Miles Lennon Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

I'm a multi-disciplinary leader for an organization whose mission is to empower artists to grow and engage a fanbase. We're an R&D group of 160+ product managers, engineers, designers, data scientists, and user researchers building Spotify for Artists and music-native promotion products that enable artists to connect with 600M+ music fans.In addition to leading the R&D functions for the Spotify for Artists platform and Music Promotion product portfolio, I'm the accountable leader cross-functionally for a company initiative of 200+ people spanning other R&D organizations, business analysis, sales, marketing, and operations. Within the Music Vertical at Spotify, I serve as the product "practice lead" (leveling/calibration, hiring & diversity, community, skill development) for a community of PMs and PM managers building products for creators.Spotify for Artists and Music Promotion products were heavily featured in Spotify's recent investor day (https://youtu.be/P1qmeGbWMIM?t=643) and our latest public event called "Stream On" (https://youtu.be/FCN-VP5z2vY?si=gR94ElkUFAvSSTZk&t=2427).

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Led the product team and strategy for an organization of 60+ building tools that enable creators to grow a fan base on Spotify. Grew an incredibly talented team of PMs and PM managers. Descriptions and coverage of some of our products:- Marquee is used by thousands of artists and labels (growing XXX% yearly) to grow their fan base https://artists.spotify.com/marquee- Canvas is used by millions of artists and 10's of millions of users each day https://canvas.spotify.com/- Storylines reaches millions of listeners with rich storytelling around albums https://tcrn.ch/30ErjGq- Follow feed (later changed name to “What’s New”) is Spotify's hub for stayed connected to the entities you care most about https://bit.ly/3jPnbuP- Artist identity management enables artists to control their presence on the platform https://bit.ly/3nFfWrG- Fans First has helped artists earn 100s of millions from merch and live events https://bit.ly/3nCpB21- Spotify for Podcasters was Spotify's first app dedicated to the podcaster community, servicing 10's of thousands of shows. https://podcasters.spotify.com/

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Chose to switch gears to an exciting IC role to build Spotify’s first creator-facing products. Most notably: - Spotify's second app and first dedicated to the creative community: Spotify for Artists on iOS and Android. Launch coverage: http://tcrn.ch/2yiHJ9V- Marquee, a new release promotion product that uses fan targeting to drive XX% attributable lift in listeners and streams after release. This product would later become a central commercial offering in our promotion tools suite (https://bit.ly/2GYaXBp)

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se

Managed 2 PMs and led a cross-functional team of 20+ dedicated to Spotify's social features. Coverage of a few of the products we launched:- Spotify Party mode (http://tcrn.ch/1O5PZac)- Friends Top Tracks (http://tcrn.ch/169V03m)- Social proof for music (http://on.mash.to/12DVFYA)- Embeddable Follow button for artists (http://tcrn.ch/15HWFWS)- Discover music through people with follow (http://usat.ly/12265Mo)- Follow your favorite artists (http://tcrn.ch/REAJKw)- Music messaging with friends (http://tcrn.ch/1UWv26Y)2012: Started as 2nd PM in the US, first dedicated to social products.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

I'm was part of the leadership team steering KFD. My primary contributions were volunteer training, canvassing event operations, and fundraising, but I wore any hat that I needed to. KFD is a volunteer-led organization based in Brooklyn, New York. We recruit, train, and mobilize volunteers to engage directly with voters and have a meaningful impact on competitive elections up and down the ballot.https://www.knockfordemocracy.org/take-action

New York, Ny, Us

Helped develop the product management course curriculum and taught seminars on how to get a job in product management.

Led a cross-functional team of PMs, product marketers, community managers, and designers at GameGround, an online gaming company operating a skill-gaming community on Facebook. We were funded by Sequoia Capital, Softbank, and Vodafone. I wore other hats including assisting in licensing with indie studios, investor relations, and even designed a GUI for one of our games.Some accomplishments:- Led product through conception, launch and growth from 0 to 1.2M MAUs- A/B tested viral loops and player progression to increase retention and 2x organic regs- Increased install Play D1 50% with a campaign-specific onboarding UX- Doubled ARPPU with "hard currency" virtual goods transactions- Presented roadmaps to the BoD

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Led product development for Tracked.com, a business and financial information tracking utility backed by leading investors Union Square Ventures and Vast Ventures. I also teamed with the CEO on several business development projects and VC pitches. We didn't meet our business objectives and later pivoted but this was a terrific learning experience in the areas of search, metadata quality, personalization and entity extraction.Launch coverage: http://tcrn.ch/c7cTvB

Textworks was an SMS and PC-to-SMS service facilitating group coordination and collaboration. The objective was to monetize through location-based coupons and advertising.