Music & Artist Relations Lead
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
- Company size
- Startup
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Senior music industry operator to lead artist relations at a pre-launch music tech startup. Must have built and led artist- or partnership-facing teams, with owned relationships across the US emerging/mid-tier artist ecosystem. 0→1 experience and people management required.
ABOUT GRAI
GRAI is reimagining how music is discovered and shared, created around the social layer of it. We're pre-launch, moving fast, and building the infrastructure for how the next generation of artists connects with their audience.
THE ROLE
You'll lead artist relations at GRAI — own the strategy, build the function, and grow the team behind it. This is a leadership seat: you set direction, define how GRAI works with artists, and are accountable for the outcomes. At this stage you'll be hands-on while you build, then scale yourself out as the team grows. You'll work directly with the founding team and partner closely with Product, Marketing and Brand.
WHAT YOU’LL OWN
- The artist relations strategy end-to-end — landscape, priorities, and how it maps to GRAI's growth stage
- The framework for how GRAI works with artists: onboarding, co-marketing, content integrations, ambassador relationships
- The onboarding pipeline as a system — from industry networks and platforms to live events and social discovery
- The most important artist relationships personally; the rest you build a team and playbook to run
- Hiring, leading, and developing the artist relations team
- The artist's voice at the leadership table — turning ground-level insight into product and marketing decisions
- Partnership opportunities beyond the app: campaigns, content, events
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- A senior operator from the music industry who has built and led artist- or partnership-facing teams (label, streaming platform, music tech, artist management)
- Real, owned relationships across the US emerging/mid-tier artist ecosystem
- Fluent in both the creative side of artists and the business side of partnerships
- Has done 0→1 and managed people — comfortable being in the weeds pre-launch and scaling into pure leadership as the function matures
- Strategy and execution in the same person
WHAT WE OFFER
- A leadership seat with a direct line to the founding team — you shape product direction
- Ground-floor moment at a music tech company with serious backing and a clear thesis
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Flexibility in how you work
- US/remote
What you'll do
- The artist relations strategy end-to-end — landscape, priorities, and how it maps to GRAI's growth stage
- The framework for how GRAI works with artists: onboarding, co-marketing, content integrations, ambassador relationships
- The onboarding pipeline as a system — from industry networks and platforms to live events and social discovery
- The most important artist relationships personally; the rest you build a team and playbook to run
- Hiring, leading, and developing the artist relations team
What they require
- A senior operator from the music industry who has built and led artist- or partnership-facing teams (label, streaming platform, music tech, artist management)
- Real, owned relationships across the US emerging/mid-tier artist ecosystem
- Fluent in both the creative side of artists and the business side of partnerships
- Has done 0→1 and managed people — comfortable being in the weeds pre-launch and scaling into pure leadership as the function matures
- Strategy and execution in the same person
Benefits
- A leadership seat with a direct line to the founding team — you shape product direction
- Ground-floor moment at a music tech company with serious backing and a clear thesis
- Competitive compensation + equity
- Flexibility in how you work
GRAI is reimagining how music is discovered and shared, created around the social layer of it. We're pre-launch, moving fast, and building the infrastructure for how the next generation of artists connects with their audience.