Market Development Lead Saudi Arabia
Spotify
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the initiative of growing Spotify's presence in Saudi Arabia
- Stay updated on industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments to identify new opportunities, understand, articulate & action on industry movement & opportunities
- Be the focal point for regional strategic partnerships with the goal to accelerate Spotify's brand & commercial growth in the region
- Through your existing network, introduce relevant partners to Spotify that align with company brand values and business goals
- Monitor performance, analyze data, and provide regular reports and insights to internal partners
- Act as a strategic partner of the managing & leadership team, working closely to align workstreams and to optimize plans towards market growth priorities. Ensure communication and alignment between all key functions (local & global), including Human Resources, Content Operations, Payments, Finance, Advertisements, Marketing, Public Relation, etc
- Be the central contact for global teams on new market initiatives, leveraging experienced knowledge of Saudi Arabia to increase the impact -and assure local relevance-of planning, prioritization & implementation
- Identify and solve internal operational challenges and opportunities-for- improvement. Ensure the efficiency of the market's business operations & processes, across functions. Establish framework that promote Spotify's mission, culture & values in the market
- Elaborate learning agenda for key critical initiatives, interpret results, prepare presentations and communicate findings to local leadership and the broader organization
- Support or, at times, step in to lead key strategic or operational initiatives critical to the Saudi Arabia market's growth
- Be a leader disseminating the Spotify culture, crafting an environment to encourage and empower cross functional teams locally
- You have at least 8 years of experience in digital and/or Tech-Media-Telecom industries, having worked with both established global players and early-stage startups in Saudi Arabia
- Partnerships, business development and or strategy consulting experience preferred
- Extensive Saudi Arabia experience is a must as well as a strong professional network within the relevant industry bodies
- Shown experience in Go-To-Market planning and working with an international team
- Comfortable analyzing data, orchestrating events, leading sophisticated projects and negotiating a deal with C-Level decision makers
- Shown results demonstrating thought leadership and business judgment, developing and interpreting deep data analysis, communicating detailed analysis and insights with simplicity, clarity, and confidence
- Organized, process-driven strategic problem solver
- Media trained, experience in communicating with press media in both English & Arabic
- Ability to learn new concepts, technologies, and businesses quickly and produce quality work in short time-frames
- Proficient in English and Arabic
- Genuine, confident, flexible and thrive in a constantly changing environment
- This position is available through a third party and you will be based in Saudi Arabia