Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Head of India Government Affairs role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of platform regulation and market access for a global subscription product. For a company operating a large-scale digital content service, India’s policy environment—spanning competition, copyright, and content governance—directly shapes how the product can be distributed, monetized, and moderated.
The career value is in learning how public policy becomes an operational input for SaaS businesses, not a parallel track. The remit implies translating regulatory signals into clear internal guidance, aligning with legal, product, communications, and trust & safety, and maintaining consistency with global positions. That combination builds durable SaaS fluency: understanding risk, anticipating change, and influencing outcomes without owning the product roadmap.
This position is best suited to a senior operator who prefers externally facing work paired with internal coordination, and who is comfortable representing a company across ministries, regulators, and industry coalitions. It will likely appeal to professionals who enjoy long-horizon strategy, stakeholder mapping, and crisp written and verbal advocacy, while staying close to how a subscription platform functions in practice.
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Job Description
We are seeking a dynamic, hard-working, strategic candidate to join Spotify’s Global Government Affairs team as Head of India Government Affairs.
The Government Affairs team is charged with understanding the global and local policy landscape in relation to Spotify’s business objectives and advocating on the company’s behalf on critical public policy issues, including Spotify’s ability to compete fairly and thrive as a platform for your favorite music and podcasts. We represent the company before legislators and regulators, see around corners, and mitigate potential risks.
The Head of India Government Affairs will work as part of the global government affairs team, coordinating closely with colleagues throughout Spotify in order to craft effective, consistent positions on the issues of greatest importance to our company. This position will report to the Head of Global Government Affairs & Public Policy.
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What You'll Do - Serve as Spotify’s primary representative to the Government of India, supervising engagement with key ministries, regulators, and policymakers to advance Spotify’s strategic and policy interests.
- Identify and prioritize public policy issues affecting Spotify in India — such as competition policy, content regulation, and copyright — and develop and implement effective advocacy strategies in coordination with global and regional teams.
- Work closely with internal partners (communications, product, legal, and trust & safety) to align policy initiatives with business objectives and ensure coordinated company positions.
- Build strategic relationships with trade associations, creative sector and streaming industry coalitions, and civil society organizations to strengthen Spotify’s policy influence and reputation.
- Monitor and assess legislative, regulatory, and policy developments in India; provide clear counsel on risks, opportunities, and recommended company positions.
- Direct the work of external consultants and coordinate with cross-functional leaders to ensure cohesive, impactful engagement across the region.
Who You Are- You have at least 15+ years of experience developing and implementing public policy strategies and interacting professionally in a public policy environment.
- Strong understanding of the content and technology sector and/or the music sector & policy (familiarity with policy issues, including competition and platform policy, AI policy and/or digital content issues would be an asset).
- Experience working in government, for a company, and/or a trade association.
- Outstanding existing relationships and the ability to build new ones with key government agencies such MIB, MEITY, and the Ministry of Culture; Parliament; other government stakeholders; civil society organizations; peers at Spotify and in other companies; and more.
- Demonstrated ability to develop innovative and pragmatic approaches and business-focused solutions to regulatory and legislative challenges and developments.
- A propensity for thinking strategically and a track record of achieving results.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an absolute commitment to professionalism and collegiality.
- Outstanding written and oral communications skills to represent Spotify.
- Full English & Hindi proficiency, additional languages an asset.
Where You'll Be- This role is based in Mumbai, with regular travel as part of your work. It is not a remote position
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, but it still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come to the office 2 to 3 times per week.
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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
