Senior Programming Manager

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Location

London

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Content

Deadline to Apply

July 20, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT

Overview

About MUBI

MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. To make this possible, we create, curate, acquire and champion visionary films, bringing them to audiences all over the world. And we have a team of brilliant, ambitious and passionate individuals to help bring our mission to life. From London to New York, Istanbul to Paris, and Berlin to Mexico - we work together to realize MUBIs vision.

Thats where you come in! Join our global team and help us make great cinema accessible to everyone, everywhere.

About The Role

MUBI is looking for a Senior Programming Manager to join our team in London to lead their UK content strategy. Working across Programming and Licensing, and closely with our content and marketing teams, you would be central to bringing great cinema to the MUBI platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

You Will Focus On

  • Own and lead MUBIs Programming strategy for the UK in alignment with key metrics and growth objectives
  • Create yearly, quarterly and monthly curation strategies and documentation to be shared cross-departmentally
  • Creating and maintaining relationships with rights holders across UK, ranging from local distributors, filmmakers and producers but also international sales agents to secure library deals and earlier window licensing opportunities
  • Manage the UK content budget, ensuring optimal allocation and strategic use to maximise impact
  • Sourcing, negotiating, and drafting license deals for platform exclusives and library titles
  • Create and maintain relationships with local talent, festivals, content providers
  • Screen content for platform suitability to curate exciting titles and collections, aligning with MUBI\'s editorial line and brand universe while supporting subscriber acquisition and retention
  • Ensure content is presented optimally, adhering to MUBI curatorial values and core objectives
  • Organise and maintain the local inventory, gauging programming possibilities and activating local licensing initiatives
  • Oversee content selection for MUBI GO with the MUBI GO Manager and handle relationships with distributors
  • Develop and oversee data-driven programming strategies, collaborating with the Analytics team, and leveraging analytics to shape content investment and audience engagement
  • Strategically position yourself alongside the Marketing and Communications teams to ensure that Programming reaches the widest audience
  • Report on the programmes performance, as well as regularly share insights around engagement on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
  • Conduct research as needed and general tracking of industry players, overall deals, trends and the competitive landscape

What You Will Bring

  • 5-10 years experience in the film or streaming industry in a curatorial or licensing role, with at least 5 years acquisitions, programming or sales experience
  • Proven proficiency in streaming and viewing data analytics with the ability to use data to inform editorial decision-making
  • Experience with audience-facing business is a must, particularly in the SVOD landscape
  • Passionate about great cinema. Strong cinema knowledgedomestic and international, past and presentis strongly desired
  • Familiarity with local distributors and good understanding of the arthouse and independent film market, and the digital distribution landscape in the UK
  • Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills. Ability to work toward deadlines, reporting results on a regular basis
  • Excellent communication skills, and confidence to present local programming to wider teams, claiming yourself as the face of UK Programming to both internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to own and drive projects autonomously and collaboratively with senior leaders across other teams and departments
  • Be a team player
  • A hands-on approach and desire to try new things

We want to make cinema accessible to everyone. We believe people from different backgrounds bring different ideas that foster innovation and engagement, allowing us to attract great people to develop the best experience for our users.

MUBI is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. That means it\'s our responsibility to ensure that all candidates are not discriminated against in our hiring processes and our employment decisions based on their race, color, religion, nationality or ethnic origin, age, gender identity or expression, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, family or parental status, or any other applicable characteristic.

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