
About the role
Overview
The Vice President of Data Governance and Strategy leads the development and execution of a comprehensive data governance and data strategy function across UMG, ensuring the integrity, compliance, and strategic use of data related to music rights, royalties, and fan engagement.
Skills

Vice President, Data Governance and Strategy
Last updated 2025-11-05T06:04:20.248Z
Overview
The Vice President of Data Governance and Strategy leads the development and execution of a comprehensive data governance and data strategy function across UMG, ensuring the integrity, compliance, and strategic use of data related to music rights, royalties, and fan engagement.
Salary
$226,100 - $375,155
/yearLocation
Santa Monica, United States
OnsiteDepartment
Data
Level
Senior
Skills
Overview
The Vice President of Data Governance and Strategy leads the development and execution of a comprehensive data governance and data strategy function across UMG, ensuring the integrity, compliance, and strategic use of data related to music rights, royalties, and fan engagement.
Skills
Candidate requirements
These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Music Business, Data Science, or a related field; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in data governance, information strategy, or digital rights management, preferably in music, media, or entertainment.
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans.
Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.).
UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.
Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com.
View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com
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