Business Development Manager, Media, Gaming and Entertainment, DeepMind

Business Development Manager, Media, Gaming and Entertainment, Deep Mind

Deep Mind – Locations:
San Francisco, CA, USA & New York, NY, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience negotiating research and product partnerships in a research and development (R&D) setting within academic, corporate, or creative technology environments, in the fields of media, gaming, or entertainment.
• Experience supporting or commercializing technologies that bridge the gap between AI research and creative product pipelines.
• Experience working with datasets or machine learning.

• Experience working autonomously in a dynamic, ever‑changing, and collaborative environment.
• Experience managing complex, end‑to‑end partnerships.
• A deep understanding of modern 3D pipelines, visual effects workflows, and emerging creative technologies. Comfortable navigating technical discussions with engineers and creative directors alike.
• Strong investigative and reasoning skills to structure agreements and manage technical, contractual and financial issues.
• Strong cross‑functional communication and relationship‑building skills across all management levels, including executives. Confident collaborating with both researchers and engineers.

As a Business Development Manager you’ll identify, support, shape, negotiate and manage strategic opportunities to partner externally. You’ll collaborate with our AI researchers, engineers, technical program managers, product managers and Foundation teams to drive research, product and data partnerships from concept through execution, bringing AI models and experiences to creative desktops.

• Develop a deep understanding of Deep Mind’s research, product and business strategy for Media, Entertainment, Gaming and Multimodal areas and connect them to business needs.
• Lead the end‑to‑end agreement process with partners, including structuring and negotiating complex, first‑of‑their‑kind agreements for joint research, technology/data licensing, and other collaborations with creatives, artists and media partners, coordinating with cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Work with Deep Mind teams proactively to spot new opportunities, monitor emerging trends and inform the partnerships agenda.
• Serve as the single point of contact and relationship owner for key external partners, driving long‑term partner success and maximizing the impact of each collaboration.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Google to pursue impactful partnership opportunities.

US: $141,000 - $204,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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