# Who we are 

UnitedMasters provides premium music distribution services and facilitates unique partnerships between artists and the world’s biggest brands. As opposed to traditional record labels, we enable artists to maintain full ownership of their music, understand & connect with their fans and expand their reach to millions of new fans worldwide through our direct brand partnerships with the NBA, TikTok, Bose, and many others. Our platform empowers 100k artists, including NLE Choppa, Tobe Nwigwe, Bayli, and KOTA the Friend.

# What's the role?

UnitedMasters is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Head of Business Development to lead our new business and partnerships team. Reporting to the President of UnitedMasters, you will work cross functionally with our product, sales, marketing, music, legal and finance teams to drive value through our new and existing partners by implementing successful execution that align with the company’s overall business objectives. You will be responsible for getting ahead of the curve in the music landscape, bringing value to our artists and understanding the needs of our users. The initiatives you bring in will help shape the careers of more than 1.5M artists on our platform. 

# Essential responsibilities you’ll own

• Set our business development strategy and lead in its execution, working closely with our President, and senior leadership team, providing UnitedMasters artists with unique opportunities to earn and grow while positioning UnitedMasters as a leader in the MusicTech/Creator ecosystem.
• Source, negotiate and execute deals that bring value to the UnitedMasters platform.
  Own relationships with existing partners to grow and deepen those partnerships, identifying supplemental opportunities that add value to UnitedMasters and to our partners.
• Lead strategic and complex negotiations, engaging cross-functionally with Product, Sales, Marketing, Music, Legal, Finance and executive team to ensure alignment across teams on deal terms.
• Build out opportunities throughout the deal lifecycle, including commercial agreements, due diligence, alignment from both internal and external parties and successfully integrate for business success.
• Lead a small team of top-performing partnerships and business development managers to grow and scale our strategic initiatives.

# Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of professional experience in business development, strategy, corp dev, management consulting or related field
• Ability to work in fast paced start-up environment and prioritize and execute at a high level, mult-disciplinary role
• Experience in technology industry strongly preferred, music experience is a plus but not required
  Ability to work cross collaboratively with various business teams and external parties
  Bachelor’s Degree, MBA preferred