Director of Licensing

Director of LicensingVolt Factor, LLC | Reports to: CEO | Location: Remote (U.S.) | Regular travel required About Volt FactorVolt Factor is a platform built to scale creator IP into global brands. We partner withhigh-growth creators to develop, commercialize, and grow their IP across consumer products,content, and brand ecosystems. We manage creator strategy, brand architecture, and licensingexecution to help creators build consumer product business. We represent 15 creator clients today, with a robust pipeline to triple our creator roster over the next 18 months. We just closed our seed round and are building out our leadership team This is the moment to join and help shape what that team and this company become. Founders: Volt Factor is led by CEO Elan Freedman, who brings 20 years in IP licensing and franchise development, including his role as a Principal of Surge Licensing, and President/COO Lindsay Hampton, who co-founded the company and spent 14 years at YouTube building out its top creator program. The RoleWe're hiring our first licensing operations leader,someone who can:Run our licensing operation end-to-end, from sourcing and closing deals through product approvals and marketing coordination with licensees. Work across a diverse set of categories and deal types - from consumer products and publishing to food & CPG and beyond - including some sophisticated, multi-party deal structures as we grow. This is a high-trust, high-autonomy role for someone who has run licensing operations and is hungry to build the function from the ground up at a fast-moving, founder-led company. What You'll DoDeal-making: Source, pitch, and close licensing deals across our roster of licensees Approvals & product development: Review and approve licensee product submissions, packaging, and marketing materials for brand/creator compliance; manage the approval workflow end-to-endMarketing coordination: Work directly with licensees to align on go-to-market and marketing plans, ensuring programs launch and perform the way they were designed toLicensee relationship management: Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for our licensee partners, maintaining strong working relationships across the rosterDeal structuring with an eye on program health: Advocate for deal structures that set licensees up to actually perform in-market, not just sign the biggest number - while working within the reality that final economic terms are approved by the creator/licensorPipeline & reporting: Track deal status, royalty compliance, and licensee performance; flag issues before they become problemsOperating model input: Help shape how the licensing function is structured and how it interfaces with talent management as both teams grow - this is a role with a genuine voice in company-building decisions, not just a set of assigned dutiesProcess ownership: As our first hire in this function you will help build the playbooks, templates, and systems the licensing team will run on as we scale What You Bring8+ years in licensing, with direct experience running the full lifecycle of a licensing program - deal-making, licensee relationship management, and product/marketing approvalsA track record of sourcing and closing licensing deals independently, not just supporting deals someone else originatedComfort operating with a high degree of autonomy at a small company - you'll be the most senior operator below the founders on day oneA builder's mindset: genuine excitement about shaping a function and an operating model from scratch, not just running a playbook someone else wrote - you'd rather build the playbook than inherit oneStrong organizational instincts; you can run multiple licensee relationships and deal pipelines at once without things slippingWillingness and ability to travel regularly for licensee meetings, trade shows, and partner relationship-buildingBonus: experience in the creator economy, entertainment, or toy/consumer products licensing specifically Compensation & BenefitsBase salary: $130,000-160,000Equity & Discretionary bonus Discretionary bonusComprehensive benefits package in developmentFully remote - work from anywhere in the U.S.