WELCOME TO UTOPIA
Music is incredible. It can excite hundreds, and unite thousands. But as an industry, it has been slow, complicated, and disparate. While the tech world has moved into the future, the music industry continues to be shaped by inefficient systems of the past. At Utopia we believe there is a better way. Which is why today we are setting out to transform the entire industry; creating new revenue streams, consolidating the data and decluttering the admin. Unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space. Some might call that a Utopia.
Funnily enough, so do we. Welcome to Utopia. Where music lives.
WHAT UTOPIANS DO
The open secret is that the music industry is struggling with the very basics of music accounting: What was played, when and where? Who should get paid and how much?
Utopia Music is bridging the data gap by connecting global consumption, accurate metadata, and fast payments to an industry-wide trust platform. Our goal is to unlock creative value and enable Fair Pay For Every Play to make a better world for Music. The solutions we offer do not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents – it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection for all.
THE ROLE
As an Analyst/Manager within Utopia’s Corporate Development team, your responsibility will be to create and follow up on the value proposition for each incoming acquisition. To succeed, you need to obtain a thorough understanding of Utopia’s business to analyze how we can add the most value to incoming companies.
It is important that you have a thorough understanding of the market, and are keen to develop an understanding of Utopia’s operations, and the incoming companies to properly map the synergies and maximize the deal value. Additionally, creativity will be a crucial aspect to find the not-so-clear opportunities. The Analyst/Manager titles will be based on your experience.
- Assisting the Corporate Development team with everything from market analysis to value creation and integration efforts.
- Assisting the day-to-day work around the M&A process and the value creation work post acquisition.
- Being a key player in writing Value Creation plans for upcoming acquisition.
- Taking a leading role in ensuring high quality for content delivered.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As an Analyst/Manager within Utopia’s Corporate Development team, your responsibility will be to create and follow up on the value proposition for each incoming acquisition. To succeed, you need to obtain a thorough understanding of Utopia’s business to see where we can add the most value to incoming companies. A close relationship with the tech, product, and engineering teams will be needed to understand how they work.
It is important that you are keen to develop a thorough understanding of the market, Utopia’s operations, and the incoming companies to properly map the synergies and maximize the deal value. Additionally, creativity will be a crucial aspect to find the not-so-clear opportunities.
- Assisting the Corporate Development team with everything from market analysis to value creation and integration efforts.
- Leading the day-to-day work around the M&A process and the value creation work post acquisition.
- Facilitating the interaction between the team’s analysts and directors.
- Teaching and assisting the team’s analysts.
- Taking a leading role in ensuring high quality for content delivered.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- 1-4 years of relevant work experience creating value in the music industry. Ideal candidates will have experience with corporate development, strategy, or management consulting.Focus on post acquisition value creation is important.
- A good understanding of the music industry and the problems it faces.
- Fluent in English is a must, additional languages are a plus!
- Excellent communication skills: written and verbal.
- A solid understanding of strategy, planning, and organizational development.
- Have a creative mindset to find innovative ways to maximize value.
- Highly organized.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
- An eye for detail to ensure material produced is of high quality.
- Humble and a positive addition to the Utopia culture.
- Proactive team player and “let’s just get it done” attitude.
- Sound judgment and decision making.
- Methodical and determined in your approach to problem solving.
- A creative mindset to find innovative ways of solving complex problems.
- Innovation-minded and fast learner for on-the-job training.
- Proactive attitude and ability to maintain focus while working with voluminous tasks and under pressure.
- Understanding of Mergers & Acquisitions, technology and/or product organization is advantageous, but not required.
- Humor and a positive attitude – we are about to change the world of music!
- The position is remote-friendly and so we are accepting applications from our European locations and East Coast USA (UK, Switzerland,
- Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Austria and the East Coast of USA
WHAT WE OFFER
- Great atmosphere – we live, love & breathe music & tech!
- Working in an impact oriented team and inclusive company culture.
- An experienced team to learn from, with proven track records in multiple startups and big tech companies.
- Our flexible remote policy provides Utopians the freedom to work either from one of our inspiring offices or from home.
- We celebrate being an international and multicultural company.
- Competitive benefits; packages depend on location. You’ll be given more details on this during the interview process.
- We are only recruiting within the UK for this position, preferably the South East, as this person will be expected to have access to our London office on a flexible basis. We are only able to move forward with applicants already based in this location and who have eligibility to work within the UK.
UTOPIANS
As we want to bring transparency, trust, and clarity to the music industry we serve, we know a change comes from within. Utopia is a transparent, trust-based organization striving to have clarity in thinking and doing what we set out to do.
We execute urgently and innovate to grow faster. We ship things that make a difference today, so we can make them better tomorrow. We embrace fairness and are all accountable.
Strictly diverse and inclusive. We are an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate our diverse backgrounds and we welcome everyone who identifies with the above to apply. Welcome to Utopia – Where Music Lives!
We’re eager to meet You! 🙂
