Senior Business Development Manager - New Business Development (m/f/d)

Deezer’s NBD team is in charge of exploring and launching new growth opportunities through innovative B2B partnerships. The team focuses on prospecting, opening doors with new verticals and partners, and building the first steps of collaborations that can then be scaled across markets.

What you will do

• As Senior Business Development Manager, you will own end-to-end deal-making on strategic new partnerships and help shape Deezer’s long-term B2B growth roadmap.

• Lead the full partnership lifecycle: from market mapping, prospecting and first contact, to negotiation, deal structuring and contract signature.

• Build and prioritize a qualified pipeline of prospects across key verticals (telcos, media & publishing, SVOD & entertainment, utilities, financial services, and new categories to be defined).

• Design partnership value propositions and business models (bundles, co-branded offers, embedded distribution, loyalty mechanics) supported by robust financial and business modelling.

• Drive cross-functional alignment with Product, Tech, Legal, Finance, Marketing and local markets to secure internal sign-off and ensure feasibility and profitability of deals.

• Coordinate pilots and launches, acting as NBD referent during the first phases before handover to Account Management / Partnerships teams for scaling.

• Identify optimization levers for new deals based on the performance analysis of running deals

• Monitor competitive landscape for subscription‑based and content partnerships and identify white spaces where Deezer can differentiate.

• Represent Deezer in senior external meetings and industry events, acting as a trusted counterpart for C-level and VP-level stakeholders at partner organizations.

​Industries you will work with

You will work across a broad range of B2B and B2B2C industries where Deezer can create value through its music and product capabilities.

• Customer‑facing service providers, where music can be embedded into existing offers or loyalty programs.

• Content and entertainment players, exploring co-branded experiences and bundled premium propositions.

• Digital platforms and service ecosystems looking to enhance user engagement with added‑value subscriptions.

• Emerging or adjacent verticals where Deezer can test new distribution and monetization models.

The exact focus areas may evolve over time, depending on Deezer’s strategic priorities and market opportunities.​