Head of AI Platform Partnerships
Core
Lead monetization strategy for News Corp Australia's editorial content by forming strategic partnerships with global AI and search platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Google, Microsoft) to license content as training data.
Role type
Senior leadership, strategic business development & licensing
Builds
High-value content licensing products and data asset inventories for AI platforms
Domain
Media & Publishing / Artificial Intelligence / Data Licensing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Content rights & licensing frameworks, AI platform mechanics (LLMs, RAG), executive commercial negotiation, financial judgment, cross-functional governance, team leadership
Preferred skills
Experience with search/AI platforms, AI content rights or data syndication models, matrixed organization leadership
Technologies
LLMs, RAG, Search algorithms
Responsibilities
Lead high-stakes negotiations for AI content licensing deals, drive global AI partnership alignment, build enterprise data asset inventory, partner with Legal/Tech to enforce copyright protections, serve as internal SME on AI platforms, manage high-level tech platform relationships, track AI market and regulatory intelligence, coach and develop a partner management team
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with direct reports
