Director, Business Intelligence

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. 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.

Director of Business Intelligence CD Baby | A Virgin Music Group Company Full-Time | Los Angeles, CA / Nashville, TN / New York, NY | Remote Considered

• Establish a company-wide BI vision and multi-quarter roadmap.
• Standardize core metrics and KPIs across business, product and technology teams.
• Prioritize the highest-impact insights that drive growth, retention, and artist success.
• Build scalable and self-service reporting that reduces ad hoc dependency.
• Evaluate and deploy AI-enabled analytics tools that scale insight generation and reduce dependency on manual reporting

• Lead segmentation, cohort analysis, lifetime value modeling, and churn analysis.
• Identify growth opportunities, at-risk artists, and high-value segments.
• Define and measure success metrics for new product and feature launches.
• Support experimentation and A/B testing with rigorous statistical analysis.
• Analyze streaming consumption, revenue, and audience trends across digital platforms to identify opportunities for artist growth, monetization, and business performance.

• Partner with Data Engineering to continuously improve data quality, modeling, and governance.
• Own the business-facing analytics layer, building scalable data models, reporting infrastructure, and self-service tools that enable trusted, actionable insights across the organization.
• Translate complex datasets into clear, executive-ready narratives.

• 7 or more years of experience in data analytics, customer insights, business intelligence, or a related field.
• Advanced SQL; experience with modern BI tools and cloud warehouses, such as Snowflake, Big Query, dbt, Cube.
• Hands‑on experience building dashboards and reports in enterprise BI tools.
• Strong foundation in customer and commercial analytics, including segmentation, lifetime value, retention, churn, experimentation, and revenue performance.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and communicate clearly at all levels.

CD Baby is a music industry pioneer, empowering independent artists to distribute, monetize, and grow their music careers globally. As a Virgin Music Group company, we combine the entrepreneurial spirit of an indie platform with the resources and reach of a major music group. Our technology and data teams sit at the heart of how we serve millions of artists worldwide.

Playlist:
Join an entrepreneurial, global organization where authenticity, boldness, creativity, connection, drive, and insight aren’t just values—they’re how we work every day.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Including 100% coverage for out‑patient in‑network mental health services
• Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants
• Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/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
• A variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
• 3‑weeks PTO…