Manager - Licensing

Phonographic Performance; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

PPL India invites applications for a field licensing role to monetize public performance licenses across designated territories. The position involves engaging with hotels, venues, and event management partners, planning field campaigns, and monitoring market trends to maximize revenue.

You will report on licensing activity, conduct weekend field surveys, manage receivables, and lead a team of field executives to ensure targets align with business goals. Based in Ahmedabad, India.

Responsibilities

• Monetize public performance license for the assigned territory
• Engage with commercial establishments where music is used and exploited
• Plan and complete field marketing campaigns after preliminary research and mapping
• Establish relationships with Star Hotel Banquets Managers, Event Management Companies and Vendors
• Monitor industry trends and competitor activities
• Track event updates across social media and online portals; engage with clients for licensing
• Report daily/weekly/monthly status on collection and field activity
• Conduct field surveys at commercial establishments during weekends
• Manage receivables and perform accounts reconciliation
• Sales forecasting
• MIS for region
• Lead and manage a team of field executives, ensuring performance tracking, training, and operational alignment with business goals

Job description

About PPL:

PPL is a performance rights organization, licensing its members sound recordings for communication to public in the areas of public performance and broadcast. PPL owns and/or controls the Public Performance rights of 350+ music labels, with more than 4.5 million international and domestic sound recordings.

PPL India collects royalty by issuing license to commercial establishments/premises/venues like hotels, discotheques, clubs, lounges, bars, pubs, shops, stores, malls, salons, hospitals, offices, amusement parks, buses, taxis, aircrafts, events, shows etc. for on ground public performance i.e. communication of sound recordings/music of our members to the public. We also issue Radio Broadcast license for usage of members’ repertoire to Broadcasters on their Terrestrial radio stations, Community radio stations and National public radio stations.

Role & responsibilities

• Responsible for monetizing public performance license for the assigned territory.
• Engaging with all the commercial establishments where music is used & exploited.
• Plan and complete field marketing campaigns after conducting preliminary research & Mapping.
• Establish business relationship with Star Hotel Banquets Manager, Event Management Companies and Vendors.
• Monitor Industry trends & competitor activities.
• Tracking event updates across social media platforms and online portals & engage with clients for licensing.
• Report daily / weekly / monthly status on collection & field activity.
• Conducting field survey at commercial establishments during weekends
• Receivables management & accounts reconciliation
• Sales Forecasting.
• MIS for region.
• Lead and manage a team of field executives, ensuring performance tracking, training, and operational alignment with business goals.