Research & Insights Manager

Armada Music; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Armada Music seeks a Research & Insights Manager to translate data into actionable marketing and business decisions, supporting artist growth and catalogue performance. You will build reporting, dashboards and analyses that inform strategy across Marketing, A&R, and internal teams, turning raw data into clear recommendations.

You will apply advanced analytics, collaborate across disciplines, and continuously seek new data sources and methods, including ML opportunities, to drive growth.

Qualifications

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience in data analysis and business intelligence.
• Strong collaboration skills and a solid understanding of business processes.
• Experience with Python (including connecting APIs), SQL and GitHub.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to collect, structure and interpret data.
• Experience working with relational databases and large datasets, using Medallion Data Architecture.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar modern data and analytics platform is a plus.
• Experience within the music industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop reporting that measure release performance and support data-driven decision-making.
• Create and enhance dashboards and reports, improving performance and functionality.
• Conduct in-depth analyses that uncover actionable insights and strategic opportunities.
• Identify and evaluate new data sources, methodologies and technologies, including machine learning.
• Act as the company’s subject matter expert on analytics, insights and industry developments.
• Proactively leverage data to improve business performance and identify growth opportunities.

Skills

Data analysis

Business intelligence

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

SQL

GitHub

Databricks

MySQL

PHP

Symfony

React

Job description

Are you passionate about insights and eager to dive deep into global music streaming data? Can you translate complex data into marketing strategies, business actions and impactful decisions? Does dance music inspire you to work hard (and play hard)? Then you may just be the chosen one.

What will you be doing?

As Armada Music’s new Research & Insights Manager, you will provide the insights that drive business decisions and support the growth of our artists and catalogue. With a highly analytical and inquisitive mindset, you will work closely with our Marketing, A&R and other internal teams to turn data into actionable recommendations.

Strong data literacy is essential for this role. We are looking for someone who not only understands data analytics at a deep level, but can also communicate complex findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders. You will transform raw data into valuable insights that help shape business strategy, optimise performance and identify new opportunities for growth.

Among other challenges, you will:

• Develop reporting that measure release performance and support data-driven decision-making;
• Create and enhance dashboards and reports, improving performance and functionality;
• Conduct in-depth analyses that uncover actionable insights and strategic opportunities;
• Identify and evaluate new data sources, methodologies and technologies, including machine learning;
• Act as the company’s subject matter expert on analytics, insights and industry developments;
• Proactively leverage data to improve business performance and identify growth opportunities.

What does the chosen one look like?

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience;
• Proven experience in data analysis and business intelligence;
• Strong collaboration skills and a solid understanding of business processes;
• Experience with Python (including connecting APIs), SQL and GitHub;
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to collect, structure and interpret data;
• Experience working with relational databases and large datasets, using Medallion Data Architecture;
• Experience with Databricks or a similar modern data and analytics platform is a plus;
• Experience within the music industry;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Nice things to have:

• Experience implementing machine learning models and workflows;
• Experience with MySQL, PHP, Symfony and React; used for our internal insights application
• Experience with data visualisation and reporting tools

What do you get in return?

At Armada Music, you’ll pursue your passion on an international scale. Working in an inspiring and music-driven environment, you’ll join a young, ambitious and dynamic team of talented professionals.

We also offer an attractive pension scheme for when we finally decide to grow up. Our Amsterdam office features a gym and even an in-house club, because great music deserves a great workplace.

About Armada Music

Armada Music is the biggest independent dance music label in the world, founded in 2003 by Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis (AR-MA-DA). Promoting dance music all over the world from its offices in Amsterdam (HQ), New York and London, Armada Music represents and cultivates the creative exploits of some of the biggest players in the electronic music game, including Armin van Buuren, Lilly Palmer, D.O.D, Hannah Laing, ARTY, Audien, Giorgia Angiuli, Yulia Niko, Tensnake, Eelke Kleijn, Jan Blomqvist, Joris Voorn, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano and THEMBA.