Warner Music

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description We are looking for a Director of Product Management for Music Distribution to lead our core distribution team. This is an Empowered Product Leader role. You won't just manage a roadmap of features; you will be responsible for delivering business outcomes. You will partner with Engineering and Design leadership to solve the high-stakes complexities of global rights, supply chain automation, and high-scale digital delivery. - Product Strategy & Objectives: Define and evangelize a multi-year vision for WMG’s distribution ecosystem. Translate business challenges into clear, outcome-based objectives (e.g., "Instant Global Availability") that empower your teams to innovate. - Continuous Discovery & Innovation: Lead a culture of persistent discovery. Ensure your teams are validating ideas for value and viability daily, working in the "Product Trio" (Product, Design, Engineering) to tackle risks before a single line of code is written. - Coaching the PM Craft: Your #1 priority is the growth of your team. Recruit and mentor Product Managers, coaching them to master deep user empathy and business viability. Foster an environment of ownership where teams are measured by the problems they solve, not the features they ship. - Partnership & Advocacy: Cultivate trust-based relationships with leaders across global labels, legal, finance, and operations. Act as a bridge, synthesizing their constraints into a shared vision that you champion across the organization. - Principled Innovation: Drive innovation with a conscience. Be the architect of a distribution strategy that embraces the evolving AI landscape while building the guardrails necessary to protect our artists' livelihoods. - Proven Product Leader: Extensive product management experience with a track record of leading PM teams that ship products to solve complex problems, ideally with some exposure to the world of music and/or digital media. - Strong Technical/Business Sense: Discuss system architecture with engineers and P&L constraints with executives. Understand that a great product must be feasible to build and profitable for the business. - Expert on the "Four Risks": Mitigate Value, Usability, Feasibility, and Business Viability risks upfront. - Extreme Ownership: Act as the steward of your product’s success. Embrace challenges as opportunities for leadership, rallying your cross-functional partners to navigate obstacles and find creative, viable paths forward—no matter the complexity. - Music-Minded & Mission-Driven: Have a genuine love for music and the people who create it. Be motivated by the idea that your work helps artists share their craft with the world and build sustainable careers. Qualifications - Extensive product management experience - Track record of leading PM teams that ship products - Exposure to the world of music and/or digital media is a plus Requirements - Ability to discuss system architecture with engineers - Ability to discuss P&L constraints with executives - Understanding of product feasibility and profitability Benefits - $231,000 - $231,000 a year - The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. - The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors. Company Description 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.