Sr Director, Royalty and Product Finance Management (Remote)

Overview

This role oversees royalty payments and product data operations, including the development, implementation, and ongoing management of the organization’s royalties and product data strategy. You will lead the team responsible for accurate royalty details and payments, serve as business owner of the royalty system, approve payments and provide audit documentation and support, and oversee the group that maintains material (product) master data across its lifecycle.

In addition, you will ensure accurate metadata feeds to external sites and product marketing forms sent to resellers, and manage legal and financial risk across royalty and product finance operations. The role also focuses on reducing expenses, improving workflows, and enabling scalable solutions among the team and cross-functional partners. The royalty and product data team reports to this position within the finance organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team responsible for issuing timely and accurate contributor/author payments and updating royalty models to reflect new strategies
• Build and scale new processes by understanding organizational processes, systems/tools, personnel, and strategic direction
• Define, structure, and execute improvement initiatives by developing work plans, collecting and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and delivering recommendations to executive-level leaders
• Lead critical analyses and special projects to resolve contributor issues
• Coordinate data setup across all content data systems used for royalties and product data (e.g., royalty system IPM Fadel, PIM, SAP, Fedel, etc.)
• Collaborate with business managers, finance leaders, and operations leaders to deliver timely and accurate reporting that supports business operational needs

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field (required)
• 7+ years of professional experience, including corporate, team, and program leadership
  • Must include experience in a professional services organization (consulting, private equity, investment banking) and/or a cross-functional leadership role (corporate finance/decision support, corporate strategy, business operations, or corporate transformation)
• 3+ years of people management and development experience
• Must be able to work effectively in a matrix environment across multiple groups and levels
• Strong analytical and execution skills; ability to prioritize across multiple projects
• Demonstrated success in data analysis, managing multi-discipline partners, and driving complex projects from conception to implementation
• Collaborative, proactive problem solving and ability to drive change through influence
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills; ability to simplify complex analysis for senior audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience, PIM experience, and Vistex experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base pay range: $138,200.00 - $179,650.00 USD
• Discretionary incentive bonus program eligibility:
  • Bonus target amount: 30% Annual (not guaranteed; depends on individual performance and overall company results among other factors)
• Total Rewards package available (details not included in the posting)

Location

Work schedule, geographic location, and individual qualifications/experience may affect base pay within the range listed above.