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title: 'Security Practice Lead at Musixmatch S.p.a'
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# Security Practice Lead at Musixmatch S.p.a

- **Company:** Musixmatch S.p.a
- **Location:** Italy, OR
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-21
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/musixmatch/98856c63-4b03-435e-a667-46d3a9a47c1b

## Job description

## About Musixmatch

Musixmatch is the leading music metadata company, featuring the world’s largest lyrics catalog and a community of over 80M contributors. Musixmatch is the trusted global  partner of companies like Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, Meta, Google, YouTube, Tidal, and Snapchat and works with nearly 4,000 music publishing rightsholders (representing more than 225,000 songwriters), including Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell, Kobalt, BMG Rights, and the Harry Fox Agency.

We are a bunch of creatives who care about our work and what we do.  We believe that participation and collaboration are key to getting things done well.  We are looking for tech-savvy people who are eager to learn in a fast-paced environment, who have an international outlook on life, and who love taking on new challenges.

Position:

We are looking for a Security Practice Lead to own and drive information security across our organization. You will shape our security strategy, protect our systems, data, and expanding AI infrastructure, and act as a key voice in company-wide decisions. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role at the intersection of engineering, AI development, compliance, and leadership.

What you will do: Define and own the security strategy: Oversee comprehensive security across cloud, network, and application layers, partnering with engineering on vulnerability management. Secure AI & ML integrations: Establish and enforce security guardrails for AI pipelines and LLM deployments, protecting against AI-specific threats (e.g., prompt injection, data poisoning, supply chain) and ensuring model safety. Risk & Incident Management: Assess security risks, monitor processes continuously, and coordinate effective incident response and recovery efforts. Policy & Compliance: Develop and manage security policies, ensuring compliance with privacy laws, standard frameworks, and emerging AI regulations (e.g., EU AI Act), aligning closely with DPO directives. Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with senior leadership to embed security (and AI security-by-design) into business decisions. Security Evangelism, Training & Vendor Management: Champion a security-first culture across the company. Design and deliver training programs, run awareness campaigns, and act as an internal advocate who makes security understandable and relevant for everyone, from engineers to non-technical teams. Manage risk assessments for external vendors and consultants to ensure third-party security standards are met. Requirements: Proven information security leadership experience with the ability to translate technical risks into business language Deep knowledge of standard security frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR) and strong background in policy development Solid understanding of AI security: familiarity with AI-specific vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs) and experience securing data privacy within machine learning pipelines Hands-on experience with cloud, application, and device security (MDM), incident management, and post-incident recovery Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, AI/Data, legal, and executive teams

Nice to have: Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or CAISP (Certified AI Security Professional) Familiarity with AI risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF) Experience in the music, media, or entertainment tech industry Familiarity with DPO workflows, privacy-by-design principles, and working with regulatory bodies

What we offer: Relocation to Bologna (Italy) or remote work. We are a hybrid company. Italian and English language lessons. Top-class tech and equipment. Company-wide retreats. The gross annual base salary for this role is €60,000-€70,000, calibrated on experience and seniority. The package includes a variable performance bonus tied to individual and company goals, plus a flexible welfare credit to use on the benefits that matter most to you. As a distributed team hiring across multiple countries, compensation may vary based on local market benchmarks and employment conditions in the candidate’s location.

## About Musixmatch S.p.a

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Musixmatch is the world's leading music data company, building the largest lyrics catalog and providing data, tools, and services that enrich the music experience globally.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by TPG in July 2022; previously venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: Bologna, Italy (with EMEA Sales Team based in London)
- **Founded**: January 2010
- **Founders**: Max Ciociola (Chairman & CEO) and Francesco D. (Co-Founder) — [about.musixmatch.com](https://about.musixmatch.com/) | [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Music data / Entertainment technology / Lyrics licensing & metadata
- **Target customers**: B2B (record labels, music publishers, streaming platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Instagram, Google Search) and B2C (70M+ music lovers on iOS, Android, Web, and TV)
- **Mission**: "To provide data, tools and services that allow the experience of music to be enriched across the whole world." — [about.musixmatch.com](https://about.musixmatch.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Musixmatch Consumer App**: The world's largest lyrics catalog with lyrics, translations, credits, meanings, and podcast transcription across iOS, Android, Web, and TV. Award-winning (Apple Store Best App 2013; Google Play Best App 2014, 2015, 2018).
- **Musixmatch Pro**: A professional hub for music publishers and labels to manage, enrich, and distribute lyrics across their catalogs — used by 1,000+ labels.
- **Musixmatch Pro for Labels** (launched September 2026): New dedicated hub for record labels featuring catalog audits, AI-powered transcription and time-syncing, translation, distribution, analytics, and Music Lens. 400+ labels joined the beta. — [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)
- **Lyrics Data & Licensing APIs**: Global agreements with Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Google Search, and Spotify to power lyrics experiences; licenses from Universal, Sony-EMI, Warner Chappell, BMG Rights, plus 10K independent publishers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed; acquired by TPG (Private Equity Round, July 2022)
- **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue ~$11.5M; Total Funding ~$26.2M across 5 rounds (Seed 2010, Venture 2014 & 2016, Secondary 2020, PE 2022) — [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: TPG (lead acquirer), Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Google Search, Spotify, Universal, Sony-EMI, Warner Chappell, BMG Rights
- **Growth Signals**: 239 employees (+1.5% YoY); 70M+ users worldwide; 250 lyric languages; 500K community members; workforce distributed across 50 countries; Musixmatch Pro for Labels launched with 400+ beta labels and demand from 1,000+ labels. — [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch) | [about.musixmatch.com](https://about.musixmatch.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **World's largest lyrics catalog** with 250 languages, creating an unmatched data moat.
- **Strategic platform integrations** with Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Instagram, and Google Search — making Musixmatch the default lyrics infrastructure for major consumers.
- **Deep publisher relationships**: licensing rights from all major publishers plus 10K independents.
- **AI & machine learning capabilities** for transcription, time-syncing, and metadata enrichment at scale.
- **Established brand trust** with 500K community members and a decade-plus of awards.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling Musixmatch Pro for Labels** as a new revenue vertical, bringing AI-powered lyrics management tools directly to record labels.
- **Expanding AI infrastructure** — the company is actively hiring a Security Practice Lead to protect "systems, data, and expanding AI infrastructure," signaling deeper investment in AI-driven products.
- **Growing EMEA sales presence** from the London office to drive enterprise adoption of MxM Pro.
- **Continuing consumer growth** across iOS, Android, Web, and TV platforms. — [about.musixmatch.com/open-positions](https://about.musixmatch.com/open-positions) | [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Ratings**: Employer rating 4.3/5.0 from 71 reviews — Work-Life 4.1, Compensation 4.0, Culture 4.2, Career 3.9. — [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)
- **Remote/Hybrid flexibility**: Multiple roles are posted as "Remote — Full-time Italy or Remote" (e.g., Senior Sales Executive, MxM Pro) and "Hybrid — Full-time, Permanent Italy or Remote" (Security Practice Lead), with on-site internships in Bologna. — [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/musixmatch)
- **International team**: Employees across 50 countries; open, collaborative culture described as "international and talented individuals working on a product reaching millions of music lovers."
- **Modern tech stack**: TypeScript, React, React Native, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Couchbase, microservices, and cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure — [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)
- **Mission-driven environment**: Direct impact on how millions of people experience music and lyrics worldwide.
- **Recent openings** include Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Intern (Bologna), Security Practice Lead (Italy/Remote), and Senior Sales Executive, MxM Pro (Remote) — [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/musixmatch) | [about.musixmatch.com/open-positions](https://about.musixmatch.com/open-positions)

## Sources
1. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/musixmatch)
2. [about.musixmatch.com](https://about.musixmatch.com/)
3. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/musixmatch)
4. [about.musixmatch.com/open-positions](https://about.musixmatch.com/open-positions)
5. [about.musixmatch.com/?lng=en](https://about.musixmatch.com/?lng=en)

## Other roles at Musixmatch S.p.a

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