Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Royalty Operations roles sit in a less visible but foundational layer of subscription software: the systems and controls that translate product usage and commercial terms into accurate partner payments. At a platform operating across music, audiobooks, lyrics, and creator products, the operational surface area is inherently complex, with many agreement types, reporting expectations, and data dependencies that have to reconcile cleanly month after month.
For a SaaS career, this kind of position builds durable strengths in operating data-heavy workflows at scale. The work naturally develops fluency in how finance, licensing, analytics, and engineering connect inside a mature digital service, and it rewards a systems mindset that can turn recurring operational effort into repeatable tooling. Experience configuring agreements, validating calculations, and improving reporting pipelines tends to transfer well to other SaaS domains where monetization logic and data integrity are business-critical.
This role is best suited to an analyst who enjoys structured problem-solving and high-precision execution, while still collaborating across technical and non-technical stakeholders. It will fit someone who likes owning end-to-end operational deliverables, communicating clearly about edge cases, and steadily improving processes through automation rather than one-off fixes.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Royalty Operations team is at the heart of how Spotify supports creators and rightsholders. We own royalty configuration, reporting, and the operational processes that power our music, audiobooks, lyrics, and creator ecosystems. As Spotify continues to grow and evolve, this team plays a critical role in ensuring accuracy, scalability, and transparency across our financial systems.
In this role, you’ll combine data, systems thinking, and collaboration to help us solve complex operational challenges and improve how we support partners around the world.
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What You'll Do
- Partner with Accounting and cross-functional teams to configure licensing agreements in our royalty systems, including implementing rates, validating calculations, and supporting sign-off
- Build and maintain tools that improve the accuracy and efficiency of contract setup and royalty operations
- Own monthly royalty reporting to rightsholders, resolving issues, communicating updates clearly, and partnering with engineering when needed
- Analyze data to answer royalty-related questions from internal teams like Licensing and Finance, as well as external partners
- Support month-end close processes by validating royalty calculations, summarizing outcomes, and identifying opportunities for automation
- Drive improvements in processes and scalability by leveraging automation and AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance decision-making
- Collaborate across technical and non-technical teams to ensure systems and processes evolve with Spotify’s growing business
Who You Are
- You have 3+ years of experience in a data analyst or similar role, or relevant experience within royalties, music, or digital services
- You are experienced working with data tools such as SQL, Python, BigQuery, or cloud platforms
- You communicate clearly and can explain complex topics to a range of audiences
- You are comfortable managing multiple priorities and adapting in a fast-moving environment
- You approach problems with curiosity and a willingness to learn new tools, systems, and concepts
- You have experience working with cross-functional partners to deliver outcomes on shared timelines
- You understand, or are interested in learning about, music royalties and the broader music ecosystem
- You have worked with contracts, financial systems, or large-scale datasets
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in Stockholm
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 2–3 times per week.
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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
