Senior Royalty Onboarding & Operations Lead

createmusicgroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Create Music Group seeks a Senior Manager, Royalty Administration & Onboarding to lead royalty onboarding for newly acquired catalogs, translating complex terms into scalable, accurate workflows across Create’s systems.

You will partner with M&A, Finance, Legal, and Royalties teams from diligence through day-one operations, shaping the future-state setup and ensuring a seamless transition to our platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in music business, accounting, finance, business administration, or related field; or 5+ years royalty operations experience will be considered.
• 4+ years of relevant royalty administration or royalty operations experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience, ideally including managing other managers.
• Experience configuring an enterprise royalty/rights-management platform at a configuration level.

Responsibilities

• Own contract-to-system royalty interpretation: rates, splits, territories, escalators, cross-collateralization, recoupment.
• Own the Royalties Readiness Gate for incoming acquisitions and provide go/no-go recommendations.
• Own the handoff packet standard for acquisitions ensuring complete, clear state-to-operations transfer.
• Lead contractual royalty obligation analysis for acquisitions and onboarding methodology decisions.
• Represent Royalties in M&A diligence and own the royalty section of diligence memos.

Skills

Royalty administration experience

People management

Contract terms translation

Cross-functional collaboration

SQL knowledge (bonus)

Education

Bachelor's degree in music business, accounting, finance, business administration, or related field

Tools

Label Engine

Curve

Vistex Music Maestro

Record Maestro

Counterpoint

SR1

Job description

Create Music Group seeks a Senior Manager, Royalty Administration & Onboarding to lead royalty onboarding for newly acquired catalogs, translating complex terms into scalable, accurate workflows across Create’s systems.

You will partner with M&A, Finance, Legal, and Royalties teams from diligence through day-one operations, shaping the future-state setup and ensuring a seamless transition to our platform.