Business Affairs Manager

Who We Are: Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga. Our strategy is to create hit entertainment experiences, delivered on every platform relevant to our audience through a variety of sound business models. Our pillars - creativity, innovation, and efficiency - guide us as we strive to create the highest quality, most captivating experiences for our consumers. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at http://www.take2games.com . While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions. The Challenge: The chosen individual will serve as a Business Affairs Manager in the Take-Two offices in New York City. They will focus on contract management while supporting Take-Two and its publishing labels. Candidate must possess critical thinking skills and strong business acumen, and be extremely organized, great at multi-tasking, proactive and able to engage in complex work, including drafting and reviewing legal agreements and creating databases of contractual terms and provisions. The selected candidate will also provide day-to-day administrative and paralegal services at a dynamic entertainment company. The role provides broad exposure to Take-Two’s activities and offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative, collegial, and engaging environment. This role will serve as a critical point of contact to move the ball forward and get deals over the line. Candidate will draft, review, redline, analyze, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, work with other stakeholders in the procurement process, and support the wider BA team. Candidate will at times work collaboratively with legal, finance, privacy, IT, security, and procurement, but also work in a fast-paced, autonomous environment with the ability to turn around contracts quickly. Candidate will take ownership of delivering contracts to our internal stakeholders with a deep empathetic understanding of their needs, deadlines and priorities. Candidate will strive to utilize technology and workflows in order to increase efficiency. What You’ll Take On: Prepare agreements based on contract templates and handle the contracting process from initial request to final execution. Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a variety of transactions (on our paper as well as third party paper), and have a strong understanding of software, technology, entertainment, sports, privacy and marketing issues. Serve as a functional liaison between the business client, the procurement team, other icollaboratorseholders and Legal in managing the end-to-end contract lifecycle for a host of agreements. Handle services agreements, statements of work, vendor agreements, talent agreements, influencer agreements, licenses, and outline deliverables, staffing plans, and other key provisions of a contract. Drive the implementation, maintenance and use of contract management systems and related processes. Participate in the planning, selection, implementation and training of key technology resources for the Business Affairs team, including enhancements and upgrades to such systems. Troubleshoot issues with internal technology teams and vendors. Champion the use of such systems within the company. Manage contract templates, playbooks and clause libraries through a contract mana ... (truncated, view full listing at source)