Department: Royalties & Income Tracking
Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: 3 days per week in the office
Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent
We are looking for a Director of Income Tracking & Business Intelligence to join our Royalties & BI team in London. In this role, you will lead a cross-territorial team responsible for maximizing global publishing collections, identifying and fixing underperforming tracking and revenue assurance processes, and delivering business intelligence to key stakeholders across Kobalt Publishing and the Kobalt Group.
You will manage five analysts who develop and refine workflows based on complex internal and external big data sets, identify gaps in royalty collections, and design automated mitigation processes to recover revenue as efficiently as possible. You will also lead cross-functional projects and translate findings into clear, actionable insights for our Executive Board to drive data-informed decision-making across Kobalt.
Working closely with the VP of Income Tracking & Business Intelligence, you will oversee relationships with third-party data providers to ensure our tools and services deliver value and support Kobalt's evolving business intelligence needs. This includes collaborating with colleagues across Royalties, Copyright, Technology, Writer & Publisher Relations, and Finance to ensure our processes remain efficient, accurate, properly resourced, and best-in-class in light of industry developments.
This position requires a combination of strong analytical expertise, deep music publishing knowledge, commercial acumen, and people leadership. The ideal candidate will have the ability to coach a high-performing team, manage and report ROI on structured operational processes, and foster creative analytical investigation.
By Month 3: You'll have developed a strong understanding of Kobalt's income tracking processes, reporting tools, third-party data partnerships and operational priorities. You'll have established relationships with key stakeholders, assessed existing workflows and identified opportunities for improvement.
By Month 6: You'll be confidently leading the team's operational activities, ensuring consistent KPI reporting, effective prioritisation of income tracking initiatives and timely delivery of business intelligence requests. You'll have begun implementing improvements to processes, reporting and analytical capabilities.
By Year 1: You'll have delivered measurable improvements in income tracking effectiveness, reporting quality and operational efficiency. Your team will have established reliable processes for identifying under-collections, supporting revenue recovery and delivering actionable business intelligence that informs decision-making across Kobalt.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving – Interprets complex data, identifies trends and collection gaps, and develops practical solutions supported by evidence.
Ownership & Accountability – Takes responsibility for operational performance, follows through on commitments and ensures priorities are delivered accurately and on time.
Continuous Improvement & Innovation – Challenges existing processes, explores new technologies and identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, reporting and income tracking.
Leadership & Development – Provides clear direction, supports team development and model high-quality structured operational delivery based on analytical investigation.
We aim to complete the full interview process from initial application to offer within three working weeks. While we do our best to meet this timeline, there may be occasional delays. If that happens, our Recruitment Team will keep you updated every step of the way.
At Kobalt, we've championed creators since 2000. Our technology and music services are built to make the industry more transparent, fair and rewarding for artists, songwriters and rights holders. We're proud to work with some of the world's most influential talents including Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Fender, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Karol G, Young Thug, Kali Uchis and Andrew Watt, as well as acclaimed writers like Simon Aldred (Rag'n'Bone Man, Liam Gallagher, Celeste) and Clarence Coffee Jr. (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, The Snuts).
We're a company that thrives on creativity, collaboration and progress. Our values — Music First, Transparent, Tech Powered and Transformative — shape how we work, build and grow together. We are a community of people who care deeply about making a meaningful impact in music and technology.
Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in equitable access to opportunities and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and supportive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know — we're happy to help.
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Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. A full DBS check will be conducted on acceptance of the offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status or characteristic protected by law.
Kobalt is one of the world’s largest, most innovative music companies, using technology to power creative freedom, transparency, ownership and control for artists, songwriters, publishers, and labels.
As file-sharing wreaked havoc on the record industry, Kobalt took a bet on digital music and won. Founded in 2000 by Swedish entrepreneur Willard Ahdritz, the startup built a platform to maximize efficiency, accuracy, and transparency across the billions of micro-payments collected in today’s highly complex digital world. As traditional music companies fought technology and contracted, Kobalt embraced it and grew, building an infrastructure and world-class creative team purposely designed to usher in the streaming era, along with a more fair, rewarding music business for creators.
Today, Kobalt has over 700 employees in 12 offices around the world, represents over 20,000 artists and songwriters, 600,000 songs and 600 publishing companies, and continues to push its disruptive philosophy and values into other areas of the music industry. Recent innovations AMRA, the world’s first global digital performing rights organization, are both considered major agents of change in their respective businesses.
Kobalt is proud to work with some of the world’s greatest artists and songwriters, representing on average over 60% of the top 100 songs in both the US and UK. Kobalt clients include Childish Gambino, Marshmello, Beck, Wolf Alice, Max Martin, Ozuna, Tash Sultana, Paul McCartney and MPL Communications, Disney Music Group, and many more.
