Music Publishing Licensing & Content Operations Lead

Amazon Music; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Music is seeking a Publishing Operations professional to manage royalty operations and content licensing strategy, enabling best-in-class music experiences. You will wear multiple hats, collaborating across functions to optimize reporting, payments, and rights management in a global context.

The ideal candidate partners with Engineering, Operations, and Label Relations teams to design and improve royalty processing and financial models while ensuring accuracy and compliance across

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)

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.

Skills

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Google Docs

Sheets

Tools

Tableau

Job description

Amazon Music is seeking a Publishing Operations professional to manage royalty operations and content licensing strategy, enabling best-in-class music experiences. You will wear multiple hats, collaborating across functions to optimize reporting, payments, and rights management in a global context.

The ideal candidate partners with Engineering, Operations, and Label Relations teams to design and improve royalty processing and financial models while ensuring accuracy and compliance across