Spotify is seeking a Business Affairs team member, based in the Los Angeles office, to support our live

audio business (primarily) and, to the extent needed, our other content businesses. The Associate

Director’s primary focus will be to evaluate, structure, and negotiate licensing, production, partnership,

host/talent and other deals for our live audio platform (and potentially other content) and work closely

with our creative, partnership, marketing, advertising, finance, legal, and strategy/insights teams (among

others) in such endeavors. The Associate Director will play a vital role in delivering on Spotify’s strategy

for its live audio programming/platform, oversee specialist deal-making, collaborate with key external

and internal stakeholders (including senior management), and help operationalize and reform deal

constructs.

The ideal candidate will have substantial business affairs (and some legal affairs) experience in the

entertainment and/or digital content industries, with a proven track record of negotiating talent services

and content production and licensing deals.

What You'll Do:

• You will structure and negotiate content development, production, licensing, partnership, talent,
• and similar types of deals with a focus on live audio content, among others.
• You will collaborate with various Spotify content and business teams on content strategy,
• financial analyses, product, initiatives, and other experiences designed to evolve and grow
• Spotify’s content offerings.
• You will work closely with internal teams including Creative, New Content Initiatives,
• Partnerships, Finance, Strategy and Insights, Ad Sales, Marketing, and Legal.
• You will maintain awareness of recent developments in the law, technology, and industry as they
• relate to our live and content businesses.

Who You Are:

• You have received your BS/BA (JD is a plus) and have 8+ years of content/digital
• media/entertainment industry business affairs experience, structuring and negotiating high-value
• talent, production, and licensing deals. Business/legal affairs experience with respect to
• live/interactive audio/video programming/platforms is a plus.
• You have experience liaising with rights holders/service providers (including creators, production
• companies, and other talent) and their representatives (talent agencies, lawyers, and managers).
• You are expert in legal and business issues relating to the production and distribution of audio or
• audiovisual content.
• You are highly self-motivated and thrive in high-growth, high-paced, and innovative business
• environments.
• You have excellent communication, persuasion, and interpersonal skills and work well in business
• environments with multiple stakeholders. You are a relationship- and team-builder.
• You are able to manage and deliver on multiple projects and priorities under deadlines and time
• pressures.
• You are highly adaptable and open to growth and/or shifts in your role as the business grows and
• changes.
• You are organized and have great attention to detail, while being able to see the forest for the
• trees.
• You have a business/strategy-oriented mindset.
• You are ideally proficient with the Google Suite.

Where You'll Be:

• We’ve introduced Work From Anywhere to give you more options!
• Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19. Post COVID, while we will ask you to pop into the office a few days a week, we are giving you the flexibility to work from home on some days should you choose to do so.
• Working hours? We operate within the local (PST) timezone for collaboration 

Role Disclosures

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.