Content Acquisition Manager, Music Publishing Operations

Job Description

Job summary

The Publishing Operations team drives the business operations behind Amazon Music's royalty payments & reporting. Our mission is to support the songwriter-creator community, while delivering the best content selection and music experience for our customers. You will be responsible for managing our royalty operations and content licensing strategy to provide the best music experience for our customers. This is a multi-faceted role, where you will be valued for wearing multiple hats and working across traditional boundaries. The ideal candidate has a passion for music, an entrepreneurial spirit, and experience in global rights administration.

Role can be based in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, or London.

Key job 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years of experience in an account management, licensing or business development role
• Experience using Tableau and Excel
• Advanced MS Excel skills. Ability to use advanced formulas and design visually-compelling spreadsheets
• Experience with financial forecasting and financial modeling.
• Technical aptitude to analyze and wrangle data in various formats.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to own/create new programs and processes
• Proactive attitude; willingness to roll up sleeves and dig deep to achieve goals
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Excellent quantitative analysis, problem solving and project management skills
• Ability to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• 2+ years of music industry experience, ideally within licensing operations or royalty administration.
• Knowledge of music licensing, Copyright Law, and current musical landscape in the US, EU, and otherwise
• Familiarity with any of the following: SQL, AWS cloud services

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-re58y7-18-226-28-197-42 in your application.