Associate Product Manager
Description
Downtown Artist & Label services offers distribution, bespoke marketing solutions, and funding to entrepreneurial artists and their partners, ranging from emerging talent at the forefront of pop culture to the most storied managers and record labels. Downtown Music is owned and operated by Downtown Music Holdings. Downtown allows artists and their partners to achieve the same commercial success on digital sales and streaming platforms that they would expect of a major record label, without sacrificing any ownership in their works, control over their strategy, or their creative vision.
Downtown Music Artist & Label Services is looking for an enthusiastic Associate Product Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate for this position is a creative & strategic problem solver who is empathetic, organized, and detail-oriented. Prior music business experience is not required, but is preferred.
As an Associate Product Manager for Artist & Label Services, you will be responsible for delivering incredible value to our independent musicians and creators as well as internal teams. Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must, as well as the ability to conduct research and present findings in a clear manner.
The Associate Product Manager will report into our Product Lead and work cross-functionally with Client Services, Operations, Marketing, A&R, Business Development, Engineering, and Design to shape and deliver features for our platform. Our preferred candidate will be based in New York City, but we're also open to remote candidates residing in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, IN, MD, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OR, TN, TX, WA.
**What you'll do: **
- Identify opportunities and build a deep understanding of our clients’ needs by conducting user research and analyzing data
- Drive the ideation, development, and launch of innovative products, features, and tools
- Produce clear, data-driven business cases, feature specifications, wireframes, and analyses that are understandable by both technical and non technical audiences
- Solve problems for our clients and internal teams, balancing short term value creation with long term investment
- Assist Product Lead in managing backlog, sprints, and flow of work to ensure the development team is always working on the most impactful projects
Requirements
You are / have:
- You have at least 2 years of Product Management experience, ideally in the music industry or a related digital domain (e.g. streaming, entertainment, publishing, subscription businesses)
- You have a track record of delivering impactful software products
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and are able to diplomatically collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders
- You can analyze data to generate insights
- You have presentation and visual storytelling skills
- You are familiar with the technical architecture and concepts of complex web applications
Benefits & Perks
Why you want to work here:
- Ample opportunities to work with leaders and employees across multiple Downtown brands
- Work in a collaborative environment full of mission driven, innovative, and passionate people
- Be part of an open, welcoming, and inclusive culture
- Rich benefit program (Medical, Dental, Vision), Life Insurance, 401k (with match)
- Free CitiBike Membership (NYC Only)
- Paid Volunteer Hours
Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to Downtown's values. We welcome and encourage all applicants of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply.
Downtown provides base salary ranges for all positions located in the United States at the time of posting. The hiring range for this position is $80,000 - $93,000 annually. As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon various factors including, but not limited to, work experience, geographic location and relevant skills. Downtown is committed to providing a comprehensive market-competitive total rewards program for its employees which includes medical, dental, and vision, life insurance, 401(k) match and generous paid time off. This range does not include any other variable compensation components.
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Downtown Music Holdings is a global company that owns, manages, and develops businesses with a vision for a more equitable and innovative music ecosystem. With operations across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, we are the world’s leading provider of end-to-end services to artists, songwriters, labels, music publishers and other rights holders. Downtown Music Holdings manages millions of music copyrights across our portfolio of companies, with a catalog that spans more than 100 years of popular music, including music for film and television, and the single largest independent sound recording catalog in the industry.