Director, Corporate Research

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

THE ROLE

Live Nation is hiring a Director, Corporate Research to build and lead a new function focused on enterprise-level research, market analysis, and insight generation. Level and scope of role may flex for exceptional talent. This role will sit within the Corporate Strategy team and deliver original research on fans, artists, pricing, and market trends, leveraging Live Nation’s proprietary data along with third-party sources and survey methodologies. This is not a centralized research team built to absorb division-led efforts, but rather a net-new capability meant to extend our strategic thinking and proactively generate insights that supports senior Corporate decision-making.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Establish and grow a small Corporate Research team by setting the vision, operationalizing research priorities, and embedding research into strategic decision-making
• Launch and lead annual live entertainment survey, using externally credible methods, and generate insights combining survey results with internal transactional data and third-party market intelligence
• Develop and manage a small portfolio of high-impact, repeatable research projects that inform our long-term strategy
• Lead Corporate-sponsored research projects, partnering with divisional resources where appropriate without duplicating existing workstreams
• Define and then regularly conduct a set of quantitative analyses on the concert market (e.g., market sizing, demand tracking, pricing dynamics, etc.)
• Finalize internal artist fan profile product, evolving existing data into a strategic tool, and supporting custom artist-specific research
• Serve as the company’s internal research “librarian”:
  – Track internal research across the enterprise and support knowledge sharing 
  – Track external research and data sources
• Present findings in a clear, concise, and executive-ready format
• Support external thought leadership efforts 

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• 7-10+ years of professional experience
• Experience with primary research and survey methodology
• Experience with market sizing, economic analysis, and macroeconomic data
• Familiarity with a wide range of research techniques and comfort leading multi-method projects
• Proficiency in Excel (proficiency in SQL and familiarity with Databricks are a plus)
• Strong project management and team leadership skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to synthesize data into strategic insights
• Candidate should have experience at a research organization or economic consultancy, or on an in-house market research or insights team
• Experience as a management consultant (e.g., McKinsey, BCG, Bain) is a plus
• Advanced degrees in economics, mathematics/statistics, or public policy are a plus

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
• YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
• FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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The expected compensation for this position is:

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.