TIDAL is a global music and entertainment streaming platform committed to creating a deeper connection between artists and fans through its library of more than 80 million songs, over 350,000 high quality videos, and available in over 60 countries. In addition, TIDAL offers its subscribers exclusive access to high-profile music and music videos, original content series, podcasts, documentaries, livestream concerts, tickets, merchandise and live experiences. Together, TIDAL and Block will be music-obsessed and artist-focused while we explore new artist tools, listener experiences, and access to financial systems that help artists be more successful.

At TIDAL, we’re focused on economic empowerment for artists, and a foundational element is how artists are paid. We are looking for a seasoned and analytical product manager to lead product development for TIDAL’s Royalties teams. In this role, you’ll be defining product strategy, aligning data structures and leading development for payment and reporting of royalties to rights holders. You will work closely with engineering, business affairs & licensing, analytics, artist product, and finance functions to build these products and processes. You will be expected to deeply understand and manage requirements, manage and influence stakeholders, and to effectively prioritize opportunities and resources. 

As an early member of this Royalties Product team, you will help define and scale the function, including defining best practices and contributing to TIDAL’s product culture. This role reports to the Royalties lead

This role is remote-friendly (U.S. only).

You Will:

Define product strategy: 

• Identify and align requirements for making Royalties data an asset to our Artists

• Use artist and fan data insights to inform features and development related to streaming and other payouts

• Reflect an understanding and empathy for artists as well as other key players in the music creation and distribution ecosystem, with a passion for improving their economic outcomes

• Manage a broad set of internal stakeholders to ensure we are building the right products, tracking the right success metrics, and communicating developments

Drive execution: 

• Define, document, and communicate objectives, product requirements, and constraints for product initiatives and releases

• Partner with engineering, business analytics & licensing, finance functions and analytics to develop and communicate a clear roadmap while executing on initiatives from ideation through delivery 

• Collaborate with other PMs and internal functions for sequencing and dependency management 

• Work cross-functionally with our business affairs, label & artist relations, and customer success, teams to identify pain points and determine high-impact opportunities to drive third party relationships

Set up for success: 

• Engage the right stakeholders and senior company leaders to align resources and prioritization

You Have:

• 5+ years of product management experience or related/equivalent experience with a minimum of 2-3 years of dedicated product management experience required
• Experience shipping and iterating on growing products that required partnering across multiple teams
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements, and vice versa
• Ability to operate at both a strategic and technical level
• Obsessive about design and user experience, 
• Product vision founded in customer discovery and backed by an analytical and metrics-driven approach using data and experimentation to guide decisions and strategy

Even better:

• Comfort with SQL and data analysis is strongly preferred
• Experience in royalties, music, entertainment, or licensing
• Familiarity with developments in the creator economy

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $167,300 - USD $204,500
Zone B: USD $158,900 - USD $194,300
Zone C: USD $150,600 - USD $184,000
Zone D: USD $142,200 - USD $173,800

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits 
• Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources 

This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.