Sr Director, Royalty and Product Finance Management (Remote)

Overview

This role leads the Royalty and Product Finance operations, with responsibility for royalty payments and product data. The position develops, implements, and runs strategy for royalties and product data, manages a dedicated team, and serves as a business owner for the organization’s royalty system. It also oversees lifecycle updates to product/material master data and ensures accurate, auditable details across relevant systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team responsible for issuing timely and accurate contributor/author payments and maintaining/updating royalty models to reflect new strategies
• Build and scale processes through deep understanding of organizational processes, systems/tools, personnel, and strategic direction
• Define, structure, and deliver improvement initiatives by creating work plans, collecting and synthesizing relevant data, conducting analyses, and developing recommendations; present findings to executive-level leaders
• Lead critical analyses and special projects to resolve contributor issues
• Coordinate data setup activities across all content data systems (including the 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
• Oversee updates to material master (product) data throughout its lifecycle to maintain precise, auditable information in organizational systems
• Manage accurate metadata feeds to external sites and product marketing forms sent to resellers
• Approve royalty-related payments and provide audit documentation and support
• Control legal and financial risk across royalty and product finance operations, reduce expenses, improve workflows, and encourage scalable solutions across the team and with other collaborators

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 have experience in a professional services organization (consulting, private equity, investment banking) and/or cross-functional leadership role (corporate finance/decision support, corporate strategy, business operations, or corporate transformation)
• Preferred experience in SAP, PIM, Vistex
• 3+ years of people management and development experience
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment across multiple groups and levels
• Self-starter mindset with strong analytical skills and the 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 with the ability to drive change through influence
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills, including simplifying complex analysis for senior audiences

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $138,200.00 - $179,650.00 USD
• Discretionary incentive bonus program eligibility
  • Annual target: 30% (not guaranteed; dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors)

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local laws. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process, including assistance requests for applicants who require accommodations.