Senior Rights Manager

• Lead assigned lists: Act as the main contact for your designated lists. You will work closely with editorial, production, and the Rights Director to set budgets and plan long-term sales growth.
• Manage international sales: Grow co-edition and sub-rights sales in your assigned territories by building strong partnerships with international publishers, traveling for sales trips, and representing the company at international book fairs.
• Evaluate manuscripts: Review the commercial potential of manuscripts before acquisition, providing estimated sales figures to help the team make informed business decisions.
• Negotiate and draft contracts: Negotiate profitable contract terms to ensure good sales margins and draft accurate legal agreements that protect our intellectual property.
• Track financial performance: Monitor income and financial progress against budgets for your territories and share regular updates on sales with senior management.
• Coordinate co-editions: Work closely with production teams to organize product specifications and printing schedules, ensuring we maximize the size and efficiency of our print runs.
• Line management and team leadership: Act as a direct line manager for assigned team members. You will be responsible for their day-to-day guidance, setting their individual goals, and helping them maximize their performance and sales efficiency.

• Children’s publishing experience: Significant, proven experience selling international rights and co-editions specifically within children’s publishing, including a strong understanding of children’s fiction and non-fiction markets.
• Line management experience: A proven track record of direct line management within a sales or publishing environment, with experience training, mentoring, and developing junior colleagues to reach their commercial potential.
• Commercial and legal skills: Experience reviewing complex publishing agreements and managing intellectual property contracts securely.
• International outlook: A willingness to travel regularly for business and a commitment to actively promoting our children’s fiction titles to international buyers.
• Managing priorities and complexities: Excellent organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to navigate shifting business needs, solve complex problems, and successfully balance competing goals across the division.
• Software/tools: Experience working with systems and tools such as MS Office, Google Workspace, and Biblio.
• Language skills: Fluency in a second language, with a preference for Italian, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
• Inclusion and representation: An active dedication to promoting diverse voices and inclusive practices, taking personal responsibility for ensuring our workplace and publishing reflect the communities we serve.
• Community: A collaborative approach to building a supportive and vibrant environment.
• Curiosity: A strong drive for learning and a readiness to embrace different perspectives.
• Integrity: A foundation of openness and honesty, taking responsibility for actions and learning from mistakes.

skills

• Market experience: A proven track record of selling rights into major global markets, with a specific focus on Germany, France, or the USA.

• Salary: £45,000–£55,000 (dependent on experience and expertise)
• 28 days’ annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance or health cash plan
• Group income protection scheme
• Enhanced family pay and leave
• Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
• 2 volunteer days per year
• 75% off all Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
• Season ticket loan/advance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on shopping and gym memberships
• Christmas club savings
• Daily free breakfast and monthly company lunch

• All applications must be submitted via our careers site to be considered. We are unable to accept CVs or applications sent via email.
• Because we review every application thoroughly and with care, our shortlisting process can take some time. We appreciate your patience and will be in touch as soon as we have an update on your application.
• All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.

Closing date: 1 July 2026

This is a full-time, permanent role, and will be based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week.

At Pan Macmillan, we are committed to publishing a wide range of voices that reflect the full breadth of the communities we serve. Joining us means playing an active role in bringing our titles to life as part of a team that champions inclusion at every level. We are dedicated to building a workplace that is as diverse and welcoming as the stories we tell, ensuring all perspectives are celebrated across everything we do. We welcome applications from all individuals, including any age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Our efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are ongoing, and we continually strive to learn and improve. You can read our full Diversity and Inclusion Pledge here. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled candidates and people with long-term health conditions, aiming to offer an interview to everyone who meets the essential criteria.