Director, Business Affairs

Company Description

The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures—is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do.

About our Creative Craft
Our Creative Craft brings Klick’s ideas to life through storytelling, design, and experience. This craft blends imagination with strategy to create work that is emotionally resonant and culturally relevant. Creative teams collaborate across disciplines to simplify complexity and humanize healthcare. Their work drives engagement, understanding, and meaningful action across channels.

Job Description

The Director, Business Affairs leads talent, contracts, and rights management across broadcast and integrated production. This role partners closely with Producers, Creative, Legal, and Finance to ensure all work is compliant, contractually sound, and executed efficiently. The Director brings expertise in talent negotiations, union requirements, and licensing, enabling teams to deliver high-quality creative within regulated environments. This role operates as a key advisor and problem solver across projects, balancing risk, compliance, and creative ambition.

What You’ll Do

• Lead talent negotiations and contract execution for SAG-AFTRA, ACTRA, and non-union talent across broadcast and integrated production projects.

• Oversee rights and licensing for content, including music, video, and image assets, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with Producers of varying levels, Legal, and Finance to structure vendor agreements, talent contracts, and payment processes.

• Develop and manage contract templates, business affairs processes, and documentation using tools like Excel, Smartsheets, and Google Suite.

• Manage talent, vendor, and agency relationships while supporting casting, broadcast trafficking, and network clearance activities.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years managing talent, contracts, and licensing within an agency or broadcast production environment, including global vendor agreements and compliance.

• 6+ years in 360 production with hands-on experience in broadcast workflows, union (SAG-AFTRA/ACTRA) requirements, and talent negotiations.

• 4–6 years leading teams or functions, including training, performance management, and overseeing contract processes or business affairs operations.

• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating contracts, releases, and licensing agreements with measurable scope (e.g., multi-market or high-value productions).

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Smartsheet, PowerPoint, and Google Suite, with evidence of building templates, trackers, or scalable processes.

Desired

• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.

• Experience working with life sciences or pharmaceutical clients within regulated environments and compliance frameworks.

• Experience working internationally or managing cross-border productions, including global talent and vendor coordination.

• Background working with casting agencies, talent unions, or talent representation firms with demonstrated negotiation outcomes.

• Experience developing or teaching business affairs, production, or contract best practices within an agency setting.

• Comfort operating in dynamic, evolving environments where processes may be fluid and require sound judgment over strict adherence

• Ability to navigate complex personalities and build trust across diverse teams and stakeholders

• Creative, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to think beyond traditional approaches

Additional Information

This posting is for a newly created role at Klick.

The base salary range for this position is between CAD $110,000 - $130,000. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at careers@klick.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.