Director, Content Business
We are seeking a highly talented strategic and operational leader to join the Content and Advertising Business Units’ Business Strategy & Operations team. The Business Strategy & Operations team serves as a central hub for strategic support for leaders across Spotify’s Music, Podcast, Marketplace, and Advertising organizations. In this role, you will provide leadership in the areas of strategic/business planning and program management to identify, evaluate, and support the operationalization of new business growth opportunities.
The role is an outstanding opportunity to become immersed in the content side of the music and audio streaming industry. The position will be based in New York and will report into the Head of Business Strategy & Operations.
What You'll Do
- Lead a team of strategists and program managers
- Drive planning projects and processes by developing 3-year and 5-year strategic plans to grow the business
- Build data-driven scenario-based models to evaluate the business impact of various critical initiatives (e.g., partnerships, investments, acquisitions, etc.)
- Coordinate the creation of impactful and succinct presentations and memos
- Lead effective internal and external meetings
- Influence key executives and partners to support significant change
- Partner with cross-functional partners to ensure strategic alignment
- Identify and monitor key market and competitive trends
- Work closely with the Strategy, Insights, and Analytics (SIA) team to monitor key performance metrics
Who You Are
- 12+ years of work experience with MBA preferred
- Direct consulting and/or internal strategy experience (preferably within media industry)
- Proven experience crafting Strategy, Bus Development and/or Finance departments
- Strategic problem solver with the ability to transform goals into meaningful plans
- Experienced in implementing strategic and large-scale initiatives in a fast-paced environment
- Enjoy getting into the details and solving complex problems
- Extensive experience building sophisticated, multi-year business plan models
- Demonstrated success managing P&L’s
- Knack for coordinating multiple teams towards achieving a common goal
- Maintain balance between attention to detail and swift execution
- You are an excellent communicator who is able to network and develop deep relationships across the organization
- Experience in the music or content-creation industries preferred