Senior Manager, Content Partner Operations

Shutterstocks Data Partner Network (DPN) is a strategic pillar of the Data Licensing & Services AI divisions growth strategy. The DPN team identifies negotiates and manages partnerships with content companies around the world expanding the breadth and diversity of content available within Shutterstocks AI ecosystem. This growing network includes partners across a wide range of content modalities including long-form video text conversational audio editorial content and more providing a continuous pipeline of high-quality data to support our expanding portfolio of AI customers.

The Senior Manager Content Partner Operations will play a critical role in scaling and operationalizing this ecosystem by driving clarity consistency and supplier-specific processes across content readiness data refreshes operational handoffs and ongoing partner management.

This role will serve as an operational bridge between signed supply partners and internal teams helping ensure that supplier information libraries metadata documentation and next steps are complete accurate and ready to support downstream workflows.

What Youll Do:

• Manage ongoing operational communication with signed supply partners related to library readiness metadata content refreshes and broader partner activities.
• Maintain accurate supplier profiles and internal documentation across relevant systems.
• Drive content readiness by tracking supplier catalog details rights information metadata samples delivery status and related operational inputs.
• Coordinate supplier support for initial library delivery and ongoing content updates.
• Track supplier lifecycle and contractual milestones including renewals expiration dates exclusivity periods and partner-specific commitments.
• Monitor supplier activity open questions and next steps to help ensure timely follow-through.
• Coordinate supplier information and operational handoffs across internal teams supporting onboarding content readiness and customer delivery.
• Identify and support opportunities to improve supplier workflows documentation and operational processes as the Data Partner Network scales.

What Youll Bring to the Role:

• 68 years of experience managing supplier or partner operations content operations catalog operations metadata operations or supply-side relationships in data AI media streaming distribution or content licensing businesses.
• Strong experience working with metadata content libraries catalog structures asset management systems or content management workflows.
• Experience supporting the onboarding organization delivery or ongoing management of partner-supplied content libraries.
• Strong external communication skills with the ability to manage partner-facing conversations clearly and professionally.
• Highly organized detail-oriented and comfortable managing multiple workstreams and cross-functional handoffs.
• Experience working with Confluence Jira Salesforce or similar collaboration CRM and workflow management tools.
• AI machine learning or data licensing experience is a plus.
  

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