Strategic Partnerships – Business Development Lead
DistroKid
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Spot, shape, and close the right partnership and business development opportunities to help more artists choose and stick with DistroKid.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with partners—be someone people genuinely want to work with.
- Lead the end-to-end deal process, from finding and negotiating with partners to launching collaborations that deliver real value and expand our reach.
- Find new opportunity spaces, help us enter them early, and drive our growth within them.
- Stay focused on what’s next—spot trends early, keep us ready to move, and make sure DistroKid is delivering new opportunities for artists right when they need them most.
- Set clear goals for every partnership, use data and insights to measure what’s working, and share what we learn across teams and with partners so we keep getting better and stay ahead
Requirements
- You have significant experience owning business development and partnerships—ideally in tech, entertainment, or a fast-moving creative industry.
- You have a strong network and know how to turn connections into real opportunities.
- You can see the big picture and act on it, but you’re relentless about follow-through and execution.
- You know how to negotiate deals that set us up for long-term wins, not just short-term gains.
- You’re as comfortable building solid relationships internally as you are externally.
- Data and outcomes matter to you—you use them to learn, improve, and drive decisions.
- You foster strong partnerships. People value working with you, and teams appreciate having you on their side.
Benefits
- Retirement plans (401k, SIPP, etc.)
- Health insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Parental leave
- Home office allowance
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid and discounted subscriptions
- Regular engagement activities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Soft skills
relationship buildingnegotiationstrategic thinkingdata analysisexecutionfollow-throughpartnership developmentcommunicationcollaborationtrend spotting