Luminate is hiring: Director, Music Industry Sales in New York

Are you an entertainment news junkie? Do you thrill your friends with tales torn from famous and obscure sources about artists and performers of every ilk? Are you a bit of a data‑head who’s a little obsessed with entertainment charts, ranks, lists and stats? Do you knowingly smile to yourself as you watch a story’s blow‑up path, from the feeds to the web to TV, all fueled by the public’s fascination with all things entertainment? And do you have an eye for fact‑based stories and an understanding of the role data plays in their telling? If so, we’d like to talk!

Luminate is the preeminent entertainment data and insights company, unlocking access to the most essential, objective, and trustworthy data compiled from thousands of verified data sources. The beneficiary of industry consolidation, Luminate now houses what was once Nielsen Music, BDS Radio, SoundScan, Music Connect, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence.

The Opportunity: Partner with the Greatest Minds in Music

Luminate is the world’s most comprehensive entertainment data and insights company, powering the industry’s most critical decisions. We are seeking a proven revenue leader for our New York music industry group—someone capable of navigating the high‑stakes intersection of data and culture.

The Director, Music Industry Sales will work alongside the greatest industry minds in music, helping their businesses evolve and scale through the power of elite insights. As a strategic partner to our most endemic and vital customers—the Major Labels—you will serve as the architect of their data‑driven evolution. This is a unique opportunity to lead a team while personally driving the strategy for our largest revenue contributors.

You will join us four days a week in our beautiful Bryant Park office, a vibrant hub where you’ll share space and collaborate with the iconic teams from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Variety.

What You’ll Own

• Strategic Growth and Revenue Leadership: Define and execute a comprehensive GTM strategy for the Major Label and Distribution sectors, ensuring consistent year‑over‑year revenue growth through innovative solutions.
• Executive Strategic Partnership: Act as a peer and primary liaison to senior label executives, utilizing deep industry knowledge to help them scale their businesses and stay ahead of global market shifts.
• Revenue Ownership and Operations: Partner closely with Sales Leadership and Revenue Operations to accurately own the revenue growth engine, ensuring high‑fidelity forecasting and flawless data integrity.
• Renewal and Joint Business Planning: Architect and negotiate strategic renewal frameworks and Joint Business Plans that protect core revenue while identifying expansion opportunities.
• Institutional Operational Rigor: Operationalize the business unit by implementing standardized Close Tenets and weekly pipeline accountability to provide long‑term visibility into the health of our enterprise partners.
• High‑Value Deal Architecture: Structure and negotiate complex, five to seven‑figure partnership deals and catalog acquisitions using quantitative frameworks to evaluate revenue projections.
• Scalable Process Design: Develop new processes to drive efficiency at scale, including strategic software recommendations for call‑listening and lead‑tracking to accelerate the sales funnel.
• Team Mentorship and Development: Recruit and build a high‑performance team as the business scales, defining roles and responsibilities while coaching the next generation of sales leaders.

Who You Are

• Proven Revenue Leader: You have a demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and exceeding targets through complex, high‑value deals within the Major Label ecosystem.
• Strategic Visionary: You possess the authority and industry depth to speak to senior label executives about the future of their businesses, helping them evolve their strategies with data.
• The Operator Mentality: You move fast, think like an owner, and are comfortable building when there is no roadmap.
• Analytical and Technical Guide: You possess the financial acumen to build complex models and the technical fluency to ensure Salesforce integrity at scale.
• Deeply Networked: You possess an established network across the music ecosystem, including major and independent labels, distributors, and publishers.

Why Luminate?

• Unrivaled Industry Access: Influence the business strategies of the world’s largest entertainment brands and major labels using the industry's most trusted data.
• True Ownership: You are not inheriting a legacy fix; you are creating a modern business line with the backing of elite enterprise resources in Data Science, Finance, and Legal.
• Career Acceleration: Successfully professionalizing this segment positions you for senior executive leadership roles within the world’s premier data and entertainment ecosystem.

Work Arrangement

As Luminate values in‑person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite four days a week and one day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.

Compensation & Benefits

For candidates based in New York: A good‑faith estimate of the salary is $145,000 – $160,000 + commission upon hire. We consider your skills and experience, what similar jobs pay at companies of our size, and ensure fair pay among colleagues. Final base salary offer amounts are determined by factors including your experience and expertise. In addition we are proud to offer additional perks and benefits that contribute and complete our total compensation package. Luminate reserves the right to change our compensation bands at any time.

Additionally, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Luminate is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.