General Manager Job Amsterdam area,North Holland Netherlands,Management

Overview

Warner Chappell Music (WCM) is seeking an ambitious and value-driven General Manager (GM) to lead its Benelux operations in Amsterdam. Reporting directly to the President of Warner Music Central Europe & Warner Chappell Music Benelux, the GM will drive the P&L and strategically grow WCM NL's market share, all while championing our cultural values:
Curiosity, Collaboration, and Commitment. This role requires a leader who is operationally savvy yet possesses a strong creative lens to drive the core business.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Exploration & Curiosity

Drive a culture of curiosity and innovation across creative and A&R functions, integrating both traditional A&R activities; sourcing, signing, and scalable songwriter development, with a creative POV that explores new genres and non-traditional deals.
Proactively analyze market trends, digital platforms, and consumption shifts using data and local insights to translate new insights into actionable, culturally relevant creative and commercial strategies.
Provide strategic guidance to the A&R team to ensure bold signing decisions are matched with a strategy to amplify songwriters to drive success and growth of the overall business.

Commercial Growth & Strategic Commitment

Full ownership of the WCM NL P&L, demonstrating commitment to achieving ambitious commercial growth targets to budget and provide accurate forecasting.
Oversee all administrative functions, ensuring high standards of compliance and efficiency.
Ensure the Administration team's effectiveness, leveraging their expertise and deep local relationships with the local collection society.

Team Development & Collaboration

Act as the key facilitator, fostering seamless collaboration between A&R, Sync, Production Music, and Administration teams to ensure all creative output is efficiently monetized and administered.
Serve as the principal external face of WCM NL, building and nurturing powerful collaborative relationships with songwriters, managers, key partners, and the Global Leadership team.
Work with Finance and local WMG teams for best practices and share knowledge.
Lead, mentor, and inspire the team, embodying WCM's values and fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Qualifications

Minimum 5+ years of senior-level experience in Publishing, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity managing and mentoring a team. Exceptional strategic and strong commercial mindset, understanding the music industry’s revenue streams and business models, and a proven ability to drive revenue and manage large budgets effectively. Outstanding leadership and relationship-management skills, coupled with the ability to lead, negotiate, and close contracts with key external partners.

Equal

Opportunity Employer

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, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.

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