Head of Digital Supply Chain

Job Description :

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses :

Curiosity : We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

Collaboration : Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

Commitment : We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title : Head of Digital Supply Chain

A little bit about our team :

Warner Chappell Production Music (WCPM) is a global leader within the production and custom music industry and a proud member of the Warner Music Group and Warner Chappell Music families. Together we share a commitment to inspire through music.

WCPM is home to over 120 carefully curated catalogs whose hand-picked composers and artists have garnered EMMY, Telly, Addy and Promax Awards. With studios in Los Angeles and Nashville as well as offices in London, Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and São Paulo WCPM releases over 1000 albums a year.

Your role :

The Head of Digital Supply Chain will be a key strategic leader responsible for implementing and optimizing all aspects of Warner Chappell Production Music’s global digital supply chain and technology infrastructure, including day-to-day operations and development oversight of music search platforms, CRM, metadata, and asset / data hosting and distribution. This is a highly cross-functional role both within Warner Chappell Production Music, and the wider Warner Chappell and Warner Music Group teams.

This is a pivotal IT position requiring an innovative, strategic approach to a best-in-class music search platform and technical music and data management systems, while managing client, distribution, and sales team needs globally for music access and delivery.

The right candidate will be a highly motivated, forward-thinking leader with a proven track record of overseeing Supply Chain teams within tech, music, or media industries. While Los Angeles is preferred, this role could be based in the Nashville or New York offices, or potentially remote for the right candidate.

Here you’ll get to :

Management & Operations :

Oversee technology and data strategy for Warner Chappell Production Music, in collaboration with WMG Tech, including integration of new capabilities and advancements

Create and manage a long term development roadmap and budget, including evaluating, testing, and integrating appropriate internal and external tech solutions

Oversee strategic and project management of our long-term external partner relationships and related budget and invoicing

Lead OKRs across all functional areas of the WCPM supply chain

Manage and mentor a small digital supply chain team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance

Music Search Platforms & CRM :

Bring our search platforms to the forefront of digital technologies and front-end web development, delivering a best in class UX / UI experience in collaboration with external partners

Steer new enhancements to existing applications to increase productivity

Provide user activity analytics with integration to CRM and marketing software

Translate differing territory needs and business practices into a strategic and effective CRM development roadmap

Metadata :

Oversee big data management, manipulation, integration, delivery, and analytics for music metadata

Inform technical policy on the creation and delivery of metadata across all labels (owned & third-party) and products

Oversee a creative data strategy and how it directly impacts the quality of platform search results, addressing client trends and needs

Asset ingestion & Distribution :

Oversee the bi-monthly new release ingestion & distribution process for all WCPM offices, catalog partners, and delivery end points

Oversee metadata and audio asset spec requirements, including hosting, file encoding, and embedding

Ensure an optimal, globally relevant, digital presence in all applicable markets and sub-published territories

About you :

Bachelor's degree in related field (e.g. Technology, Product, Supply Chain Management, Business, etc.)

8 years of experience in digital supply chain management, preferably in tech, music, or media industries with a deep technical ability as a trusted subject matter authority with content and data management systems

Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence others and a proven track record of leading and managing high-performing teams

Passionate about music and technology.

Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently and as part of a team.

Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

We’d love it if you also had :

A proven track record of breaking down complex processes and identifying key pain points in order to deliver business improvements at a global level

A can-do approach with great communication and presentation skills to simply and effectively communicate complex processes and systems

A working knowledge of Salesforce, Tableau, Snowflake, Power BI, SQL, Confluence, AVID, Adobe Premiere Pro, Alteryx, and Agile project management is advantageous

Familiarity with music copyright data systems and needs including CWR, DDEX, ISRC, ISWC, and Neighboring Rights

Experience in Production Music, and a familiarity with music aggregators and distributors including Source Audio, Netmix, Harvest Media, DSPs, and social media platforms

Understanding and application of search engine optimization principles and technical online customer acquisition strategies across both professional entertainment industries and creator markets (UGC)

About us :

At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.

As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we’re a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we’re committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group : Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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Effective October 1st, this position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Salary Range

125,000-$135,000 / year

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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Salary : $125,000 - $135,000