About Crunchyroll Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About The Role

We're looking for a Vice President, Content Protection & Anti-Piracy to define and lead our global strategy for protecting one of the world's largest anime libraries and the intellectual property that powers our business. Reporting to the General Counsel, you'll shape how Crunchyroll combats digital piracy and enables secure global distribution. You'll establish the long-term vision, operating model, technology roadmap, and strategic partnerships that help us stay ahead of evolving threats while supporting the continued growth of our business.

Define Crunchyroll's global content protection and anti-piracy strategy aligned with our long-term business and content distribution goals Establish the vision, operating model, technology roadmap, and investment priorities for protecting Crunchyroll's intellectual property worldwide Advise executive leadership on piracy trends, enterprise risk, regulatory developments, and strategic opportunities Evaluate new technologies, AI-enabled enforcement capabilities, and industry best practices to continuously strengthen our approach Oversee Crunchyroll's global content protection organization and day-to-day anti-piracy operations Manage external enforcement partners responsible for notice generation, investigations, intelligence gathering, software development, and unauthorized content detection Drive scalable enforcement across websites, streaming platforms, social media, search engines, cyberlockers, and other online services Partner across Legal, Product, Engineering, Content Operations, Trust & Safety, Security, and Sony Pictures Entertainment to improve enforcement capabilities and operational effectiveness Build strategic relationships with digital platforms, hosting providers, registrars, CDN providers, payment processors, and industry organizations Direct investigations into piracy ecosystems, monitor evolving threats, and recommend proactive strategies to reduce infringement and mitigate future risk Develop executive reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and analytics that measure enforcement effectiveness, return on investment, and business impact Provide strategic guidance on global copyright laws, DMCA processes, platform enforcement programs, and industry best practices Support executive initiatives and special projects related to protecting Crunchyroll's intellectual property We are considering applicants available to work a hybrid schedule, with three days each week onsite at our Los Angeles office. About You We get excited about candidates, like you, because... 15+ years of experience leading content protection, anti-piracy, digital rights management (DRM), trust & safety, intellectual property enforcement, or related programs.

Senior leadership experience within global streaming, media, or entertainment companies, building and scaling enterprise content protection programs that support worldwide content distribution. Proven experience developing and leading global content protection or anti-piracy strategies, including setting long-term vision, influencing executive leadership, and driving cross-functional execution. Demonstrated success leading global teams, managing external vendors and strategic partners, and building strong relationships across complex organizations.

Deep understanding of global copyright law, DMCA processes, platform enforcement programs, digital content distribution, online piracy, and the broader internet ecosystem.