Manager, Digital Strategy & Business Development at Warner Music Group | New York, NY | Rezi

Manager, Digital Strategy & Business Development at Warner Music Group

Manager, Digital Strategy & Business Development

Warner Music Group · New York, NY

2 weeks ago

Manager, Digital Strategy & Business Development

Warner Music Group · New York, NY

17 days ago
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About the Role

In this role, you will support the ongoing efforts to strike global deals across the music streaming landscape by using your analytical skills, industry knowledge, and ability to negotiate complex partnerships. The ideal candidate is passionate about understanding the intersection of music, technological innovation, and consumer behavior.

Responsibilities

  • Work with key digital partners to support the structure, negotiation, and execution of global agreements, representing the strategic view of WMG.
  • Analyze partner data and create financial models to inform key decision making.
  • Find new ways to drive WMG revenues and create business opportunities on new and existing platforms.
  • Partner with legal on drafting and carrying out contract amendments, renewals, term sheets and longform agreements.
  • Serve as a point of contact and communicate matters about the digital agreements and partnerships at WMG.
  • Share information with WMG’s senior management, other internal divisions, and global affiliates.
  • Monitor emerging technologies, and media & consumer tech ecosystem trends for developing new strategic initiatives.
  • Develop long-term strategies focused on WMG’s relationship with DSPs and diversification of WMG’s revenue and capabilities.
  • Learn to lead deal negotiations with long tail partners across various music licensing use cases.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Consistent track record working in an analytical capacity, with large data sets to create complex models around deal, partnership, and industry trend forecasting.
  • Music, media, or entertainment industry content licensing experience is preferred, as is experience with deal-focused analyses.
  • Driven, and inclined to take ownership of all facets of dealmaking, from inception to execution.
  • Proven track record supporting deal and project-based teams.
  • Strong Excel and Google Workspace suite of tools.
  • Proactive attitude and strong work ethic.
  • Experience at a top tier investment bank or management consulting firm.
  • Basic understanding of financial principles (e.g., revenue forecasting and recognition, cashflows, artist royalty obligations) to inform various internal collaborators.
  • Experience crafting, presenting, and completing new central initiatives.
  • Established record in applying innovative approaches and structures to deal making.
  • Excellent analytical ability, written communication, and interpersonal skills.

Skills

  • Excel
  • Google Workspace

Location

  • Onsite

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 2+ years

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

  • $90,000 - $110,000

Benefits

  • 2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
  • E-Verify Participation Poster.pdf
  • Right To Work .pdf

About the Company

  • At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members.
  • WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success.
  • WMG's Digital Strategy & Business Development team is responsible for leading the global deal negotiations with digital service providers on behalf of Warner Music Group.
  • We strike deals with global distribution platforms and find new business opportunities in hopes of reaching audiences, growing monetization, and creating value for our labels and artists.
  • As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike.
  • Our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.
  • Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX.
  • In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
  • Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
  • We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.
  • It is the mission of every member of the WMG team around the world to create a nurturing environment for artists, songwriters, and fellow employees at every stage of their career.
  • We strive to set WMG apart from the rest of the industry by embracing a philosophy of innovation that is part of our company's DNA.
  • Consider a career at WMG and be a part of one of the biggest forces in music today.

Equal Opportunity

  • Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.