Lead, Indie Partnerships & Programs

About the position As the Indie Partnerships & Programs Lead at Spotify, you will work closely with the Artist and Label Partnerships team to ideate, develop, and maintain key artist development initiatives. You will work closely with marketing, product, strategy, comms and policy teams at Spotify on artist development programs to the mutual benefit of Spotify and its industry partners. You will also represent Spotify in independent and developing artist communities, overseeing independent label and licensor relationships on behalf of the Label Partnerships team, and will support educational work targeted at engaging developing artists. For this role, we seek an outstanding candidate and enthusiastic music fan with experience maintaining partner relationships who is collaborative, strives for operational excellence, is detail-oriented, a problem-solver, and has the ability to multitask building and maintaining campaigns while also developing new strategies to further artist development on and off Spotify. This role reports to the Head of East Coast Label Partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead Spotify’s white-glove developing artist and indie partnership initiatives, delivering high-touch programs that strengthen Spotify’s value to the independent community.
• Create, implement and maintain an artist selection process for any artist development programs.
• Lead proactive engagement with the independent music community to synthesize and translate insights into actionable recommendations for internal teams.
• Organize all artist, management and label facing work across artist development for Artist and Label Partnerships teams.
• Expand upon existing artist development programs with implementation plans, clear goals and realistic timelines.
• Manage a team of Partnerships representatives focused on independent label and licensor relationships, including recurring priority release support, technical troubleshooting, and priority artist marketing.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for key communications between Spotify and independent label, licensing and distribution executives.
• Contribute to (and often lead) Spotify educational initiatives directly engaging the artist, management and label community, including at festivals, conferences and industry events.
• Partner with Spotify for Artists, Comms, and Policy teams to amplify Spotify’s narrative within the independent community, activating credible artist and industry voices across key moments (e.g., conferences, activations, and education programs).
• Build, lead and maintain Spotify education initiatives targeted at label partners (major and independent) and other industry bodies.
• Advocate for additional developing artist involvement across Spotify initiatives through internal cross-functional collaboration.
• Track project success and report on progress to executives on the music team on a regular basis.

Requirements

• You have 8+ years of experience supporting partner management, project management, developing artist campaigns or global marketing campaigns.
• You are a passionate music fan who is in tune to various genres and cultures of music.
• Understanding of the music industry and experience including label and/or management.
• Exhibit a clear understanding of the marketplace, competitors, and current trends and innovations in the industry.
• Understanding of the frontline major label and indie space, including the key labels, artists and trends.
• Exemplary understanding of the independent label and artist landscape, including trends, key companies & industry figures and opportunities for innovation.
• Strong communicator, both internally and externally, including public speaking and artist-facing interactions.
• You are well organized and strive for operational excellence with the ability to plan and deliver on tight deadlines and pay exceptional attention to detail.
• You are a calm, strategic leader who can impart project vision and work to execute campaign goals white managing across key stakeholders.
• You are comfortable in very fast paced, intense work environments and thrive on a team that moves quickly.
• An optimistic-minded, self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude and interest in problem-solving.
• Able to easily adapt and learn new skill sets as circumstances require.
• Willingness to travel and participate in night and weekend events.

Benefits

• health insurance
• six-month paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• monthly meal allowance
• 23 paid days off
• 13 paid flexible holidays
• paid sick leave