VP, Nashville - The Orchard

VP, Nashville - The Orchard

The Orchard has an immediate opening for a VP, Nashville to lead our dynamic Nashville office. We're looking for a savvy, organized, motivated, experienced and forward-thinking leader to develop and drive our business in Nashville. The ideal candidate will be active within the creative community, and possess strategic vision, leadership, and industry experience. They are equally comfortable operating as an entrepreneur, as well as within the framework of a global organization. The VP will successfully elevate the company's revenue and profile within the current client and retail base, drive the company vision, culture and strategy, and harness new business opportunities to compound results.

What You'll Do

• Office-first role, in office four days a week.
• Attract, sign and retain labels, artists and internal talent to the company.
• Drive content acquisition and business development activities for the market.
• Oversee local P&L, with established growth targets for revenue, market share and profit.
• Imbue global company values, vision and culture locally to staff, clients and industry.
• Manage and expand relationships with music clients across a variety of genres, including high touch frontline and high volume catalogue labels as well as direct artist signings.
• Cultivate industry relationships and communication across the company as well as with DSPs, management companies, industry bodies and Sony Music Nashville.
• Manage and coordinate all local office matters, including staffing and infrastructure.
• Build and execute team business plans setting KPI's and projections across the team roster with a focus on client revenue growth, retention, margin, engagement and term.
• Work closely with Relationship Management, Service and Partnerships leads to identify service gaps and areas for renegotiation and margin / fee growth.
• Forge and grow strong relationships with executive leadership and teams of client roster, maintaining strong open lines of communication for feedback and optimizations.
• Manage and troubleshoot issues across the client and account base, liaising with internal stakeholders throughout the company as necessary.
• Drive product adoption of The Orchard's tools and services across the client base.
• Understand and guide staff and clients on The Orchard platform including Workstation, OrchardGO, Release, Marketing Tools and Analytics.
• Act as local industry representative attending events and conferences as required.
• Liaise with various internal departments, from finance and marketing to legal and management, to ensure all client and retail partner business needs are met.
• Hire, train and retain a team of high performers

Who You Are

What We Give You

About The Orchard

The Orchard is a leading full-service music distribution company operating in 48 markets worldwide and servicing top global independent artists and labels. With cutting-edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with clients to provide full scale solutions across a variety of verticals. Championed by an exceptional community of music lovers and experts, The Orchard empowers creators to grow and evolve in the dynamic, global industry.

The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity.

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership / union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.