Royalties Subject Matter Expert

ITV; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in Manchester is seeking an experienced Royalties Subject Matter Expert for a 12-month contract. This role involves guiding the implementation of royalty management systems, providing expert knowledge on royalty processes, and collaborating across business and IT teams. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in royalty operations and hands-on experience with systems like Alliant or Rightsline. The position requires strong analytical skills and effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in royalty operations or rights management.
• Hands-on experience with royalty management systems.
• Involvement in system implementation projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary subject matter expert for royalty processes.
• Translate business requirements into specifications for systems.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure accurate system design.

Skills

Royalty operations experience

Rights management knowledge

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Tools

Alliant

Rightsline

Job description

Workplace: ITV Manchester, Media City + Hybrid - expectation is 2-3 days in the office per week.

The team..

ITV distributes both our own ITV Studios produced and acquired programmes and formats worldwide. The Royalty Payments team is responsible for reporting to producers, broadcasters, other stakeholders and contributors for their shares of the profit that is generated from these sales.

The team is part of central Finance Operations and provides support to ITV’s content distribution arm, Global Partnerships. The Royalty Payments team also collaborates closely with colleagues in Talent Payments, Rights, Business Affairs and Finance.

The role..

We are seeking an experienced Royalties Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract. You will support the successful implementation of our new royalty management systems, Alliant and Rightsline. This role will provide expert guidance on royalty processes, contract structures, and business requirements to ensure the new systems are configured accurately and efficiently for end-to-end royalty operations.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Act as the primary subject matter expert for royalty processes, policies, and operational workflows.
• Provide specialist knowledge on royalty calculations, recoupment, advances, splits, rights, territories, and deal structures. Translate royalty business requirements into detailed functional specifications for Alliant and Rightsline.
• Collaborate with business teams, IT teams, and system vendors to ensure accurate system design and configuration.
• Support the creation and validation of system configuration relating to royalty rules, product hierarchies, rights metadata, and payment terms.
• Assist in data migration by reviewing, validating, and reconciling historical royalty data and contract terms.
• Develop and execute UAT scenarios to ensure the system performs correctly across all royalty processes.
• Document new workflows, processes, and system behaviours for training and operational readiness.
• Provide training and guidance to business users ahead of go-live.
• Support issue resolution and provide expertise during testing, cutover, and stabilisation phases.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Significant professional experience in royalty operations, rights management, contract administration, or a closely related function.
• Demonstrable hands‑on experience working with royalty and/or rights management systems (e.g. Alliant, Rightsline, or equivalent platforms).
• Proven involvement in system implementation projects, including activities such as requirements gathering, testing (UAT), process design, or data migration.
• Strong working knowledge of royalty and participation structures, including calculations, advances, recoupment, splits, rights, territories, and deal term.

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Ability to translate complex royalty business requirements into clear, structured functional or technical specifications.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, particularly when interpreting contracts and resolving system or data issues.
• Confidence working as a subject matter expert, providing authoritative guidance on royalty processes and best practice.
• Clear, adaptable communication style, able to engage effectively with both technical teams and non‑technical business stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating across business, IT, and third‑party vendors to deliver accurate system outcomes.
• High level of attention to detail, particularly when validating data, configurations, and royalty rules.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, project‑based environment.
• Willingness and capability to support training, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness ahead of system go‑live.

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.