Music Business Development Manager, APAC

Meta; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in Singapore seeks a Music Business Development Manager to drive the music strategy across the APAC region. This role involves supporting licensing negotiations and engaging with record label and music publishing partners. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience in business development and a proven track record in complex negotiations. Strong communication skills and leadership abilities are essential as you will work across multiple teams to enhance music's impact in the Meta ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in business development and partnerships.
• Experience negotiating multi-year, high-value deals.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Meta's Music strategy and Business Development in APAC.
• Engage in strategic planning and operational support for music partners.
• Negotiate licensing arrangements with Music and Content partners.

Skills

Business development

Commercial negotiations

Partnership management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Job description

Music Business Development Manager, APAC

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In this role you will be working to support Meta's Music Business Development activity, including strategic planning, execution of licensing arrangements, and partner management across the full suite of Meta's family of apps. This role will focus primarily on engaging music industry label partners (as well as Music publishing partners) to help expand the impact of music within the Meta ecosystem across the wider APAC region. This is a rare opportunity to join a highly impactful team at Meta during a dynamic time for digital content.

Music Business Development Manager, APAC Responsibilities

• Support Meta's Music strategy and Business Development activity within APAC, primarily across record label partners, however also in respect of music publishing partners.
• Engage in strategic planning, business modelling, and operational support for Meta's Music partners.
• Negotiate and enter into licensing arrangements with Music and Content partners in the APAC region.
• Increase the impact of Music across Meta's family of apps, in partnership with Meta's cross-functional Content and Partnerships teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in business development, commercial negotiations, and partnerships, preferably within the Music, Content, or digital media industries.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and closing multi-year, high value complex deals.
• Demonstrated experience of engaging across multiple levels of decision makers from C-Level, through VP and Director / Managerial stakeholders to build consensus influence decision-making processes.
• Effective communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with proven track record to adapt to varied audiences and different perspectives (ideally across multi-Territory remits).
• Demonstrable understanding of how content operations, rights management, and technology works, including an interest for Meta products and the digital marketing landscape.
• Proven track record leading and executing multiple time-sensitive projects in parallel.
• Proven experience in working successfully with cross-functional peers and stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Demonstrable project management and quantitative analytical skills, including effective strategic planning and budget modelling.
• Full professional fluency in English to fully execute external and internal communication and business interactions.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly or monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Business Development and Sales

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet