Primary Responsibilities
- Lead the company’s business development strategy, setting the long-term roadmap for acquisitions, licensing, partnerships, and new revenue initiatives that drive growth and market expansion.
- Identify and evaluate high-impact opportunities across content libraries, film and TV rights, kids and family programming, podcasts, and emerging media categories.
- Partner with the C-suite and senior leadership to align deal-making with company strategy, brand values, and commercial performance goals.
- Establish scalable frameworks for assessing creative, financial, technical, and brand considerations across potential acquisitions and partnerships.
- Direct negotiation and execution of complex transactions, including acquisitions, licensing agreements, co-productions, joint ventures, distribution deals, and brand partnerships.
- Structure deals with strong financial discipline, long-term rights protection, regulatory awareness, and alignment with company risk thresholds.
- Collaborate with Legal and Finance to oversee transaction structures, term sheets, and final agreements with discretion and sound judgment.
- Lead cross-functional coordination across Content, Finance, Legal, Technology, Marketing, and Consumer Products to ensure effective integration and monetization of acquired assets.
- Guide integration planning so new content and partnerships support distribution, monetization, and franchise development strategies.
- Build and maintain senior-level relationships with creators, rights holders, studios, distributors, talent representatives, and strategic partners, representing the company in key industry settings.
Experience & Requirements
- Background in Business Administration, Finance, Media, Accounting, Law, or a related field preferred
- Extensive senior-level experience leading business development, partnerships, or content acquisition within media, entertainment, or adjacent industries
- Proven expertise negotiating high-value transactions and structuring complex, multi-party deals
- Strong financial acumen, including valuation, deal modeling, and P&L impact assessment
- Exceptional strategic judgment with the ability to quickly assess opportunities and risks
- Proven cross-functional leader with strong project management and communication skills
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, mission-aligned conservative media environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills with strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively while maintaining a big-picture, strategic perspective
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What We Do
Not every company kicks off in a converted garage and expands into one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment - but then again, no other company is the Daily Wire. Built from the ground up by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, the Daily Wire started as a side gig and morphed into a political news and commentary powerhouse in just 7 short years. Now, the Daily Wire is producing entertainment content, investigative journalism, multiple chart-topping podcasts, and - you guessed it - some fire memes. And we’re not stopping there. Our team is constantly moving, innovating and growing. We adapt to any and all obstacles with a team of creative geniuses that are all aligned in creating unparalleled content that provides a voice for facts and for freedom. We don't just echo whatever’s trending - we set trends. When you join the Daily Wire team, your finger isn’t just on the pulse. From the studios of CANDACE and The Ben Shapiro Show to the newsroom of some of America’s most influential writers, you are the pulse. And if that interests you, we’re all ears.
