Head of Royalty Services

Join the leader in collaborative licensing and help us advance inclusive and efficient new patent licensing approaches to drive innovation globally. Via Licensing Alliance is dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced IP licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe. Via administers dozens of patent licensing programs in audio, video, broadcast, power, and more for a variety of technologies, consisting of 25,000 patents in over 130 countries, with nearly 100 current patent holders and over 3,000 current licensees.

Via Licensing Alliance, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, is an independently managed company owned by industry-leading participants with over 25 years of intellectual property licensing leadership. We are the worlds largest patent pool administrator. We aggregate patents around key innovations and offer licensing solutions that give companies streamlined access to standardized technologies. For decades, we have served as a trusted bridge between our licensors and licensees, driving a strong and efficient IP licensing environment that yields better products and technologies for people around the world.

The Head of Royalty Services is a senior management position responsible for leading the Royalty Services department, including strategic planning and day-to-day management of workflows to meet departmental and Company goals. This includes patent license administration, royalty reporting, and royalty distributions to patent holders. This role works closely with Royalty Services Managers, Licensing, Program Management, Legal, Business Development, IT, Finance, and Accounting to achieve departmental and Company goals and deliver a high level of customer service. This position will report to the VP of Finance.

To excel in this role, strong leadership, customer service management, communication, collaboration, and analytical skills are critical. The Head of Royalty Services must partner effectively with internal leaders, support alignment across functions, and meet internal customer needs. This hybrid role is required to work in the Denver office three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Royalty Services department, providing strategic and operational leadership for the team. Establish clear goals, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability while fostering a culture of communication, collaboration, responsiveness, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer service.

• Oversee royalty operations and financial performance, including billing, royalty reporting, royalty allocations, revenue forecasting, and budgeting. Ensure work is accurate, timely, efficient, and compliant with established policies, procedures, internal controls, and SOC 1 requirements.

• Oversee licensee reporting, customer service, compliance, ensuring royalty reports and payments are received and processed timely. Provide direction on delinquent accounts, payment arrangements, compliance issues, and escalations, while ensuring licensees, patent holders, and internal customers receive timely, professional, and solutions-oriented responses.

• Manage the tax certificate process, ensuring timely collection, review, validation, and maintenance of required tax documentation for licensees. Establish processes and controls to monitor certificate status, address deficiencies, and minimize tax-related risks and payment delays.

• Establish and manage department KPIs and performance metrics to measure operational effectiveness, including billing and reporting timeliness, accuracy, customer response times, workload, and service levels. Regularly evaluate results, address performance gaps, and communicate key trends, risks, and opportunities to the VP of Finance and senior leadership.

• Drive process improvement and operational excellence by proactively identifying inefficiencies, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve processes, systems, technology, and team workflows. Lead initiatives that improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, controls, and the overall customer experience, ensuring improvements are properly documented and implemented.

• Support existing and future revenue programs, partnering with the President, Business Development, Program Management, Licensing, and other leaders to evaluate business opportunities, develop operational processes, implement new revenue programs, and ensure Royalty Services is prepared to support organizational growth.

• Build strong cross-functional relationships with the offices of the President and General Counsel, Licensing, Program Management, Global Compliance, IT, Accounting, and other internal stakeholders. Serve as a trusted business partner and subject matter expert, providing timely communication, sound analysis, and effective solutions to operational and business issues.

• Develop and maintain a high-performing team, providing coaching, feedback, training, and ongoing performance management. Ensure employees understand their responsibilities and priorities, meet established deadlines and service expectations, communicate proactively, and take ownership of delivering high-quality work.

Qualifications and Skills

• 10+ years of extensive, directly related experience
• Detailed knowledge of auditing standards
• College degree required; CPA, MBA, or other relevant professional designation preferred
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft business applications, especially Excel and Outlook
• Working knowledge of Jira, project management and issue-tracking software
• Well-developed interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and management skills
• Ability to build trusted, collaborative working relationships with department leads, executives, and internal stakeholders to ensure strong cross-functional alignment and effective partnership across the organization
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and achieve results through others
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work independently
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible work options, including a 9/80 schedule for U.S. employees with every other Friday off-more than 26 three-day weekends each year.
• Competitive compensation, including base salary and bonus opportunity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus Health Savings Account contributions.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on the first 6% of eligible pay contributed on a pre-tax or Roth basis.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Generous holiday, vacation, and sick leave.
• Maternity, child bonding, and family care leave programs, as well as short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Programs and resources that support your physical, financial, and social well-being.
• Social activities, including team events and onsite gatherings, all-company updates, and retreats.
• Catered weekly lunches, plus snacks and drinks when working in the office.
• Temporary remote work options for eligible employees, with approval, for up to 30 calendar days (20 workdays) in a 12-month period from a location other than their designated office or home location.
• Tuition reimbursement program.

The Denver Area base salary range for this full-time position is $152,000 - $209,000 and can vary if outside of this location. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Via is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, family status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.