Director, Strategic Initiatives

Job Description

A little bit about our team:

WMX, Warner Music Group's culture-driving media, creative content, and artist services' division, sets a new standard for artists, advertisers, and fans through world class experiences, award-winning creative content, and industry leading audience insights. At WMX (Warner Music Experience) we're building the music industry's most dynamic artist and fan-centric organization, creating fans and influencing culture through engaging content and best-in-class experiences. We partner with acclaimed brands and emerging artists to create innovative, authentic, world-class consumer experiences.

Your role:

This role serves as a strategic thought partner and operational extension to the President of Merchandise & E-Commerce and the Chief Financial Officer, WMX

The Director, Strategic Initiatives will focus on enabling leadership efficiency - helping gather inputs, structure ideas, and translate priorities into clear, actionable communication across the organization. This person will play a central role in coordinating strategy from leadership and key collaborators. They will prepare materials and ensure information flows clearly up, down, and across the business.

Rather than directly owning business lines, this role is about bringing clarity, alignment, and rigor to how decisions are developed and communicated.

Here you'll get to:

Strategic Support & Synthesis
• Gather inputs, research, and perspectives from across merchandising, e-commerce, physical, and finance teams
• Help structure and refine strategic priorities originating from the President, CFO, and broader leadership team
• Synthesize complex information into clear narratives, frameworks, and recommendations
• Support the development of arguments, strategic memos, and executive-level presentations

Executive Communications & Materials
• Lead creation of high-quality presentations, briefing documents, and talking points for internal and external audiences
• Ensure consistency and clarity in how strategies, priorities, and performance updates are communicated
• Prepare leadership for key meetings by coordinating materials, aligning collaborators, and surfacing key issues
• Translate detailed operational and financial information into digestible insights for senior audiences

Operating Rhythm & Coordination
• Help organize and run key meetings (e.g., staff meetings, business reviews, planning sessions, offsites)
• Build agendas, compile materials, and ensure follow-ups and action items are clearly documented
• Coordinate across teams to ensure inputs are collected on time and materials are aligned
• Maintain access to key initiatives and priorities to support leadership alignment

Cross-Functional Alignment & Information Flow
• Act as a central point for consolidating information across merchandising, e-commerce, physical, and finance teams
• Ensure leadership teams are working from consistent data, assumptions, and narratives
• Facilitate communication between collaborators, helping to clarify priorities and reduce friction
• Support cascading of key messages and decisions throughout the organization

Analytical & Research Support
• Conduct research and analysis to support decision-making (market trends, competitive insights, performance data)
• Partner with finance and analytics teams to gather and interpret important data
• Help frame questions, identify data needs, and package findings into clear outputs for leadership

About you:
• 8-12+ years of experience in strategy, operations, finance, consulting, or business operations
• Experience supporting senior leaders in a strategic support role
• Exceptional at structuring ambiguous problems and synthesizing complex information
• Strong written and visual communication skills - you can build clear, compelling decks and narratives
• Highly organized and diligent; able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines
• Strong collaborator with the ability to work across functions and levels of seniority
• High EQ and sound judgment; comfortable operating behind the scenes to support leadership
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret and translate financial and operational data
• Discreet, reliable, and operates with a strong sense of ownership and integrity

We'd love it if you also had:
• Experience in music, media, consumer products, or e-commerce
• Familiarity with merchandising, DTC, or physical product businesses
• Experience working in a matrixed organization with multiple collaborators
• Background in finance or working closely with finance teams

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite Salary Range: $160,000 to $185,000 Annually Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Links to relevant documents:

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EVerify Participation Poster.pdf

Right To Work .pdf

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-5b50q3-216-73-216-67-42 in your application.