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Music is Universal It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does. Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation. We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [email protected]. The A Side: A Day in the Life Universal Music Group for Brands (UMGB) is the dedicated brand agency of Universal Music Group, creating innovative business solutions that connect brands with culture through music. As Senior Director, Data & Innovation, you will shape the future of UMGB's data,   insight   and AI capabilities, leading the strategy, development and adoption of proprietary platforms that transform cultural intelligence into commercial advantage. You will combine product leadership, analytics, AI,   engineering   and innovation to build trusted enterprise solutions used by teams and clients globally. The B Side: Skills & Experience Core Responsibilities • Define and lead the global Data & Innovation strategy, aligning product,   technology   and commercial priorities. • Own   the roadmap for proprietary insight platforms, evolving MVPs into secure, scalable enterprise products. • Surface data-driven cultural trends from UMG's proprietary datasets and translate them into actionable commercial opportunities. • Develop category, audience and market insights that underpin strategic planning, client   engagement   and new business. • Build intuitive self-service dashboards and workflows that   democratise   access to insights across global markets. • Connect internal, partner and licensed datasets through modern APIs and data products to enrich intelligence capabilities. • Champion data provenance, transparency and explainability through evidence-backed insights, confidence   scoring   and   methodology   documentation. • Lead responsible AI implementation, ensuring generated outputs are source-grounded, explainable,   governed   and suitable for external use. • Establish governance frameworks spanning AI, data quality, security, privacy,   auditability   and enterprise compliance. • Lead strategic conversations around clean rooms, data partnerships, measurement and emerging technology with brands,   agencies   and platform partners. • Drive continuous innovation across AI, creative technology and cultural intelligence, identifying new commercial opportunities. • Partner with Strategy, Commercial, Engineering, Design and Analytics teams to translate business needs into scalable product solutions. • Embed best practices across product development, engineering, testing, deployment,   monitoring   and operational excellence. • Lead global product adoption,   training   and change management to   maximise   business impact. • Develop and mentor a high-performing multidisciplinary team, fostering a culture of innovation,   collaboration   and continuous learning. Personal Specification Necessary • Extensive experience leading data, analytics, digital   product   or innovation functions. • Proven   track record   delivering enterprise data products or SaaS platforms from concept through deployment. • Strong commercial mindset with the ability to translate technical capability into client value. • Excellent knowledge of SQL and modern analytics platforms; experience with Python,   BigQuery   and BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power   BI   or Domo) is desirable. • Experience with AI-enabled products, LLM workflows, explainability, governance and responsible AI. • Strong understanding of enterprise architecture including APIs, authentication, RBAC, audit   logging   and cloud platforms. • Experience   establishing   data governance,   provenance   and quality frameworks. • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence executive,   commercial   and technical audiences. • Highly collaborative, strategically   minded   and comfortable operating in ambiguity while   remaining   hands-on when   required . • Demonstrated experience building and developing high-performing teams. • Bachelor's degree in Business , Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering,   Media   or related discipline; MBA or postgraduate qualification desirable. Leadership Attributes • Visionary product and innovation leader. • Commercially curious with strong strategic judgement. • Passionate about music, culture,   technology   and creativity. • Balances experimentation with enterprise discipline and governance. • Trusted collaborator who inspires teams and builds strong stakeholder relationships. Bonus Tracks: Why This Role Matters This role sits at the intersection of data, culture,   AI   and commercial innovation. You will define how Universal Music Group for Brands turns proprietary cultural intelligence into differentiated products, trusted client   solutions   and new commercial opportunities, helping shape the next generation of data-led marketing. Just So You Know… The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement. Job Category: Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence