Head of Artist & Repertoire (A&R): India & South Asia

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Mumbai, Maharashtra
Senior level
Music
The Role
The Head of A&R for India & South Asia will be responsible for identifying growth opportunities, executing sales strategies for various music genres, leading a team focused on artist partnerships, and developing relationships within the artist community. The role involves market analysis, strategic planning, sales activity tracking, and performance mentoring.
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Company Description

Believe is one of the world’s leading digital music companies. Believe’s mission is to develop local artists and labels in the digital ecosystem by providing them the solutions they need to grow their audience at each stage of their career and development.

Its 2,020 employees in more than 50 countries aim to support local artists and labels with a unique digital expertise, respect, fairness, and transparency.

To support our fast-growing presence on all continents, we are constantly looking for new Believers to join us and make a stronger and more positive impact on the music industry! 

Believe is listed on compartment A of the regulated market of Euronext Paris (Ticker: BLV, ISIN: FR0014003FE9). 

www.believe.com 

Ready to #setthetone with Believe? 

Job Description

As Head of Artist & Repertoire, India & South Asia, you will:

  • Identify, qualify, and develop long-term growth opportunities, and execute strategic plans with a view to reach market leadership in India
  • Define and implement our sales strategy for all Regional, POP, Indiepop, Hip Hop artists in India with passion, innovation, care, and transparency.
  • Accelerate organic growth by building a deep understanding of the market of artists services and in-depth knowledge of key market segments (by geography, market segments, type of clients)
  • Lead a team of executives in charge of offering and managing distribution and marketing partnerships to a network of artists of different musical genres in the territory.
  • Collaborate with your team in charge of selling distribution & marketing partnerships to a network of artists & support and guide them to ensure we source, attract, sign, and develop new artists in a constantly evolving environment.

Your duties will include but not be limited to the following:

  • Undertake market analysis to establish and understand the addressable market size for all artist community in India.
  • Build / Establish network and relationship with the artist community in the region.
  • Sales and sourcing strategy
    • Define and implement your sourcing strategy and priority targets
    • Lead with your team the sales process and completion of deals aligned with the company procedures (salesforce, contract signatures)
    • Identify new business opportunities to initiate and close complex deals covering aspects such as legal, financial, marketing and communication components
    • Build and maintain an excellent network in the music industry based on reputation and quality of service
  • Leading the sales activity
    • Identify appropriate KPIs to measure the sales performance and ensure regular reporting and completeness of the data in all internal tools
    • Communicate priority targets and leads to the team and define actions plan
    • Ensure the deals are aligned with defined business rules and internal process to guarantee successful relationship
  • Identify and share best practices with the team and the group
    • Leading and developing a team of A&R, Project Managers.
    • With exemplarity and by sharing Believe’s driving forces in your daily relations and activities
    • Set guidelines, strategy, and objectives to improve and assess the team’s performance
    • Support your team by identifying improvement needs and providing appropriate training, mentoring, and coaching
  • Soft Skills
  • Fluent English is mandatory to succeed in your role as part of a global company.
  • You have a relevant experience in people management and demonstrate strong leadership skills
  • You own your P&L
  • You have an excellent relationship skill and are artist-friendly
  • A solid network in the music industry is a strong plus
  • You have exceptional communication and negotiation skills
  • KPIs
  • Number of identified artists and labels again target
  • Number of signed artists and labels against target
  • Percentage of accuracy of data based on standard quality controls (CRM)
  • Actual generated revenue against budgeted revenue
  • Percentage of career reviews actually led with team members
  • Percentage of objectives and OKRs set to the team

Apply: Interested applicants can email their resumes at [email protected] or reach out to us at +91 9987373636.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, music business, or a related field (preferred).

Additional Information

Benefits @Believe: 

#Flexibility Just punch in leaves, not intime and out time 

#Office perks– a game of foosball, table tennis to bat the afternoon lacklustre, free event pass for exclusive and limited shows, music subscription, etc 

#Wellbeing Caring by EUTELMED, professionals are at your disposal for advice and support, in your own language and culture 

#Transperancy engaged in secondary activity just disclose it to us 

#Sustainability You can be a part of CSR program, represent yourself as a #shaper and contribute to a better future. 

Disclaimer: Believe strongly promotes equal treatment regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.

The Company
HQ: Brooklyn, NY
1,401 Employees
Hybrid Workplace

What We Do

TuneCore is one of the world’s leading digital music companies, helping artists and labels build their audiences and careers, at all stages of their development, in all local markets around the world, with respect, expertise, fairness and transparency.

As a pioneer in the digital world, TuneCore has developed in-house technology & data organization to provide global distribution and digital marketing solutions.

With 1,270 employees in over 50 countries, TuneCore owns several brands, labels and companies, including Nuclear Blast, Naïve, Groove Attack, and AllPoints.

TuneCore is part of the Next40, won the Europe's Allstar 2019 Company of the Year, and won the « Grand Prix » of France 2020 Future Unicorns.

You want to collaborate in a dynamic, entrepreneurial company that puts people at the center of its strategy? Join us and #BePartOfIt!

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