Head of Artist Partnerships (AI Music)

Location: Los Angeles preferred, or New York City

Salary: $160,000–$350,000 base salary, plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global builds AI experiences and an artist platform that help musicians and fans create and engage with music.

What you will do

• Lead outreach, relationship development, and negotiations with artists, managers, labels, publishers, and other music-industry stakeholders.
• Drive artist adoption of the hirify.global Artist Platform from initial conversations through onboarding and ongoing engagement.
• Represent artist interests internally while advancing hirify.global’s strategic goals.
• Develop partnership strategies that scale across genres, geographies, and artist profiles.
• Collaborate with legal, product, marketing, and leadership teams to structure participation frameworks, terms, and workflows.
• Represent hirify.global at industry events and use partnership metrics and artist feedback to inform platform improvements.

Requirements

• Deep experience working directly with artists, managers, labels, or other music-industry stakeholders.
• Strong music-industry network with credibility and trust among artists and their representatives.
• Proven ability to negotiate, close, and manage complex partnerships or deals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to bridge creative, legal, and technical conversations.
• Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to operate at executive and working levels internally and externally.

Nice to have

• Experience at a record label, music technology company, management firm, or digital platform.
• Familiarity with artist rights, licensing structures, and creator-economy models.
• Experience launching or scaling artist-facing platforms or programs.
• Background working with emerging technologies in music or creative tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape how artists engage with hirify.global during a pivotal stage of company growth.
• Work with artists and music-industry leaders on creative collaboration.
• Small, ambitious team focused on relationships, trust, and execution.
• Equity, quarterly productivity budget, flexible time off, and productivity tools including ChatGPT Plus, Claude Code, and Copilot.
• Private health, dental, and vision insurance, with dependent coverage, plus 401(k) options with 5% employer matching.
• Medical, mental health, life insurance, and travel assistance benefits.