Music Publishing Operations Manager

This is a Full Time Job

The Publishing Operations team drives the business operations behind Amazon Music's royalty payments & reporting. Our mission is to support the songwriter-creator community, while delivering the best content selection and music experience for our customers. You will be responsible for managing our royalty operations and content licensing strategy to provide the best music experience for our customers. This is a multi-faceted role, where you will be valued for wearing multiple hats and working across traditional boundaries. The ideal candidate has a passion for music, an entrepreneurial spirit, and experience in global rights administration.

Key job responsibilities
• Cultivate productive relationships with music rightsholders. Communicate proactively and take prompt ownership of client issues.
• Ensure that reports, invoices, and payments flow seamlessly between external rightsholders and internal partners.
• Optimize business processes and operational workflows. Find creative solutions, establish structure, and lead projects that drive efficiency.
• Create financial models to support financial projections, license negotiations, and risk analyses.
• Specify new reports and systems to support our business. Document requirements and partner with engineering teams to drive implementation.
• Track content availability and manage publishing rights in collaboration with Operations and Label Relations teams.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to design, develop, and test royalty processing systems.
• Review royalty calculations, data, and statements for accuracy.

Qualifications
• Knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Google docs and sheets
• 5 years of account management, business development, content licensing or finance experience
• Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)