Head of Research – Content Platform

Spotify is reimagining the creator and consumer experience, partnering with artists, labels and publishers to help them better understand and engage their fanbase. Join us in the Creator Marketplace team, and you won’t just organise the world’s audio so that it is safer, instant and more intelligent. Or create the commercial models that help artists thrive. You’ll be at the centre of Spotify’s mission to bring artists and their fans closer together through unique content.

Content Platform is a central enabler for Spotify. Together, our teams ensure that Spotify has a complete, available and enriched catalog of music, podcasts, videos and more. Come join us as the Head of Research for our new Research Lab and let’s reimagine what the catalog really should look like!

What you’ll do

• You will establish and lead the research agenda for a new Research Lab, in particular in the field of machine listening.
• You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product and GM executives as well as senior members in the mission to align the strategy and impact roadmap.
• You’ll develop, hire and enable incredible researchers from PhD student level to tenured and established industry leaders, as well as research engineers and PMs.
• You’ll lead research, innovation, and impact of a team of dozens of people
• You should be based either in London or NYC some travel expected.

Who you are

• You have led mixed discipline teams in the industry that have included research, engineering and product.
• You have significant experience managing large teams and operating at the Director level in product-based organizations.
• You have a deep engineering understanding and impact focus such that you can drive an impactful and realistic research agenda.
• You have experience with productizing advanced research.
• You are deeply focused on impact and the value we can bring to the world.
• You are an experienced stakeholder manager and have a track record in delivering complex projects to a successful conclusion

This role will report directly to the Head of Content Platform and will be a member of the Content Platform leadership team

You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be brilliant. So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 230 million users.