Director, Distribution (Music Nation)

Broadcast Music, Inc. • Nashville, TN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

BMI is a mission-driven organization focused on music rights management and creator advocacy, representing public performance rights in more than 25 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.4 million artists. BMI negotiates music license agreements and distributes the resulting fees as royalties to affiliated writers and publishers.

The Director, Distribution - Music Nation leads royalty distribution operations supporting Music Nation. The role oversees matching and identification, funds management, quarterly distributions, quality assurance, payment methodologies, and market share calculations. It supports BMI's delivery of rights administration and distribution services for an international collective management organization across mechanical and performing rights.

This operational leadership role ensures repertoire integrity across publisher, writer, society, and Music Nation data sources and aligns distribution processes with Music Nation's licensing strategy. It also supports the development of BMI's multi-right and multi-territory administration capabilities through operational leadership, analytical work, industry expertise, stakeholder partnership, and continuous improvement.

The Director supervises managers, team leads, analysts, and/or operational specialists, and leads operational resources across locations. Supervisory duties include interviewing, hiring, training, coaching, performance management, succession planning, workload prioritization, and employee development. The posting offers a hybrid office schedule with remote Fridays.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Extensive knowledge of music publishing, copyright administration, and collective rights management.
• At least 8–10 years of progressive experience in music publishing, repertoire administration, copyright operations, collective management, or related rights distribution disciplines.
• Experience managing teams and operational processes.
• Expert knowledge of music publishing operations, repertoire administration, and royalty distribution methods.
• Strong understanding of mechanical and performing rights distribution.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and employee development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong project and process management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and balance strategic priorities with day-to-day operational execution.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and identifying data integrity issues.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and enterprise business systems.
• Commitment to quality, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Concentration in Music Business, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience with industry standards such as CWR, CAF, CISAC, and related music rights management frameworks.
• Experience working with international repertoire administration and distribution.

Responsibilities

• Lead royalty distribution activities supporting Music Nation, including matching and identification, funds management, methodology and market-share management, and quarterly distribution processing.
• Serve as Music Nation's subject matter expert for royalty distribution standards and industry data exchange initiatives, representing the organization in industry forums and discussions with societies and other stakeholders.
• Own quality assurance strategies for quarterly distribution cycles, particularly in radio, live concert, and general licensing markets.
• Monitor production cycles and perform reconciliation testing and variance analysis; resolve issues across internal systems and third-party data sources to ensure distribution data integrity.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks relating to distribution processes, vendor inputs, and reporting outputs.
• Monitor changes to Music Nation License Agreements and align distribution practices with those changes; coordinate onboarding of new licenses across the distribution supply chain through distribution.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for operational, leadership, and external audiences.
• Partner with the SoundExchange team on neighboring rights management and distribution for Music Nation.
• Support prioritization, workload planning, and process improvement to deliver timely and accurate distribution outcomes.
• Develop operational procedures, workflows, controls, and service standards for Music Nation royalty distribution management.
• Improve data quality, operational performance, and processing accuracy through reporting, audits, and quality assurance reviews.
• Own market-share assessments used for license-fee allocations and ongoing rate settings.
• Collaborate with Licensing, Rights Administration, Customer Service, International Relations, Technology, and Product teams to support Music Nation business objectives.
• Participate in business-requirements definition, testing, implementation, and enhancement of Music Nation distribution platforms and supporting technologies.
• Maintain compliance with BMI policies, industry standards, copyright requirements, and Music Nation service commitments.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and operational scalability.
• Prepare and deliver operational metrics, readiness reporting, and executive updates to leadership.
• Support Music Nation service-readiness initiatives and the development of BMI's multi-right and multi-territory administration and distribution capabilities.
• Directly supervise managers, team leads, analysts, and/or operational specialists; perform associated hiring, training, coaching, performance management, succession planning, workload prioritization, and employee development.
• Provide leadership across locations for operational resources supporting distribution activities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match on 100% of the first 4%.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Hybrid office schedule and remote Fridays.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Paid vacation and sick/personal time.
• Paid volunteer time off.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Summer half-days.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Tuition assistance program.
• Commuter benefits in New York.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Entertainment discounts and access to BMI concerts and events in BMI offices.
• Employee appreciation events and holiday parties at all office locations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director