Product Manager

The Company

The Beggars Group is the home of 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade Records, XL Recordings and Young. The Beggars Group in the last decade has gone from strength to strength, not only confirming their position as one of the largest independent groups of labels in the world, but also, by allowing their artists the time to develop, affording them freedom and support, releasing the best the decade had to offer.

Position Summary

Beggars Group US seeks an experienced Product Manager with a track record of full lifecycle product management and project management for record label releases across genres, and for developing and established artists. The PM serves as the main point person for the day-to-day management of assigned US release campaigns (from inception to completion) across Beggars’ labels. This position acts as the labels’ point person for the recording artist and their team (management, publicists, booking agent, etc.) by ensuring proactive communication and oversight on all logistics associated with the campaign. Equally important, the Product Manager ensures that Beggars Group’s shared-service departments execute requests in accordance with campaign marketing plans, provides clear and consistent communication, as well as facilitates the flow of information across various group and label employees. It is critical that the Product Manager is a highly organized multi-tasker who knows how to effectively prioritize a heavy workload, an excellent communicator, a natural relationship builder with strong interpersonal skills, and an effective collaborator working within teams operating in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have a strong working knowledge of music, a familiarity with the work of artists across all Beggars labels, and applicable experience in managing campaign releases.

The position is full time, based at Beggars US’s New York office, and reports to the Head of US Product Management.

Specific Responsibilities

• Build and execute a product management plan for each assigned project or release, taking the core recording and artwork assets from A&R, understanding the artist’s vision, and partnering with the label team, group marketing, digital and other Beggars teams, and with the artist, artist management and their team for each release.
• Collaborate with marketing and digital teams to shape and execute go-to-market strategies tailored to each release.
• Responsible for making sure each department has all necessary information and assets to do their job.
• Actively contribute to the management of campaign budgets, and achievement of campaign goals.
• Constant, proactive and responsive communication and outreach necessary to drive projects forward and maintain healthy and productive relationships with artists’ managers, booking agents, publicists, and other artist team members.
• Being the accessible “point person” for assigned projects and any day-to-day status or concerns, utilizing excellent judgement in troubleshooting through issues or escalating as appropriate.
• Working with the label heads to organize efforts in a productive and pragmatic manner.
• Manage and track the coordination of schedules/timelines for overall campaign and the nuanced parts within each campaign (ex. promo / press trips).
• Maintain cross functional, centralized, transparent, shared information for each active campaign, while providing reporting, campaign specific updates, feedback, and ideas to key group and label stakeholders related to assigned campaigns.
• Continually listen, and evaluate progress according to each campaign plan; make recommendations, and seek consensus for revised actions when situations require a pivot to navigate obstacles or seize opportunities.
• Be available and responsive during and outside of the regular workday, including evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-time music industry experience required.
• 2-3+ years of demonstrated experience in product management or in a position managing day-to-day campaign logistics is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated passion, knowledge, and understanding of how to work across a diverse mix of artist campaigns.
• Strong quantitative and business acumen, and capability to deal with budgets, digital analytics, and project management tools.
• A love and knowledge of music; specifically, familiarity with the labels in the Beggars Group and knowledge of artists on each label.
• Must be able to develop and maintain relationships with artists and artist management, and with colleagues across the Beggars Group labels and cross-functionally with other departments at Beggars Group.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with a strong ability to balance multiple priorities.
• A driven self-starter, with a pro-active approach.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and project management and reporting tools such as Asana, Airtable, or similar is preferred

Compensation

Competitive salary, incentive and benefits will be offered, commensurate with the role and the final hire’s experience. Depending on the job relevant knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, network and location of the final hire, the base salary is anticipated at an annual rate in the range of $80K to $85K.

Contact

EnterGain is the exclusive recruiter on this role. Interested, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply directly to this post.

Equal Opportunity

Beggars Group US is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Disclaimer

The job description above is intended to set forth the general nature of the work that will be expected of the person who takes on this role. The job description is not, however, meant to be construed as an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities required for this role. From time to time, all colleagues may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed, and the priorities within each role evolve over time based on the needs of the business.