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Lead Product Manager

New York City, NY

CD Baby is a globally recognized leader in the music industry and the first platform to offer artists direct distribution to their fans. As we navigate the next era of music technology, we are committed to modernizing our core systems, fostering an agile culture, and leveraging cutting-edge platforms to better serve our artists, partners, and fans worldwide. CD Baby is owned and operated by Downtown Music Holdings. 

This hybrid role can be based in our Los Angeles (preferably), or New York City location. Also, open to remote/flexible locations where permitted.

The Role:

CD Baby is looking for a Lead Product Manager to deliver a best-in-class experience for artists that drives critical business objectives. This is a high-impact role, joining during a major product transformation – as CD Baby moves from legacy systems to scalable infrastructure and a modern experience that leverages innovative technology Downtown Music. In this role, you will thrive on solving complex, ambiguous problems in music distribution and artist services. Leveraging a data-first approach, you will take a strategic approach to delivering on customer and business outcomes.

What you'll be doing:

  • Drive key business outcomes including customer growth, streaming growth, retention, and satisfaction
  • Define success metrics upfront and use data and experimentation to validate product impact
  • Prioritize initiatives based on impact, confidence, and effort, balancing short-term wins with long-term strategy
  • Build intuitive, artist-first experiences that reduce friction while supporting advanced workflows
  • Translate industry trends into new product opportunities for artists
  • Own product strategy and roadmap from concept through launch and iteration
  • Partner closely with engineering, design, analytics, marketing, and operations to deliver results
  • Lead user research, competitive analysis, and market validation to inform decisions
  • Navigate technical tradeoffs and execution details with engineering teams
  • Design and run experiments (A/B tests, MVPs) to drive learning and continuous improvement
  • Communicate product vision, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders across the organization

Must-Haves / Requirements:

  • 7+ years in product management, preferably in music technology or creator tools
  • Track record of shipping products that drove measurable business outcomes
  • Experience with both 0-to-1 product development and optimization of existing products
  • Strong technical fluency and ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams
  • Proficiency with analytics tools and comfort working with data to drive decisions
  • Fluency with AI product development, prompt engineering, and using AI tools for prototyping and workflow automation
  • Experience designing and running experiments 
  • Ability to write clear product requirements and specifications
  • Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams

 

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  • If you are a recruiter, please do not contact us with candidates for this position unless we have engaged with you to do so.

CD Baby provides base salary ranges for all positions located in the United States at the time of posting. The hiring range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000 annually. As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon various factors including, but not limited to, work experience, geographic location and relevant skills. CD Bay is committed to providing a comprehensive market-competitive total rewards program for its employees which includes medical, dental, and vision, life insurance, 401(k) match and generous paid time off. This range does not include any other variable compensation components.

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