Role : Music Industry Domain Architect
Location : Los Angeles & New York
Seeking a Music Industry Domain Architect to anchor strategic global music accounts. This leadership role blends music label, publishing, and streaming domain depth , covering the full digital supply chain. It requires consulting-led solutioning , techno-functional architecture expertise, and AI / Agentic-AI innovation to drive business transformation, enterprise architecture strategy, and pre-sales leadership
Domain Expertise : As a Domain Architect, you will oversee and integrate the Music Industry value chain, designing scalable architecture, driving data-powered monetization, and leading AI-enabled transformations.
Music (Labels, Publishing, Streaming)
- Experience in music value chain by defining the end-to-end enterprise architecture blueprint
- Define the end-to-end enterprise architecture blueprint for music companies encompassing catalog ingestion, rights clearance, licensing, distribution, and downstream monetization.
- Understanding of integration ecosystem including metadata standards for accurate attribution and rights tracking across Digital Service Providers (DSP) and Performing Rights Organisations (PRO)
- Knowledge of artist & rights-holder dashboards providing real-time streaming data, royalty splits, and predictive royalty analytics
- Knowledge of multi-format content workflows (audio, video, podcasts, short form) ensuring seamless localization, automated QC, and metadata enrichment
- Apply AI / Agentic-AI frameworks for different use-cases like - content recognition (ACR), royalty fraud detection, predictive royalty forecasting, and automated licensing
- Publishing rights architecture covering song registration, synchronization licensing, ownership splits, and downstream reporting to PROs (ASCAP, BMI, PRS)
Rights & Royalties : Enterprise-scale Rights & Royalty Management platforms global media markets
Digital Asset Management (DAM) for enterprise-scale platforms and architect music-centric DAM systems for catalog storage, archival, and multi-territory distribution
C360 / Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) architect artist, fan, and partner 360 profiles integrating streaming, social, and commerce data to drive fan engagement, retention, and monetization enabling identity resolution, unified customer profiles, cross-channel segmentation, and real-time personalization across linear, digital, and streaming ecosystems
Techno-Functional Design & Delivery :
Partner with music business and technology stakeholders to define the “future state” architecture blueprint covering cloud-native, SaaS, and legacy systemsLead consulting-driven modernization initiatives including APR, ERP transformation, cloud migration, and tech-debt eliminationAnchor high-level and integration blueprints to connect cross-platform media systems with 3rd-party products and emerging technologies, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperabilityDrive PoCs and accelerators demonstrating AI / Agentic-AI capabilities such as LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and multi-agent orchestration tailored to media workflowsBusiness Development, Pre-Sales & Partnerships
Lead domain-led responses to RFI / RFPs, including detailed architecture proposals, cost-benefit models, and client-specific solution pitchesBuild & position music-centric accelerators and solution frameworks to shorten sales cycles and showcase capability differentiationExpedite the right-fit partnerships with major DSPs, rights organizations, and music tech platformsPoint of View (PoV) Creation & Thought Leadership
Conceptualize and publish domain-specific PoVs and innovation playbooks on music trends such as direct artist-to-fan platforms, blockchain-enabled royalties, and AI-generated music rights frameworksDevelop media innovation playbooks, AI capability briefs, and client-specific roadmaps to influence transformation journeysQualifications & Experience
Bachelor / Master degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Media Technology, or related fields are preferred15+ years of IT experience, with at least 10 years in music, labels, publishing, or streaming domain architectureProven track record of large-scale transformations and AI-enabled solutions for global media clientsExperience in US-based music companies (labels, publishers, DSPs) (preferred)