Head of Podcast Commissioning - Podimo

Head of Podcast Commissioning
We are one of the fastest-growing podcast and audiobook platforms in Europe and we are now looking for a Head of Podcast Commissioning to lead our local content strategy in the Spanish market. Come and join us on our journey to enrich lives through listening!

This is the role
As the Head of Podcast Commissioning for the Podimo Spain team, you will oversee the acquisition, commissioning, production, and distribution of top-tier, relevant podcast programming tailored to Podimo’s listeners. Additionally, one of your key responsibilities will be to manage and foster strong relationships with top creators and production houses.

You’ll be managing an incredible team of 4 talented individuals, who are working within Creator Relations, Production, Content Partnerships, and Curation. The team is working in close collaboration with an experienced Global Content Team to align on the global content strategy. As a team, you are responsible for providing our listeners with entertaining and enriching content across several verticals - producing original content, and partnering with top talent and media companies.

You will take the lead on further building our local content library for the Spanish markets, driving the development of new concepts and partnerships based on commercial data insights.

The role is located in Madrid and will be reporting directly to our Country Manager (Spain), Isabel Salazar.

Your main responsibilities in this role:

• Manage and nurture relationships with creators and production companies to ensure alignment on creative vision and strengthen partnerships for consistent content quality.
• Negotiation of deals with creators, agencies and production companies.
• Oversee the creation and production of all audio content on the platform, including podcasts and other audio formats. This includes working closely with internal and external partners to develop and distribute content that aligns with the platform's brand and objectives.
• Track and analyze content performance and cost metrics to optimize content strategies and ensure that content is meeting the platform's goals within budget.
• Budget tracking and reporting, supervision of contracts, streamlining production processes (from pitch to release/activation)
• Adapt the company’s global content strategy into local execution through productions, partner exclusives, media and commercial partnerships, and curation. Always taking the platform's commercial KPI’s, market trends, competitive landscape, and overarching business goals into account.

This is you
First of all, we believe you will thrive in this role if you are a positive and ambitious person with excellent people management skills and the motivation to grow with the rest of the team. You have a creative and strategic mindset and analytical skills. Furthermore, we believe the following will make you successful in the role:

• +15 years of experience in media from audio, video streaming, journalism, publishing, or television
• Well-connected in the media/audiovisula industry and able to find and communicate with great talent, producers, media companies, and publishers. An extensive existing network will be highly valued in this role.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to absorb data insights and market trends and adapt the lessons into a well-defined content investment strategy
• Experience with buying content commissioning and communicating with external stakeholders.
• Experience with podcast productions in all phases (conceptualisation, development, recording, and editing) is a plus
• Proven experience in budget management and contract oversight, ensuring alignment with financial objectives and production goals
• You are fluent in English (written and verbal) as you will be working with colleagues across the globe.

What We Offer

• Parental Leave: Up to six months of fully paid parental leave for all new parents.
• Equity Participation: All employees have the opportunity to benefit from company growth through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Supportive Culture: Unlimited child sick days, free online therapy sessions, and a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Flexibility & Well-being: Flexible hours and remote work options to support work-life balance.
• Performance, Learning & Development: Access to resources to help you thrive and build your career within a high-growth, dynamic company.

This is the hiring process
First things first: we ask you to submit your CV or provide a link to your LinkedIn profile. Sharing your motivation for the job is highly appreciated, but not expected. If we pick your application to continue to the interview stage, this is how we plan to run the interview process:

• A short phone or video screening
• First interview with the hiring manager
• Case session with the primary stakeholders
• Final interview with the hiring manager

We might change it up to make sure it makes sense. Our main focus is to run an efficient and enjoyable interview process. We will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis and the preferred starting date is as soon as possible.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Equal Opportunity Employer
Podimo is an equal opportunity employer, and we believe in equal opportunities for all in our workplace. We don’t discriminate based on race, colour, religion, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age or political orientation, no matter where we operate.

This is us
Founded in Copenhagen in 2019, Podimo is a platform for podcast and audiobook lovers as well as audio content creators. Our app puts a world of podcasts and audiobooks at your fingertips. Our revenue-sharing model rewards creators for making content that people want to hear – whether they have an established following or a niche audience.

We're a courageous and curious bunch. We recognize the value every individual brings, and respect our coworkers’ ideas, opinions, and time. We approach our work with integrity and humility, and believe that we are better together. We have zero time for sharp elbows and big egos.
We’re fiercely passionate about discovering, creating, and obsessing over great stories. We support our creators deeply, and have massive respect for their process as we help them bring their most exciting ideas and stories to life. We love what we do, but more importantly, we have a good time doing it.

We seek to build a company and culture that mirrors the diversity of the world we’re living in. This means; diversity of talent, voices, ideas, and thoughts. That goes both for our brand, our content, our creators, and our teams.

You are welcome at Podimo for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what stories you have playing in your headphones.

Department Content Locations Madrid Remote status Hybrid Remote Employment type Full-time

Colleagues

Isabel Salazar

Country Manager, Spain