Chief Executive Officer - BumaStemra

BumaStemra is looking for an experienced, connecting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) / Chair of the Board of Directors who, within a collegial board, will provide direction to the next phase of the organization. The strategic course in broad terms is: further strengthening reliability, realizing the move towards a value-chain-oriented organization, and further developing international collaborations.

The CEO brings calm, direction, and cohesion. He or she is relationally strong, listens well, and connects diverse interests, but is also decisive and result-oriented. The CEO strengthens leadership and culture and ensures that implemented changes are actually realized and secured.

BumaStemra represents composers, lyricists, and music publishers and ensures fair remuneration for the use of their music via, among other things, radio, television, streaming platforms, venues, hospitality, and other forms of music use.

The organization consists of over 220 employees who work daily on its mission: realizing fair remuneration for rights holders and protecting and increasing the value of music.

Behind this social mission lies a complex, large-scale transaction-processing organization. The quality of data, systems, processes, and chain collaboration is directly decisive for the correct and timely collection and distribution of funds. BumaStemra therefore works purposefully on the further strengthening of its operational and technological foundation.

Digitalization, data, AI, and international standardization place increasingly higher demands on the reliability, speed, and transparency of rights processing and distribution.

At the same time, the playing field has become more international and competitive. Rights holders, publishers, regulators, and sister organizations expect high quality, transparency, and timely service.

• As Chair, provides direction to the Board of Directors and monitors the quality and cohesion of administrative decision-making
• Shares with the CFO and COO the integral responsibility for the strategy, continuity, and development of BumaStemra
• Translates the strategic course into clear organization-wide priorities and monitors cohesion and progress
• Provides direction to leadership, culture, and collaboration and ensures that the various administrative portfolios strengthen one another
• Maintains effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and represents BumaStemra nationally and internationally
• Provides direction to international cooperation and relevant developments regarding copyright, AI, and the future playing field
• Makes sharp choices where necessary in priorities, capacity, costs, and organizational design

• Extensive integral final responsibility in executive or board-level experience
• Demonstrable experience in realizing and securing substantial organizational change
• Ability to fathom complex processes and a data- and technology-driven environment
• Experience with complex governance and diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrable international experience and ability to develop strategic collaborations
• Relational and accessible, combined with decisiveness and result-orientation

Preferences: experience with member or interest organizations, cost or organizational restructuring, and specific knowledge of copyright, music rights, or relevant regulations.