Senior Product Manager

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 23869

Band: D

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: £43,500 - £45,000 + London Weighting (£5,319) ,depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Office Base is London, Television Centre. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. 

ABOUT BBC STUDIOS

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. 

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. 

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

ABOUT DEMON MUSIC GROUP

Demon Music Group is one of the largest UK independent record companies, specialising in the marketing of physical and digital catalogue music with repertoire sourced from both major and independent companies around the world as well as our own vast library of rights.

We control music catalogues from a number of high-profile artists across a number of genres including Suede, T. Rex, Labi Siffre, Donna Summer and more.

We are the home to a number of successful labels including Demon Records and Edsel, specialising in fan-led high value CD and vinyl box sets, and vinyl re-issues.

Here at Demon, we employ a team of music enthusiasts covering all eras and genres and who are experts in their field. We are passionate about what we do and take pride and care in all our products ensuring our position as one of the UK’s leading independent record companies.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be part of a team responsible for leading the product team across a schedule of physical new releases and catalogue titles across Demon Records, and Edsel.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the product development proceeds smoothly and achieves production deadlines and targets maintaining a high degree of design integrity and commercial competitiveness.

• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with artists and artist management

• Manage vinyl retail exclusives and initiatives

• Manage product consultants 

• Originate new product ideas and ranges in conjunction with sales

• Chart reporting and sales analysis of label performance

• Methodically plan and organise a busy workload of releases

• Manage external vendors and suppliers

• Responsibility for Demon’s physical inception budget

• Manage internal stakeholder relationships with Head of Product, Marketing & Licensing Teams, Digital Product, Operations and Sales Teams. 

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA;

• Extensive experience in physical or digital product management experience within catalogue music marketing with the ability to understand price points, fan bases, repertoire owners (both majors and indies), new formats and packaging ideas.

• Passion for vinyl and a knowledge of the process of being a product manager.

• Ability to demonstrate specific catalogue marketing experience, in particular working effectively under pressure and with a large workload.

• Experience in creating CDs, vinyl, and box sets.

• A strong understanding of licensing process.

• Experience of working with design and mastering companies.

• Able to use the OCC (Official Charts Company) to generate chart reports.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA;

• Solid knowledge of 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, and a broad knowledge of all genres.

• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.  

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

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The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here .

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WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?

• We offer a competitive salary package

• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance 

• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days

• A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more 

• Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding. 

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.