Senior Project Manager – Believe

Believe Hiring Senior Project Manager for Music Catalogue Acquisition in Mumbai

Believe is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join its Mumbai team and lead Small Catalogue Acquisition (SCA) projects across India and Southeast Asia. This strategic role combines music business, intellectual property, M&A transactions, and catalogue valuation, making it ideal for professionals with experience in corporate law, rights management, and content acquisitions.

About us:

Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.

Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe offers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.

Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetize their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers.

With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognized with more than 70 leading industry awards.

Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law. Learn more at www.believe.com

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Job Details

• Position: Senior Project Manager
• Company: Believe
• Location: Mumbai
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Department: Small Catalogue Acquisition (SCA)
• Employment Type: Permanent

Project Title: Project Manager for Small Catalogue Acquisition (SCA) deals

REPORTING LINE:

Direct reporting line: GMO (or GM for regions without GMO, e.g., SEA, LATAM)

Dotted reporting line: VP SCA

MISSION

The India & SEA Local SCA Project Manager will be responsible for managing all catalogue acquisition processes within [country / region], ensuring efficient execution of transactions from pricing to deal closing & integration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage end-to-end catalogue acquisition processes in Asia
• Oversee and prioritize the deal pipeline in collaboration with local teams – assessing deal eligibility and attractivity
• Analyze past catalogue performance, model future cash flows and determine target acquisition price
• Negotiate key business and financial terms of the transactions in collaboration with the Catalogue Acquisition Lawyer and the local team (non-binding agreements, asset purchase agreements)
• Onboard and manage key stakeholders internal and stakeholder as the deal / transaction may require
• Prepare post-merger integration kick-off meetings, anticipating potential challenges and engaging relevant expert teams early in the process

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors and /or Master’s degree in Business law with combined expertise in Intellectual Property and M&A
• 5 to 7 years of experience within law firms and/or as in-house counsel, with a proven track record of IP/content rights-related transactions
• Strong problem-solving mindset with appetence for corporate law and transactional dynamics
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Fluency in English (spoken and written) require

Good to Have:

• Strong inclination for corporate law and transactional dynamics
• International work / education with experience of working in multi-country setup

Qualifications

Master’s degree in business administration, Management, Engineering, or a related field

Additional Information

Benefits @Believe:

#Flexibility – Just punch in leaves, not intime and out time

#Office perks – a game of foosball, table tennis to bat the afternoon lackluster, free event pass for exclusive and limited shows, music subscription, etc

#Wellbeing – Caring by EUTELMED, professionals are at your disposal for advice and support, in your own language and culture

#Transperancy – engaged in secondary activity just disclose it to us

#Compensation – Tailor made flexi pay plan for tax saving

#Sustainability – You can be a part of CSR program, represent yourself as a #shaper and contribute to a better future.