Senior Manager, Local Content
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10135931 Location Minato-ku, Japan Business The Walt Disney Company (APAC) Date posted Nov. 06, 2025Job Summary:
Job Summary:
The Senior Manager, Local Content, leads the development and execution of live action content and unscripted projects. This role is pivotal to shaping our slate, ensuring content aligns with local tastes, trends, and business objectives. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in production, strong industry networks, and a collaborative, entrepreneurial spirit.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate and develop pitches for local content, providing creative and commercial insights from initial concept to final delivery.
- Coordinate internal resources and drive projects through the greenlight process, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Lead all aspects of live-action production, collaborating with the business affairs team for necessary rights clearance and contracts.
- Deliver high-quality content, on time and on budget, through close oversight of the local production pipeline.
- Engage and manage relationships with external production partners, vendors, and talent.
- Lead and negotiate complex content, licensing, and talent deals that create innovative commercial and creative opportunities.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with legal, finance, and marketing teams to maximize content value and mitigate business risks.
- Inspire an internal team of creative producers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years’ experience of content development, acquisitions, or producing experience.
- Passion for bringing content to life on disney+ service
- Fluent-level Japanese and Business-level proficiency in English
- Strong multitasking, organizational, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated leadership experience and passion for entertainment and storytelling.
- Extensive local industry network and keen understanding of local audience preferences.
- Proven track record in negotiating and closing complex deals.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in cross-functional and multicultural team collaboration.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
About The Walt Disney Company (APAC):
For over 70 years, The Walt Disney Company has been entertaining consumers in Asia Pacific – and enriching people’s lives. Today’s consumer can discover new branded experiences in many ways and in many markets from Australia, New Zealand, Mainland China, Japan, Korea to Southeast Asia.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with TWDC (Japan) Ltd., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (APAC).