Job Description

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.

What You'll Do

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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.

Where You'll Be

This role is based in New York, New York or Los Angeles, California

• 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

The United States base range for this position is $119,764 - $171,092, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include 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. These ranges may be modified in the future.
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.