Program Manager - Podcast Sales Strategy & Solutions
About The Position
Spotify is seeking a Program Manager to drive key podcast ad operations across The Ringer portfolio. This role involves connecting the sales organization with content, talent, and operations teams to manage high-volume approvals and booking workflows. The Program Manager will ensure sales teams understand what can run, where, and when, and will be involved in the full lifecycle of podcast advertising to prevent issues. The Podcast Sales Strategy & Solutions (PS3) team shapes how Spotify brings podcast advertising to market by partnering across sales, content, talent, and operations to set strategy, develop ad formats, position the show portfolio, launch new shows, and equip sales teams with the necessary insights and tools for revenue growth.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in media operations, advertising operations, sales support, program management, or another coordination-heavy environment.
- Comfortable partnering closely with sales teams and can translate what a seller needs into clear operational next steps.
- Understanding of the relationship between content and advertising and can navigate situations where talent preferences, brand suitability, format requirements, and commercial needs intersect.
- Highly organized and have a reliable approach to managing multiple open requests, dependencies, and deadlines at once.
- Communicate clearly and concisely across different audiences, from sales partners and talent representatives to content and operations teams.
- Comfortable working with data and revenue information, maintaining trackers, running reports, and identifying discrepancies.
- Comfortable with tools such as spreadsheets, Asana, Coda, Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, and AI-enabled tools, and can learn new systems quickly.
- A collaborative, adaptable approach and comfortable pitching in across a small team with a broad remit.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with podcast advertising, digital audio, media sales operations, talent approvals, or The Ringer ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Manage Integrated Solutions approvals and vetting across The Ringer podcast portfolio, triaging incoming sponsorship requests, coordinating with the right partners, and tracking requests through resolution.
- Maintain a clear view of approvals across formats and shows, including what is approved, declined, pending, or escalated.
- Be a day-to-day partner to sales teams on approval timelines, show availability, booking logistics, and podcast advertising formats, and help resolve campaign-specific blockers.
- Serve as a key connection between Spotify’s sales organization and The Ringer Studios Business Operations team, translating new formats, processes, and advertising products into clear and consistent execution.
- Manage The Ringer Podcast Booking Calendar, including inbound holds and bookings, new shows, editorial calendar updates, and post-sale booking changes.
- Coordinate the PS3 workstream for new Ringer show launches, partnering across pricing, talent preferences, Creative Operations, sales enablement, and go-to-market readiness.
- Support new advertising format rollouts and maintain accurate sales resources, including show sheets, FAQs, format guidance, booking tools, and other enablement materials.
- Use campaign, booking, inventory, and revenue information to identify discrepancies, surface recurring questions, and improve the consistency and efficiency of day-to-day processes.
Benefits
- health insurance
- six-month paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- monthly meal allowance
- 23 paid days off
- paid flexible holidays
- paid sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
