Lead – Songwriter & Publisher Partnerships

What You’ll Do

• Educate and advocate on behalf of Spotify to songwriters, publishers, societies and the publishing community.
• Develop creative services and tools for Spotify to provide to publishing companies & songwriters.
• Provide business strategy, framework, guidance and insight to different areas of Spotify’s publishing program.
• Optimize existing product initiatives and support new areas of exploration in publishing.
• Deliver world-leading songwriter-focused opportunities 
• Maintain, develop and grow Spotify’s partnerships with songwriters, publishers and industry bodies.
• Communicate across internal partners on behalf of songwriters, publishers, societies and other industry bodies to improve the value and performance of these partnerships
• Manage key relationships to maintain active dialogue with partners and provide strategic frameworks for partnerships
• Work cross-functionally with Marketplace/R&D, Artist & Label Partnerships, Licensing, Legal, Editorial, Marketing, and Product.

Who You Are

• You have an extensive network of contacts in the publishing & songwriting worlds with proven ability to build and maintain partnerships and effectively manage relationships with senior executives. 
• You have deep knowledge of digital music and streaming; key partners, business models, marketplace, competitors, and creative opportunities.
• You have a deep understanding of music publishing, from creative development to digital music rights and copyright admin.
• You are experienced at working across different cultures and time zones.
• An optimistic self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude and knack for problem solving. 
• You’re highly collaborative and comfortable working with cross-functional teams across a large distributed global music and technology organization.
• You are a confident and articulate presenter, both to small and large audiences.
• You have strong personal organization and project management skills with the ability to deliver on tight deadlines
• Comfortable working with product and engineering teams.
• Thrive in fast-paced, agile work environments and are able to easily adapt and learn new skill sets as circumstances require.  
• An open, transparent and clear communicator, with a knack for expressing ideas and insights to a range of stakeholders, and for turning around crisp presentations of your work.

Where You’ll Be

• This role will be based onsite in our London office