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The Role
Manages Spotify’s relationships with artists and labels across France, serving as the primary liaison for music partners. Develops release strategies, supports partner education, identifies trends and emerging talent, and contributes to cross-functional campaigns and strategic initiatives. Uses audience insights and cultural expertise to inform decisions, strengthen Spotify’s content offering, and drive artist and business growth. Represents music partnerships in executive-level projects while coordinating teams across editorial, marketing, communications, strategy, and operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for a strategic-minded, execution-oriented Artist & Label Partnerships Manager for France, to join Spotify’s Music team based in Paris. In this role, you will sit at the heart of the music ecosystem, moving between high-level release strategies and the day-to-day tactical execution that drives artist and business growth. This role is perfect for a music industry professional who thrives on building relationships and navigating the intersection of technology and creativity.
Our ideal candidate has fun at work and a desire to make a positive impact on the music industry as a whole. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music and strengthen Spotify’s role as a trusted, culturally relevant voice in the music landscape.
What You'll do
- Focusing on the French music landscape, you will be the primary point of contact for local music partners based in France, ensuring that Spotify remains the most valued partner for artists and our industry partners, utilising on-platform promotion and off-platform initiatives to ensure Spotify is the premiere platform for artist development
- Support and educate our key partners across artists and labels communities in France on Spotify tools, resources and insights to encourage them and improve their daily business
- You will contribute your expertise to various music-related projects within the company, executing on creative and cross-functional collaborations in the region and beyond, building impactful and innovative artist partnerships to enable artists development and artist-fan engagement
- You will proactively identify music trends, emerging talent and opportunities in the local and global music landscape, providing deep cultural and musical insights with the local FR team to execute pivotal initiatives, multi-market campaigns and other key internal partners & teams including editorial, consumer marketing, communications, strategy & operations…
- Lead artist & label partnerships representation in high-impact cross-functional projects and strategic bets
- Ensure Spotify has the best possible content offering in France and use this to further Spotify's appeal to existing and new users
- Connect other Spotify teams with the music industry to help drive and execute opportunities driven by Spotify and our partners. You will act as liaison between Spotify and artist / label partners.
Who You Are
- You have significant experience with label and artist relations in an established digital music service, record label, media or tech company.
- You have a deep understanding and established network within the local music industry in France and have built relevant contacts with labels and artists to effectively collaborate with the community
- You will demonstrate a team player spirit, a passion for performance-oriented analytics, and a solid understanding of Spotify's role in the music industry both locally and globally
- You are skilled at leveraging data and audience insights to support strategic decisions and build clear narratives
- You are culturally aware, with the ability to critically evaluate music trends, emerging movements and audience behaviour beyond just data
- You have excellent negotiating, presentation and people skills. You are able to prepare and deliver executive level presentations, effectively advocate for the market and secure stakeholder buy-in with ease
- You are well organised and detail-oriented with the ability to plan, deliver on tight deadlines and pay outstanding attention to detail
- You are at ease and have proven experience navigating fast-changing priorities in a dynamic environment, comfortable navigating complex global-to-local organizational structures and aligning cross-functional teams around Music priorities
- You have strong project management skills with a consistent record in marketing and operations, and feel at ease with digital and AI tools
- You possess a perfect level of written and spoken English
- Finally, you're a great teammate and always have a positive and humble attitude.
Where You'll Be
- For this role, the preferred locations is Paris.
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! We ask that you come in 2-3 times per week.
Skills Required
- Significant experience with label and artist relations at an established digital music service, record label, media company, or technology company.
- Deep understanding of and established network within the French music industry, including contacts with labels and artists.
- Passion for performance-oriented analytics and understanding of Spotify’s role in the music industry locally and globally.
- Ability to use data and audience insights to support strategic decisions and build clear narratives.
- Cultural awareness and ability to evaluate music trends, emerging movements, and audience behavior.
- Excellent negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to deliver executive-level presentations, advocate for the market, and secure stakeholder buy-in.
- Strong organizational and detail-orientation skills, including the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Experience navigating changing priorities and complex global-to-local organizational structures.
- Strong project management skills and a consistent record in marketing and operations.
- Comfort using digital and AI tools.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a positive and humble attitude.
Spotify Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Spotify and has not been reviewed or approved by Spotify.
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Flexible Benefits — Employees consistently praise the total compensation package beyond base salary, highlighting a mix of RSUs, cash incentives, and stipends alongside core pay. The package is described as flexible and customizable through equity choices (e.g., RSUs, options, cash) that can be tailored for long-term wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are repeatedly highlighted as substantial, including generous vacation, paid sick days, volunteer time, and flexible holidays. These policies are framed as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and mental health support. Additional employer contributions to HSAs are cited as strengthening the overall health and wellness value proposition.
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