Associate Director, Music Policy, Spotify for Artists Job at Spotify in New York

We are looking for a creative, analytical, and passionate strategist to join the Spotify for Artists Marketing & Policy team — part of Spotify’s division dedicated to helping to ensure Spotify is the most rewarding and powerful platform for artists to grow their careers and their business. This role is a critical leader on our team, managing our small and mighty policy team and positively impacting millions of artists around the world.

The Spotify for Artists policy team focuses on developing and implementing policies that further our mission to provide a fair and equitable opportunity for artists, songwriters, distributors, labels, and publishers on Spotify — as well as educating the music industry about our platform rules. The role will work heavily in collaboration with our tech and product teams to build policy solutions. The scope of policies include how Spotify’s $10 billion+ annual royalty pool is allocated, tactics to remove incentives for bad actors, and strategies to future proof our platform for new trends or technologies in the music industry, like AI. In communicating these policies publicly, our focus is to educate artists and the music industry at scale, so everyone has equal access to information and resources.

In this role, you’ll work with a cross-functional team from Licensing, Marketing, Public Affairs, Product, Engineering, Music Partnerships, Music Economics, and more in leading policy initiatives for the Spotify for Artists team — from the strategy, development, and implementation of new policies, to public messaging and education, to industry advocacy and engagement.

What You'll Do Lead a high-performing team focused on building a better future for artists, songwriters, and the music industry on Spotify.

Set and execute against a policy agenda for the team based on the biggest needs for artists, songwriters, music partners, listeners, and Spotify.

Develop and implement new policies that equitably impact the music ecosystem on topics like royalty administration, artificial streaming, new music technologies, music platform rules, and more.

Work hand-in-hand with product and engineering to implement technical solutions for our policy agenda

Craft clear, informative messaging about existing and new policies — and launch scaled educational initiatives to make sure artists, songwriters, distributors, and rights holders have accurate information about our platform.

Collaborate with Music Partnerships and Licensing to understand the needs of all the stakeholders on our music platform, to advocate for and explain new policies, and to listen to and incorporate feedback.

Partner with Data Science and Music Economics to deeply understand platform trends and the potential impact of various policy decisions.

Who You Are You have 8+ years of relevant experience in the music industry, policy, legal, or technology platforms.

You have proven experience in the music industry, working with artists and creators, and with technology platforms.

You’re a dedicated people leader, caring deeply about the health and growth of the people on your team.

You have a deep passion for technology, love getting into the weeds of technical solutions, and have experience working closely with engineering

You have passion for creating a more rewarding, fairer experience for artists and songwriters around the world. You love music.

You’re comfortable diving deep into spreadsheets, talking to technical teams, mapping out complex incentive systems, and sweating the details.

You’re a strong communicator and a strong listener — understanding when to influence others and when to incorporate smart feedback.

You’re experienced at bringing cross-functional teams together in a shared vision.

Where You'll Be This role is based in New York, NY

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

The United States base range for this position is $155,694-$222,420, plus equity (plus bonus or commission. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays.

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In Summary : The Spotify for Artists policy team focuses on developing and implementing policies that further our mission to provide a fair and equitable opportunity for artists, songwriters, distributors, labels, and publishers . The role will work heavily in collaboration with our tech and product teams to build policy solutions . The scope of policies include how Spotify’s $10 billion+ annual royalty pool is allocated .

En Español : Buscamos a un estratega creativo, analítico y apasionado para unirse al equipo de marketing y política de Spotify for Artists parte de la división de Spotify dedicada a ayudar a garantizar que Spotify sea la plataforma más gratificante y poderosa para los artistas para hacer crecer sus carreras y su negocio. Este papel es un líder crítico en nuestro equipo, gestionando nuestro pequeño y poderoso equipo político e impactando positivamente a millones de artistas en todo el mundo. En este papel, trabajará con un equipo transversal de Licenciamiento, Marketing, Asuntos Públicos, Producto, Ingeniería, Asociaciones Músicas, Economía Musical y más en las principales iniciativas políticas para el equipo Spotify for Artists desde la estrategia, desarrollo e implementación de nuevas políticas, a mensajería pública y educación, defensa y participación de la industria. Lo que hará Liderar un equipo de alto rendimiento enfocado en construir un futuro mejor para los artistas, compositores y la industria musical en Spotify. Establecer y ejecutar una agenda política del equipo basada en las mayores necesidades de artistas, compositores, socios musicales, oyentes y Spotify. Desarrollar y implementar nuevas políticas que impacten equitativamente al ecosistema sobre temas como administración de derechos personales, nueva tecnología de música, plataformas de transmisión artificiales, reglas, etc. Trabajar mano a mano con los titulares de productos y políticas técnicas de ingeniería de la plataforma de la música para implementar nuestras políticas de escucha y distribución de canciones y crear soluciones claras e informar a nuestros colaboradores acerca de nuestras nuevas oportunidades de compartir información sobre nuestra plataforma de música y sus nuevos programas educativos, así como desarrollar y dar a conocer a entender a todos los interesados y distribuidores las nuevas políticas y propuestas de conocimientos existentes. Socio con Data Science y Music Economics para comprender profundamente las tendencias de la plataforma y el impacto potencial de varias decisiones políticas. Who You Are Usted tiene más de 8 años de experiencia relevante en la industria musical, políticas, legales o plataformas tecnológicas. Tiene comprobada experiencia en la música, trabajando con artistas y creadores y con plataformas de tecnología. Es un líder dedicado a la gente, que se preocupa profundamente por la salud y el crecimiento de las personas en su equipo. Los beneficios disponibles para este puesto incluyen seguro médico, seis meses de licencia parental remunerada, plan 401 ((k), 23 días libres pagados y 13 vacaciones flexibles. #J-18808-Ljbffr