Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the world’s most popular anime brand, connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with 360-degree experiences. We’re an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands and companies. 

About the Team and Role

The Crunchyroll Games is a new division of Crunchyroll focused on bringing the best of anime and anime-look games to Crunchyroll’s global audience. We work with a variety of global and domestic partners to help publish games to over 100+ countries, and bring more fans into the anime games ecosystem. Our team is composed of anime enthusiasts, gaming experts, and mash-up of keenly intelligent and hyper driven individuals. We are highly collaborative, and work closely with multiple stakeholders to ensure success in a competitive and fast-growing market.

We are looking for a Manager of Partnerships and Strategy for the games division, whereby this role would work closely with games leadership, business development, marketing, and publishing to steer key partnerships in the right direction and pursue strategic opportunities as prioritized by the team. This includes overseeing original development projects, high-visibility brand partnerships, key studio projects, and other such directives that advance the Games division. This role combines strategic thinking with tactical operating, and will have high visibility with leadership and external partners. 

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for Crunchyroll and VRV’s passionate communities.

About Yourself

You must be a leader, capable of defining and executing a strategic vision, managing key pillars and tentpole projects, and working with senior stakeholders both internally and externally. In addition to your high-level strategic thinking, you must also have an acute ability to multitask, managing a wide variety of priorities, and have excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 4+ years relevant experience in management consulting, strategy and operations, or corporate development
• Experience in business development or external partner management a strong plus
• Understanding of games, media, and entertainment audiences
• Track record of managing multi-threaded, end-to-end projects
• Experience working cross-functionally with internal and external partners, and building consensus across a range of goals and objectives
• Comfortable presenting proposals, plans, and strategies to a wide range of stakeholders across multiple disciplines
• Critical thinker, with strong attention to detail and operating tactics
• Comfortable and experienced working with product, engineering, marketing, and design teams 
• Flexible and quick-thinking, you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• A very fast learner and able to pick up new context quickly
• Must have a respect for fandoms, and understand the importance of community-building

Typical Week in this Role

• Interface and engage with external partners (at functional and leadership level) for regular progress check ins and alignment
• Be the primary contact person for multiple high-priority and high-visibility partners
• Assist the GM on key materials and presentations for a variety of leadership discussions across games relevant topics
• Pitch and present new collaboration opportunities with select studios, strategic partners, and brand affiliates
• Create end-to-end strategy and operations decks for internal and external stakeholders
• Run cross-functional meetings to advance on key project milestones
• Define growth goals and own KPIs, forecasts, marketing channels and tactics for your projects
• Help assess opportunities for our games brand and dedicated games audience growth
• Define markets and understand growth potential for new and existing games, working closely with the GM of Games
• Constant, clear communication of objectives, status and results
• Collaborate with paid media, lifecycle marketing, audience development, brand management, engineering, PR, creative and other internal teams

Benefits and Perks: San Francisco Office

• Competitive salary
• “Use What You Need” time away from work policy
• Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• On-site gym, showers, yoga, and wellness classes
• Support program for new parents
• Catered lunch 4 days per week
• Fun, passionate and skilled co-workers
• Pet friendly - pet insurance and dog friendly office

Questions about Crunchyroll's hiring process? Please check out our FAQ

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll, a WarnerMedia company (as a subsidiary of Otter Media) and the world’s most popular anime brand, connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with 360-degree experiences. 

Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. 

Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store).

Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau (Ellation). VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.