Royalties Manager: Hybrid, Data-Driven Leader

Kobalt Music Group; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kobalt Music Group in Nashville is seeking a Manager, Royalties to lead a three-person Royalties team, ensure accurate ingestion and reconciliation of royalty data, and oversee payments from income sources. You will work with the Senior Manager to keep our rights management platform up to date and drive improvements in processing Digital Business deals with partners and DSPs.

The role requires a detail-oriented, analytical leader who can translate complex data requirements into actionable

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Entry-level SQL skills to query databases.
• Experience creating and interpreting royalty reporting formats for major US sources (The MLC, YouTube, MRI, HFA).
• Understanding of US 115 vs non-115 mechanical licensing.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with rights management systems such as Vistex.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; translate data requirements into actionable info.
• Experience leading or mentoring team members.

Responsibilities

• You manage, develop, and support a team of three direct reports handling royalty data and receipts.
• You oversee processing of LatAm sources, US Major Labels, and core US sources including YouTube and The MLC.
• You lead the processing of Global Digital Business deals established with our partners and DSPs.
• You work closely with the Senior Manager, Royalties to continuously develop, document, and improve our usage processing sources, ensuring operational efficiency.
• You own processes that track expected incoming payments, ensuring the completeness of collections and maintaining responsibility for the quarterly success rate of royalty processing.
• You interpret reporting requirements and deal structures from stakeholders across Global Digital Operations, Copyright, Technology, and Client Relations, translating them into clear operational processes.
• You generate and maintain regular and ad hoc reports to evaluate process performance, assess automation success, and communicate impacts to client statements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

SQL basics

Excel proficiency

Royalty reporting knowledge

Communication skills

Leadership/mentoring

Vistex experience

Tools

Vistex

Job description

Kobalt Music Group in Nashville is seeking a Manager, Royalties to lead a three-person Royalties team, ensure accurate ingestion and reconciliation of royalty data, and oversee payments from income sources. You will work with the Senior Manager to keep our rights management platform up to date and drive improvements in processing Digital Business deals with partners and DSPs.

The role requires a detail-oriented, analytical leader who can translate complex data requirements into actionable