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# Senior Manager, EU Government Affairs at Spotify

- **Company:** Spotify
- **Location:** Brussels, Belgium
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/1849318a-d2e4-48a6-adad-68f8a4518f7d

## Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic candidate to join Spotify’s EU Government Affairs team in Brussels as Senior Manager - EU Government Affairs. The Government Affairs team is charged with understanding the global and local policy landscape in relation to Spotify’s business objectives and advocating on the company’s behalf on critical public policy issues. We represent the company before legislators and regulators, interact with civil society and industry, see around corners, and mitigate potential risks. In this role you will be an active member and will provide advice and external advocacy on policy matters that have an impact on Spotify in Europe. You will report to our Senior Director of European Policy and will be based in our Brussels office.

## What You'll Do

- Engage regularly with EU policymakers including the Commission, Parliament, Council, and policymakers at national level
- Work on the priority public policy issues affecting Spotify in the EU - with a focus on platforms and content regulation, consumer rules, as well as trade and tech regulation in general. You will be responsible for managing these files and developing and implementing effective advocacy strategies.
- Work closely with other groups and departments inside Spotify -- including legal, licensing, communications, social impact, compliance and trust and safety -- to understand the priorities of internal partners, and create approaches to key policy issues that advance the interests of Spotify
- Develop engagement and partnerships with external organizations such as trade associations and civil society organizations

## Who You Are

- 10+ years of experience in EU government affairs, for a government/public authority, a company, and/or a trade association
- Expertise on regulatory issues, especially in the field of platform and consumer regulation
- Excellent understanding of tech sector and policy, and ability to rapidly understand and master complex policy issues
- Mastering of AI tools, such as Claude, Chat GPT, Gemini
- Strong written and oral communications skills & attention to detail
- Ability to work with a cross section of stakeholders, including trade associations, companies, civil society
- Ability to work independently, across time zones and cultures
- Full English language proficiency is required
- Knowledge of an additional EU language (e.g. Dutch, Polish) is a positive asset

Where You'll Be

- This role is based in our Brussels offices
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 3 days per Week.

## About Spotify

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spotify is the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, connecting users to over 100 million tracks, 7 million podcast titles, and 700,000 audiobooks across 184 markets.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SPOT)
- **Headquarters**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Audio streaming and digital media
- Target customers: B2C (consumers via Free and Premium tiers) and B2B (advertisers, artists, and labels through Spotify Advertising and Spotify for Artists)
- Mission: "To deliver creativity to the world—one note, one voice, one idea at a time."

## Products & Services
- **Spotify Free**: Ad-supported streaming of music, podcasts, and audiobooks
- **Spotify Premium**: Subscription tier with offline mode, improved sound quality, and ad-free listening
- **Spotify for Artists**: Analytics, promotion, and monetization tools for creators
- **Spotify Advertising**: Programmatic and self-serve ad platform for brands
- **Audiobooks**: Catalog of 700,000+ audiobook titles (market entry in 2022)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in available sources; stock price reported at USD 391.23 (as of 2024-10-29)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue EUR 17.2B; 777 million monthly users including 300 million subscribers (per Spotify Newsroom). Note: LinkedIn company data lists 365M users/165M subscribers — conflicting reports, likely reflecting an older snapshot.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Series A of USD 21.6M with 5 investors (2008); debt financing of USD 1.0B (2016); convertible notes in 2016 and 2021. Key acquisitions include Sonantic (2022), Mediachain (2017), and Tunigo (2013).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +14.2% YoY to 8,921 employees; 9 offices across 4 countries; expansion into audiobooks; 300M+ paying subscribers.

## Competitive Advantages
- Scale: largest audio streaming subscriber base globally
- Data and AI personalization: mature recommendation engines and AI-driven discovery
- Multi-format audio ecosystem: music, podcasts, and audiobooks in a single app
- Strong brand recognition and deep creator relationships

## Strategic Focus
- AI-powered personalization and generative audio tools
- Audiobook market expansion
- Podcast ecosystem growth
- Creator monetization and artist tools

## Why Work Here
- Employer rating 4.0/5.0 from 2,155 reviews (Work-Life: 4.2, Compensation: 3.9, Culture: 4.0, Career: 3.5)
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