--- title: 'Senior Product Manager - Audiobooks Format Foundations at Spotify' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-audiobooks-format-foundations-spotify-london-zw5q1r1wtr0q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Senior Product Manager - Audiobooks Format Foundations at Spotify - **Company:** Spotify - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/e7b01c1e-4246-4f31-83ea-9219c8b22c83 ## Job description We design Spotify’s consumer experience - end to end, moment to moment, across every screen, platform, and partner integration. Our mission is to make listening feel effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users around the world. That means turning complexity into clarity across hundreds of touchpoints—from our mobile and desktop apps to the smart speakers, TVs, cars, and integrations where Spotify shows up every day. If it touches a consumer, we shape it. We bring deep insight into human behavior, design, and technology to craft experiences that feel intuitive, expressive, and unmistakably Spotify. We’re seeking a Senior Product Manager to help lead the audiobook experience across Spotify’s mobile apps. You’ll join Format Foundations within Core Experience and partner closely with the Audiobooks business unit to shape how listeners discover, evaluate, enjoy, and build lasting relationships with audiobooks on Spotify. ## What You'll Do - Lead product strategy for Spotify’s audiobook experience, shaping how the format becomes more engaging, valuable, and enjoyable for listeners, creators, and the business. - Define and evolve the experience across the audiobook journey, from discovery and evaluation through playback, library management, and reading. - Partner closely with the Audiobooks business unit to translate business strategy and listener needs into product innovation that supports growth. - Drive innovation across multimodal experiences, including the intersection of listening and reading. - Partner with Engineering, Design, Data, and other cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive, high-quality experiences at scale. - Use data, experimentation, and user insights to make informed product decisions and continuously improve the experience. - Build alignment across Core Experience, Audiobooks, Personalization, and other partners to create a cohesive Spotify experience. - Lead complex cross-functional initiatives end to end, setting direction and scope, creating alignment, and partnering with Engineering on delivery. ## Who You Are - You have 5+ years of product management experience, including meaningful experience with audiobook, ebook, digital reading, or related consumer products. - You have a deep understanding of the audiobook or digital reading landscape, including user behavior, publisher ecosystems, and competitive dynamics. - You have experience building consumer products for mobile platforms such as iOS and Android, including complex user experiences. - You understand how to build scalable systems and experiences that help teams move faster. - You know how to balance user needs, technical considerations, and business impact when making product decisions. - You care deeply about creating intuitive, high-quality consumer experiences at scale. - You have partnered closely with Engineering, Design, Data, and other disciplines to bring products from strategy through delivery. - You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, making thoughtful trade-offs, and creating clarity across teams. - You can influence stakeholders across functions and levels to build alignment and drive meaningful outcomes. - You actively use AI tools in your product development workflow, including for research, analysis, iteration, and prototyping. Where You'll Be - This role is based in Stockholm or London - 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. ## 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) - **Work ## Other roles at Spotify - [Talent Acquisition Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/talent-acquisition-lead-spotify-singapore-12xvv8epn405) — Singapore - [Staff Data Scientist - Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-data-scientist-experience-spotify-stockholm-7taecwqpkhp5) — Stockholm, Sweden - [C++ Engineer - Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/c-engineer-experience-spotify-stockholm-gz7bg2y4csyy) — Stockholm, Sweden - [Manager, Proposition Strategy](https://feeny.ai/job/manager-proposition-strategy-spotify-new-york-hg1v4dt60pvz) — New York, NY - [Social Media Manager, Campaigns & Platform Strategy](https://feeny.ai/job/social-media-manager-campaigns-platform-strategy-spotify-new-york-85n7jmvre48j) — New York, NY - [Product Manager - Customer Service Platform](https://feeny.ai/job/product-manager-customer-service-platform-spotify-london-vg49ft635gk3) — London, United Kingdom - [Engineering Manager - Experimentation](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-experimentation-spotify-london-wrt5th6mc3qz) — London, United Kingdom - [Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Artist-First AI Music Lab](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-artist-first-ai-music-lab-spotify-new-york-3878mpf4eh5h) — New York, NY - [Lead, Global Markets Strategy](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-global-markets-strategy-spotify-new-york-bbvadsavxqdz) — New York, NY - [Senior Product Designer - Platform and Partner Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-designer-platform-and-partner-experience-spotify-london-htgkdv05ayvj) — London, United Kingdom