Program Manager II, Record Label Licensing , Record Label Licensing
DESCRIPTION
As a Program Manager overseeing record label and strategic partnership licensing operations, you will play a pivotal role in orchestrating complex, cross-functional programs that are critical to Amazon's digital music licensing accuracy and efficiencies. This challenging position requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, operational expertise, and interpersonal finesse. You will be the cornerstone connecting various teams, vendors and labels, ensuring seamless rights management and reporting, efficient licensing process implementation, and strong label relationships. Your ability to navigate ambiguity, drive data-informed decisions, and influence diverse stakeholders will be crucial in optimizing our operational performance. This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on Amazon's music licensing success, requiring you to balance tactical execution with strategic vision while adapting to the ever-evolving landscape of digital music rights.
Key job responsibilities
1. Own and manage complex, cross-functional programs across rights management, licensing team support processes, content ingestion and label policy programs (PPP), driving execution from inception to completion.
2. Define program strategy, set objectives, and establish clear measurable success criteria. Drive timely decisions and delivery to meet deadlines and program goals.
3. Serve as the key point of contact between the Record Label Licensing team, partner teams (e.g., Catalog, PAPER, Legal), and labels. Build and manage productive relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
4. Analyze data from multiple sources to identify opportunities, translate insights into actionable plans, and drive improvements in licensing efficiency and operational performance.
5. Collaborate with tech teams or stakeholder project managers to influence roadmaps, make recommendations on system/feature improvements, and drive prioritization of technical requirements.
6. Negotiate effectively with stakeholders on operational expectations, resource allocation, best practices, and compliance issues to meet business objectives.
7. Manage and apply operational tactics to remove roadblocks, handle exceptions, and improve efficiencies across the record label licensing team’s outputs.
8. Drive and manage the implementation of new initiatives related to territory expansion, new label on/off-boardings, strategic partnership processes, new terms reporting and handovers, label relations collaborations, product launches, and business models.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.