Senior Technical Program Manager, Spotify

$143.7-179.6k

+ Equity. Salary is benchmarked based on US rates and may vary depending on the location

Senior and Expert level

Boston

New York

Toronto

Remote from Canada, US

Commercial music streaming service

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Commercial music streaming service

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Be an early applicant

$143.7-179.6k

+ Equity. Salary is benchmarked based on US rates and may vary depending on the location

Senior and Expert level

Boston

New York

Toronto

Remote from Canada, US

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Company mission

To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have 8+ years of experience in technical program management, including meaningful time on ML, AI, data platforms, or similarly complex technical work
You have a track record of delivering multi-team technical programs from early planning through production launch, and you hold yourself accountable for results
You understand ML development workflows such as model training, experimentation, feature engineering, data pipelines, and production inference. You don't need to be an ML engineer yourself
You build trusted relationships with engineering and product leaders, especially in distributed, cross-functional organizations
You communicate clearly and can turn technical work into stories that make sense to everyone from engineers to executives
You're comfortable with ambiguity and create clarity that helps teams with different priorities and timelines find a shared path forward
You lead through influence rather than authority, and you care about the people and teams you work with
You enjoy helping others grow and bring curiosity and openness to how programs can run better

What the job involves

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to help bring some of our most meaningful machine learning and personalisation work to life
You'll lead cross-functional programs that shape how hundreds of millions of listeners discover music, podcasts, and audiobooks
You'll be the connective tissue between teams who turn billions of daily listening signals into recommendations that feel personal to every listener
Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale ML and personalization initiatives, bringing together engineering, data science, product, and design
Drive the delivery of recommendation systems and personalization models used by listeners around the world, with clear accountability for outcomes
Own program roadmaps, milestones, dependency maps, and risk plans, identifying risks early and working with teams to resolve them before they become blockers
Orchestrate ML development workflows, including model training pipelines, experimentation, data infrastructure, and production deployment
Partner with engineering leaders on capacity planning, resourcing, and technical trade-off decisions
Drive alignment across ML engineering, data science, product, platform, and UX teams so everyone is working toward the same goals
Set up program metrics, reporting rhythms, and dashboards that give leadership clear visibility into progress, risks, and decisions
Keep leadership well-informed with no surprises through clear, data-informed communication, and help improve how teams work across the ML lifecycle
This team operates within the US Eastern timezone for collaboration

Our take

Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.

With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.

Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jan 2016

$1bn

CONVERTIBLE

Jun 2015

$526m

SERIES G

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs

Company HQ

Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län

Leadership

Daniel Ek

(CEO & Chairman)

Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.

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