thinking and risk analysis.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of entertainment industry deal negotiation experience
• 6+ years of studio, production company or television network experience
• Experience negotiating complex agreements with a firm understanding of legal terminology and reasoning
• Experience working for a production company, studio, or television network
• Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Political Science, or Law

Preferred Qualifications

• J.D., or MBA
• Experience in content negotiation, acquisition or business development

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