Business Partner Account Manager

600 UMG Recordings Inc; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Fertility coverage

Well-being reimbursements

Student loan repayment assistance

401(k) with employer contribution

Flexible PTO; 3 weeks for exempt, 2‑wk

10 company holidays

Summer Fridays

Generous parental leave

Job summary

Universal Music Group seeks a Business Partner Account Manager in Digital Operations to support partner onboarding, content delivery, and new digital initiatives. You will coordinate with Legal, Strategy, and Rights teams to optimize catalog and partner operations.

The role emphasizes data stewardship, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement in a global digital supply chain. Excellent communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or a related field.
• Strong understanding of digital content distribution and music industries.
• Experience coordinating with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to isolate problems and implement permanent solutions.
• Proactive, methodical, and able to navigate conflicting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Onboard and approve new partners and implement partner setup processes.
• Manage ongoing partner relationships and provide operational guidance.
• Maintain and reconcile repertoire data, ensure data accuracy.
• Support content fulfillment and troubleshoot issues with partners.
• Backfill catalogs and coordinate catalog availability and distribution.
• Identify and implement digital supply chain improvements.
• Assist with emerging business models and partner operations.
• Organize and participate in meetings to meet objectives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Change management

Digital distribution knowledge

Music industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing/Communications

Job description

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

We are seeking a Business Partner Account Manager in our Digital Operations group that globally supports UMG’s owned and associated labels to set up new releases, manage the ongoing delivery of new releases and catalog to business partners, and drive the introduction of new processes, product types and services with a continuous improvement focus. The successful candidate will oversee designated aspects of Business Partner operations and act as the key operational UMG contact for assigned partners, while serving as an internal point of contact for Digital Strategy, Commercial, Business & Legal Affairs, and Rights teams on new partner developments, onboarding activities, and emerging digital initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Business Partner Onboarding & Approval Process Implementation: Ensure the agreed partner setup process required between Business & Legal Affairs and the global digital supply chain is implemented in response to partner account setup requests.
• Business Partner Account Management & Internal UMG Account Support: Manage the ongoing operational and technical relationship management of UMG digital business partners, raise issues with effective communication, provide partner‑specific operational guidance and best practices to internal stakeholders to support successful content delivery and issue resolution.
• Data Stewardship: Run, analyze and reconcile repertoire data using comparison techniques as needed for specialized business partner activities, maintain and update digital records including version control and replacements, collaborate cross‑functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and process adherence.
• Business Partner Fulfillment Support: Manage individual partner content fulfillment as appropriate and in line with partner and UMG business expectations, serve as point of contact for Label Production & Release Support Management teams to troubleshoot content and technical issues with designated partners.
• Business Partner Catalog Backfill: Manage catalog backfill initiatives across the global digital supply chain, remedy catalog gaps due to ingestion incidents and support catalog expansion efforts, act as a liaison within UMG for operational and technical integration activities related to catalog availability, distribution capabilities, and repertoire management enhancements.
• Digital Supply Chain Improvements: Specify future enhancements noted from technical relationships with partners, observe global digital supply chain processes and identify key areas for improvement, support the implementation of new digital fulfillment guidance for emerging digital initiatives, evolving content management capabilities, and new partner requirements.
• Emerging Business Models & Partner Operations Support: Support operational readiness for new partner types, products, and services, including AI‑related platforms and emerging technologies; coordinate with the Business Partner Account Management team leader to evaluate onboarding requirements, operational impacts, and ongoing support models for evolving business opportunities.
• Meeting Attendance and Participation: Organize and participate in meetings as necessary to meet UMG and business partner objectives.

Required Qualities and Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively regarding complex issues with people at all levels within the business.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail, sharp time/project management skills.
• Solutions‑ and results‑driven, conscientious, with a consistent desire to see a job through to conclusion.
• Proven ability to identify improvements to current working methods and systems and facilitate the implementation of change.
• Strong knowledge of key digital formats, digital distribution systems, and music and media industries.
• Technical, operational and commercial expertise in digital content management and distribution.
• Understanding of digital content distribution, DDEX and related technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or a related field.
• Solid overall understanding of different roles throughout a recording company.
• Experience establishing collaborative relationships in an enterprise setting across different groups.
• Experience acting as a central coordination and communication point with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Experience managing operational and technical business relationships.
• Ability to isolate underlying problems and implement permanent solutions.
• Skilled at navigating multiple or conflicting requirements between different parties and determining the best overall solution.
• Proactive and methodical approach to work.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 100% coverage for out‑patient in‑network mental health services.
• Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants.
• Well‑being reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and more (up to $720 per year).
• Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) for exempt employees, 3‑weeks PTO for non‑exempt employees, 2‑weeks paid winter break.
• 10 company holidays (including Juneteenth and Well‑being Day).
• Summer Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
• Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

Universal Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are an E‑Verify employer in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. UMG is not enrolled in E‑Verify in California and NewYork, and cannot support employment of candidates whose employer must enroll in E‑Verify, for example candidates on STEM‑OPT.