Artist & Label Partnerships Manager, Indian Hip-Hop, Indies & International

Spotify

Spotify

Sales & Business Development
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Mar 11, 2025

Artist & Label Partnerships Manager
Indian Hip-Hop, Indies & International

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We are looking for an Artist & Label Partnerships (ALP) Manager for Indian Hip-Hop, Indies & International, to join our Artist and Label Partnerships team in India - a team that is passionate about helping artists grow.

Location

  • Mumbai

Job type

Permanent

The role is primarily about ensuring that artists, managers, distributors, aggregators and labels see Spotify as the #1 partner for artist development and growth. You will work closely with the India team on critical initiatives for your focus languages and partner with international counterparts on global campaigns. You are strong in data and analytics and have a sound understanding of the music business. You will also work closely with internal teams to further Spotify’s marketing and distribution initiatives to the mutual benefit of Spotify and its industry partners.
Most importantly, you are passionate about music, like to have fun at work and have a desire to be creative and make a positive impact on the music industry as a whole.

What You'll Do

  • Be the face for Spotify across all artists and labels that you handle across Indian hip-hop, Indies & International labels & artists. Create, build and maintain positive relationships across the artist and label community
  • Work closely with artists and labels on all meaningful and priority releases in your territory and help make it a success on Spotify
  • Educate our key partners on Spotify tools and resources, which helps them increase their impact on their listeners
  • Analyse data and insights to identify growth opportunities for the artists and languages that you are responsible for
  • Enable a deeper artist and fan engagement with Spotify. Be an advocate for Spotify’s interests and initiatives within the artist community and among the industry
  • Work in partnership with the local and global editorial teams to ensure content strategies are localized and successfully implemented
  • Work closely with the Marketing, Comms and other cross-functional teams to fulfill company’s marketing and business goals
  • Ensure Spotify has the best possible content offering in your territory, and use this to further Spotify’s appeal to existing and new users
  • Attend key events, conferences, and shows. Some travel required (depending on laws and restrictions)

Who You Are

  • You have a minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience with label and artist relations in an established digital music service, record label or at a media company in the region
  • You have a strong understanding of India’s music industry across multiple languages and regions (especially the North and West states) and have worked closely with artists in India and internationally
  • You have a strong music and technology background, a deep understanding of music marketing and operations
  • You are passionate about music. Any formal training and education in music will be an added advantage
  • You are fully conversant with the latest digital marketing techniques
  • You have excellent analytical, negotiating, presentation and communication skills
  • You are numerate and adept at analyzing and interpreting data and using it to drive business objectives
  • You are well organized, dedicated, with the ability to plan and deliver on tight deadlines and pay exceptional attention to detail
  • You possess a flawless level of written and spoken English and Hindi and are proficient in at least one more Indian language

Where You'll Be

  • This role will be based in Mumbai, India
  • 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

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Our global benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.

Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.

Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.

All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.

Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

Learn about life at Spotify

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.

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 with a community of more than 500 million users.