Senior Product Manager

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.
 

How we LEAD:

Universal Music Group is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the evolution of our next-generation Financial Forecasting & Planning Platform. This platform leverages predictive analytics, generative AI, and intelligent decision-support capabilities to support one of the company's most critical business processes: forecasting financial performance across a complex global organization.

Reporting into the central Data & AI organization, this role will serve as the product owner and strategic leader for a custom-built forecasting application used by Finance teams across UMG. The successful candidate will partner closely with Finance leadership, data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to transform forecasting from a largely manual process into a scalable, intelligent, and continuously improving product.

This is a highly cross-functional role requiring equal comfort discussing forecasting methodologies with finance executives, technical architecture with engineers, AI-assisted software development practices, and product strategy with senior leadership.

The role is based in Santa Monica, California and requires close partnership with UMG's global Finance organization.

This is an opportunity to shape not only what we build, but how we build it. We believe AI is fundamentally changing software development, enabling product teams to move from ideas to working software faster than ever before. We are looking for a product leader who is excited to help define an AI-native product development culture alongside our engineering and data teams.

How you'll CREATE:

Own the Product Vision and Roadmap

• Define and execute the long-term product strategy for UMG's Financial Forecasting & Planning Platform.

• Develop and maintain a prioritized roadmap that balances business impact, technical feasibility, operational efficiency, and user experience.

• Partner with Finance leadership to translate forecasting requirements into scalable product capabilities.

• Establish a product vision that leverages predictive models, generative AI, and intelligent agents to transform financial planning into a collaborative decision-support platform.

Partner Deeply with Finance

• Embed closely with Finance teams to understand forecasting workflows, planning cycles, assumptions, approval processes, and reporting requirements.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve forecast accuracy, and increase organizational visibility into forecast drivers.

• Facilitate alignment across global stakeholders on forecasting methodologies, business definitions, and planning processes.

• Act as the primary bridge between Finance and technical teams.

Lead Cross-Functional Delivery

• Lead a dedicated product team consisting of machine learning scientists, data engineers, full-stack engineers, and project management resources.

• Drive product discovery, requirements definition, prioritization, execution, testing, and release planning.

• Ensure delivery teams remain focused on measurable business outcomes rather than technical outputs alone.

• Coordinate with enterprise technology, data, and analytics teams to ensure alignment with broader platform strategy.

• Partner closely with engineering teams using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate product delivery while maintaining quality and governance.

• Rapidly prototype product ideas using AI coding tools where appropriate to validate concepts before committing engineering investment.

• Help establish modern product development practices that incorporate AI across discovery, prototyping, engineering collaboration, testing, documentation, and release planning.

Drive Adoption and Business Impact

• Define success metrics and KPIs for forecast quality, operational efficiency, user adoption, and business value.

• Monitor platform performance and continuously identify opportunities for improvement.

• Lead change management efforts and stakeholder communications across Fina