Pocket FM is the world’s largest audio-series platform, where powerful stories travel effortlessly across languages, cultures, and continents. From India and the US to Europe and beyond, we are redefining how stories are created, discovered, and experienced across the globe, without screens.
At our core, we are an AI-powered entertainment company with a deeply human-first philosophy. We believe technology should amplify creativity. Our proprietary AI systems work alongside writers, voice artists, and creative teams to help stories scale globally, faster, smarter, and with cultural depth and emotional integrity intact.
Today, Pocket FM is home to a vibrant community of 250+ million listeners, 300,000+ creators, and 100,000+ audio series. With over 140 billion minutes streamed annually, we have emerged as one of the fastest-growing media-tech companies in the world, and we are just getting started. We operate at a massive global scale, but with a startup mindset: curious, fast-moving, and deeply owner-driven. At Pocket FM, teams are encouraged to think boldly, move with intent, and build for long-term impact as we shape the future of audio-first storytelling worldwide.
Responsibilities
This role sits at the intersection of content strategy, product thinking, and operational excellence—solving first-time, high-scale challenges across a rapidly expanding content
ecosystem.
- Content Library Ownership
: End-to-end ownership of the licensed content library—ensuring quality, consistency, and high-impact content availability across genres
- Licensing Strategy & Expansion
: Run structured experiments, analyze performance signals, and identify top-performing genres. Collaborate with Finance to acquire high-potential licenses backed by data-driven conviction
- Revenue & Budget Management
: Own P&L responsibilities for the workstream. Deploy revenue-growth strategies while maintaining strict budget discipline and maximizing ROI
- Content Adaptation Excellence
: Elevate adaptation quality to deepen episodic retention and strengthen long-term engagement across user cohorts
- Operational Program Management
: Build programs and workflows that guarantee a steady, timely flow of content going live—fully aligned with growth targets and business goals
- Team & Talent Leadership
: Hire, scale, and lead editorial and promo production teams. Drive talent development through structured training, workshops, incentives, and ongoing capability-building
- Data-Driven Content Decisions
: Track show performance, identify improvement levers, and shape the future pipeline by pairing editorial intuition with analytical rigor.
- Process Innovation
: Design and refine end-to-end processes for creation, distribution, and repurposing. Keep teams aligned on product innovations and integrate new features seamlessly into the content strategy
Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year of work experience in a startup/similar environment.
- Astute problem-solving skills and ability to break (seemingly) large problems into smaller and practical solvable pieces, and a data-driven approach to decision-making, with a keen eye for insights and metrics
- Passionate about building great product experiences, thriving in fast-moving environments, and making smart decisions in ambiguity