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About the Role
GRAI is seeking a Music & Artist Relations Lead to build and lead their artist relations function from scratch. This is a 0->1 leadership role reporting directly to the CEO, with significant product influence and founder access.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the artist strategy to win and retain artists at each growth stage.
- Build and optimize the artist pipeline from initial contact to active partnership.
- Design and scale onboarding, co-marketing, content integrations, and ambassador programs.
- Manage key artist relationships and build systems for team execution.
- Hire, develop, and lead the artist relations team.
- Represent artists' needs in product, marketing, and leadership decisions.
- Identify and surface partnership opportunities across campaigns, content, and events.
Requirements
- Senior music-industry operator with experience leading artist or partnership teams.
- Established relationships within the US emerging and mid-tier artist community.
- Fluency in understanding both artist creativity and partnership business dynamics.
- Proven track record of building functions from scratch and managing teams.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and hands-on execution capabilities.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, pre-launch environment.
Skills
- Artist Strategy
- Artist Pipeline Management
- Program Design
- Relationship Management
- Team Leadership
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Music Industry Operations
- Partnership Development
Location
- Remote within the US
- LA or NYC a plus
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Leadership
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive cash + equity, flexible to the top of the band for the right person
Benefits
- Meaningful early-stage equity
- Flexible ways of working
About the Company
- GRAI is an artist-first AI music platform where fans can remix and share real music, and artists opt in and earn new royalties.
- The company is backed by $9M seed funding from Khosla Ventures and Inovo VC.
- Founded by serial entrepreneurs with a previous successful exit (VOCHI to Pinterest).
- GRAI launches in September with approximately 100 artists in its ambassador program and a live product, Music with Friends on iOS.