Manager of Music & Streaming Content

Hope Media Group•New Caney, TX

38d

About The Position

Hope Media Group is seeking a Head of Music & Streaming Content to lead the overall music and content strategy for the Next Digital Product, a generosity-funded music app for Christians. The role owns the product’s sound, content direction, playlist philosophy, programming standards, and listener content experience, partnering closely with product engineering to ensure the platform reflects the intended vision. It directs contractors responsible for playlisting, production, and interactive streaming, and leads the Director of Digital Audio Streams. The role sets the product’s genre mix, mood and path curation logic, tone, audio identity, and Christian worldview-based content standards. It defines how content strategy appears in the app, establishes programming and editorial frameworks, owns content taxonomy, and uses listening data to refine programming. The position also represents the product within the Christian music industry and manages the production budget. Hope Media Group describes its team environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family-oriented, and friendly. The role requires a personal Christian faith and active membership in a Bible-believing local church, along with participation in ministry activities such as prayer, Bible studies, and fundraising as needed. Travel may be required for industry events, conferences, and label and partner meetings. Occasional evenings, weekends, or holidays may be required for organizational and ministry needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Music, Communications, Media, or a related field, or at least 10 years of equivalent experience.
At least 7 years of experience in music programming, editorial, or content strategy at a streaming service, radio network, or comparable audio platform.
Demonstrated ownership of a playlist or programming philosophy at scale, rather than only executing someone else’s standards.
Experience directing contractors or a small team delivering production work to a budget and deadline.
Working knowledge of the Christian/gospel music industry, or demonstrated ability to build that knowledge quickly.
Comfort operating without an established playbook.
A personal relationship with Jesus Christ; spiritual grounding and working knowledge of scripture.
Active membership in a Bible-believing local church.
Strong moral character and commitment to Christian ministry.
Comfort praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies.
Live Christian principles defined by the ministry’s Statement of Faith & Biblical Beliefs.
Passion for leveraging Hope Media Group’s media platforms for evangelism and discipleship.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with Christian radio or Christian streaming programming.
Experience building or scaling a listening product’s editorial function from near-zero.
Familiarity with licensing and rights constraints on programming decisions.

Responsibilities

Own the Next Digital Product’s content strategy and sound direction, including genre mix, mood and path curation logic, and tone.
Set and uphold Christian worldview-based content standards for every song on the platform, regardless of its source.
Own the product’s audio identity, including imaging, voiceover, and sound design.
Shape how content strategy appears in the product, including the check-in flow, path structure, and discovery surfaces.
Set and maintain programming standards, including what qualifies for a path, how playlists are built, and how the catalog is curated across moods and life moments.
Build the editorial and programming framework for future content roles to execute.
Own the content taxonomy, including mood, genre, and activity attributes used for curation and personalization.
Monitor listening data, including skips, completions, saves, and repeat listening, to refine programming.
Direct contract resources supporting playlisting, production, and interactive streaming, and manage the production budget.
Lead and develop the Director of Digital Audio Streams, delegating day-to-day streaming operations while retaining ownership of standards.
Serve as the Next Digital Product’s primary representative within the Christian music industry.
Participate in on-air fundraisers and pray for donors as needed.
Perform other duties as requested.
Travel as needed for industry events, conferences, and label and partner meetings.