Head of Operations & Business Management

At Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), we bring stories to life, creating and delivering some of the world's most beloved film and television content across every platform. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, SPE is part of a global entertainment company that combines world-class storytelling with cutting‑edge technology to connect creators and audiences around the globe.

SPE is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and growth‑oriented executive to lead its YouTube and Social Platform business strategy, initiatives, and operations. This leader will be responsible for developing and scaling a best‑in‑class channel ecosystem that maximizes the value of SPE's extensive portfolio of iconic franchises, brands, and intellectual property.

Reporting to the Co‑Presidents of Global Distribution and Networks, the EVP, Head of YouTube and Social Platforms, Strategy & Operations will define and execute a comprehensive channel growth and monetization strategy that balances long‑term brand stewardship with revenue generation. The role will drive operational excellence, establish clear prioritization frameworks, and foster strong cross‑functional partnerships across creative, distribution, marketing, and corporate teams to unlock the full potential of SPE's digital platform presence.

Optimizefirst-party YouTubeandothersocial channels to ensure healthy engagement, always‑on 24/7/365 programmingand franchise support, revenue maximization, andefficientand effectiveexecutionof marketinggoals.

Manage complexoperatingmodels with keyexecutives and teamstomaximizechannels for internal use,serving as a center of excellence for cross‑functional stakeholder management.

Audience Growth, Channel Management & Monetization

Oversee YouTube and similar businesses to primarily drive high ROI monetization. Target direct (i.e. channel) and support indirect (e.g. off‑platform performance‑based licensing) revenue growth

prioritize investment and resource allocation, set channel management guidelines

Identify, track, and manage KPIs for global portfolio and/or each channel to optimize for profitable revenue growth and channel health. Leverage insights to make data‑informed programming decisions and support the ongoing development and distribution of insights incorporating critical platform data

Collaborate with Marketing and Franchise Management to ensure valuable IP reaches fans; enable audience development, nurturing existing communities while identifying latent demand for library. Work closely with content strategy, sales planning, US/Global distribution, and regional licensing teams to maximize value of any individual title in the library, and the catalog overall

Ensure alignment with legal, finance, privacy and others to implement best business practices in channel management functions

Promote and maintain cross‑functional collaboration models linking content strategy, marketing, franchise management, analytics, licensing, consumer products, and other teams; manage executive stakeholders, including Film & TV Chairmen, Studio/Production Presidents, and Marketing Leads

Facilitate smooth communication, clear decision‑making framework, and open transparency between teams for critical marketing windows, franchise/IP building activities, and go‑to‑market activities; Seamlessly integrate YouTube and other channels into our overall catalog programming strategy across channel line‑up, branding, publishing cadence, etc.

Deliver against the needs and priorities of IP stewards and Franchise Management to ensure that brand narratives are consistent across all audience touchpoints

Partner with IP Protection and IP/Legal teams to ensure that IP enforcement is clear and consistent across the digital ecosystem, setting guidelines for content usage tolerance and leveraging platforms & vendors for enforcement and monetization

Serve as a center of excellence for partnership and responsiveness across SPE

Developing Digital Capabilities to Deploy Across SPE

Support Insights, Strategy & Analytics’ ongoing development and deployment of data and analytics tools and capabilities across YouTube activities and the rest of SPE that can leverage YouTube/social data

Co‑develop and deploy IP enforcement and engagement policy, ensuring content claiming efforts strike balance with creators while protecting our assets

Model data‑informed decision‑making behavior in management of channels to help further develop the practice in other parts of the business

Identify additional high‑value capabilities needed within SPE (i.e. direct ad sales, brand partnerships, etc.); support development and/or scaling of existing or new capabilities with relevant teams (e.g. 1st‑party FAST channels/service)

Establish and enforce publishing guidelines, approvals, and governance across all SPE YouTube and social channel activity. Employ a multimodal approach to account for platform, genre, audience, format, geographic, and commercial considerations.

Identify opportunities to leverage Sony synergies while evaluating 3rd‑party vendors, defining optimal build‑vs‑buy vs. Nurture relationships with platforms (i.e. YouTube) to ensure we deploy best practices, align on policies, and are up‑to‑date on platform priorities and trends

Create Value for SPEBrand and Businesses within SPE & SGC

Pursue tighter integration with SPE’s 360º businesses (e.g. Crunchyroll), offering channel management services to be used at the their option

Make our YouTube/digital channels and channel management capabilities a valuable in‑house resource to drive increased earned media/higher ROI to aid the efficiency and impact of marketing campaigns. Bolster Performance Media Group’s reach and effectiveness

Partner with key stakeholders, including Corp Comms, to enhance SPE brand equity

Sony Music, PlayStation) on channel, platform, service, or technology deployments. Track developing and emerging digital platforms and ensure that SPE is positioned to leverage when there is significant opportunity for monetization

Seasoned media exec with 15+ years of experience at both technology companies and studios, including meaningful hands‑on expertise in the YouTube ecosystem

Demonstrated credentials in monetizing and scaling a business with P&L responsibilities

Expertise with scaling existing IP on YouTube and other digital owned and operated platforms

Deep understanding of the evolving digital ecosystem, including YouTube and other social channels that support (or have the potential to support) monetization of content and IP (e.g. e‑commerce on IG)

Experience managing multi‑channel or portfolio‑based digital businesses across geographies, audiences, and content types

Demonstrated experience with managing ‘gold‑standard’ IP and premiere franchises

Strong network within digital creator, talent, and brand partnership communities

Strong leadership presence with experience building and developing nimble, high‑performing teams with a highly collaborative culture

Highly collaborative leader who enjoys managing in a nuanced and matrixed environment

Proven ability to embed data‑driven decision making into teams and workflows, leveraging platform and audience insights to drive performance

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

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