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Believe is a global artist development company operating in 50+ countries, empowering artists, labels, and publishers through distribution, marketing, publishing, and audience development services. This Label Manager Distribution role is based in Bucharest and focuses on driving sales strategy, managing artist and label portfolios, and delivering exceptional service to key partners in the music industry.
In this position, you will drive and execute sales strategy to meet and exceed year-end portfolio margin targets. You'll lead complex sales discussions with a fresh, innovative, and solution-oriented approach, proactively optimizing deals and restructuring pricing as needed while maintaining alignment with internal policies. You'll track and analyze weekly sales performance using internal monitoring tools, sharing key insights directly with top clients, and maintain portfolio stability through regular quarterly check-ins with key partners.
You'll manage a dedicated portfolio of artists and labels, ensuring high partner satisfaction and meeting key performance metrics. Cross-functional collaboration with Editorial & Marketing Partnerships and Video Services teams will be essential to maximize campaign impact. You'll navigate Rights Management topics smoothly, protecting client interests while ensuring they understand international master rights guidelines. As the voice of your clients, you'll escalate feedback and contribute to continuous service improvement. You'll showcase Believe's added value through tailored Business Reviews and educate top-tier clients on streaming fraud prevention and quality standards.
Requirements:
- 3–4 years of experience in Sales, Key Account Management, Business Development, or similar client-facing role
- Proven experience as a Key Account Manager within an international company, managing and developing a client portfolio
- Strong commercial mindset, comfortable with both farming existing accounts and hunting for new business opportunities
- Strong ability to read, understand, and leverage data to monitor performance, identify opportunities, and support commercial decisions
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with ability to manage different stakeholders and build long-term partnerships
- Comfortable leading commercial discussions and negotiations, including pricing and deal optimization
- Proactive, solution-oriented, and able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Fluent Romanian (required)
- Previous experience in music industry, digital entertainment, media, or related industry (strong plus)
