Music Label Business Development Manager

5 Days ago • 4 Years + • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Music Label Business Development and Label Relations Manager for MENA/TR/CEE at YouTube, you'll manage key label partners, fostering business growth and strong relationships. Responsibilities include driving partner escalations, updating partners on product developments, conducting regular meetings to share best practices, managing marketing campaigns, arranging content distribution agreements, and working cross-functionally on strategic business priorities. You'll need exceptional partner management skills, a service mindset, and strong industry relationships. The role demands navigating complex agreements, understanding digital music landscapes, and contributing to YouTube's global music strategy. This position requires fluent communication in Arabic, Turkish, or Polish for effective client management in these regions.
Must have:
  • 4+ years managing music partner accounts
  • Digital music landscape experience (MENA/CEE/TR)
  • Music label experience
  • Negotiating content licensing agreements
  • Identifying and driving business growth
  • Excellent partner management skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in finance, accounting, technical account management, business development, or legal
  • Fluency in Arabic, Turkish, or Polish

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience managing music partner accounts.
  • Experience with the digital music landscape (especially in MENA/CEE or TR music).
  • Experience working at or with a music label.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in, or working closely with, any of the following fields: finance, accounting, technical account management, business development or legal.
  • Experience negotiating digital music content licensing agreements, including partner bundling and distribution agreements with senior music executives.
  • Ability to identify potential business opportunities, assess financial/business benefit, structure agreements, and discuss terms with strategic partners.
  • Ability to communicate in Arabic, Turkish or Polish fluently to support client relationship management in these regions.

About the job

As a Music Label Business Development and Label Relations, MENA/TR/CEE , you will be responsible for providing ongoing business development and Label relationship management to YouTube's key MENA/TR/CEE label partners.

In this role, you will interact regularly with counterparts at labels, facilitating ongoing business, label and operational processes, resolving inquiries, identifying and driving mutual business growth opportunities. You will also collaborate closely with internal teams. You will have exceptional partner management skills, a service mindset, and extensive relationships in the music industry.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive partner escalations cross-functionally, interacting with internal senior leaders, handle large volumes of requests from partners, prioritize them internally, and set partner expectations for resolution.
  • Maintain update partners on product and business development, account changes and collect feedback for internal stakeholders.
  • Hold regular meetings with your partners to deliver best practice, strategy and communicate business updates to them and ensure your partners are invited to key events and masterclasses.
  • Keep on top of key releases from your labels and artists and share relevant information more broadly with the cross-functional network music team and manage the execution of marketing campaigns. 
  • Arrange strategic content hosting and distribution agreements with recorded music licenses. Own day-to-day business management of strategic recorded music partners. Work cross-functionally to develop and drive strategic business development priorities.

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