Global Digital Retail Manager

Company Description

Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.
Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe offers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.
Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetize their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers.
With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognized with more than 70 leading industry awards.
Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law.
Ready to set the tone with Believe ?

Job Description

As a Digital Retail manager, you will be responsible for leading and supporting on Believe Group’s license deals and partnerships with our Digital Service Providers (DSP’s), in collaboration with the President of Global Digital Business. You will work closely with all relevant internal stakeholders including Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Data etc in-order to implement the partnerships. You will also build relationships with DSP’s to create and animate business development opportunities. More specifically, you will accomplish the following missions:

Key responsibilities: 

• Draft and recommend commercial deal conditions for DSP renewals and new product launches in collaboration with President of Global Digital Business

• Take an innovative approach to our DSP partnerships, to achieve department objectives

• Lead, generate and oversee ScoreCard presentations/discussions 

• Work in collaboration with data team to develop deal economics and recommended conditions 

• Liaise with all relevant internal stakeholders in-order to implement partnership:  Sales, Supply Chain, Reporting, Finance, legal, Tax, Data etc

• Work closely with Data team to ensure compliance of deal terms and conditions 

• Implement and oversea licensing for Subsidiaries under Believe Group

• Build relationships with DSP partners, in-order to create business development opportunities 

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Music Licensing/DSP partnerships, with a proven track record of drafting and negotiating DSP contracts 

• Project management skills 

• Strategic thinker

• Able to work with data analytics teams to model out proposal 

• Good communicator

• Able to manage a small team

• A diligent and ambitious self-starter 

• Positive individual who is able to motivate internal and external stakeholders with a ‘can do’ attitude

• The position requires being Fluent in English, both written and oral

Additional Information

SET THE TONE WITH US​

Working at Believe means having individual and collective impact in a fast-growing company!  ​

At all stages of their careers, Believers are an important part of what we are doing: shaping the future of the music industry. ​

We need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our clients: our international presence is an inspiring and enriching work environment for each one of us, with daily opportunities to connect with our colleagues all over the world. ​

We have two hearts at Believe - our People and our Artists. ​

We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our Believers with the best environment to thrive. ​

ROCK THE JOB ​

• Tailor-made training and coaching program 

• Remote working policy

• A well being program

• Health insurance 100% paid by Believe for the employee’s enrollment 

• Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist

• Life insurance 100% paid by Believe

• Meal vouchers Sodexo

• Office location : Place de la Gare L-1616 Luxembourg

SING IN HARMONY​

• Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.​

• Shaping Together: A Group-wide event focused on volunteerism and community impact ​

We are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the community it serves at all levels of the organisation. We, therefore, welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.