Commercial Podcast Lead / Founder's Associate | Founder-Led Scaling Podcast Studio | London

Commercial Founder's Associate | Founder-Led Scaling Podcast Studio | London

Harmonic is pleased to partner with a newly launched media studio, founded as a sister company to an established consumer brand, built by a team of highly successful entrepreneurs with multiple exits behind them.

With a strong track record of building fast-growing, category-defining businesses, they're now bringing that same instinct to media: developing a slate of original podcast and show formats designed to build engaged, influential audiences across business, culture and beyond.

The Role

This is a fully autonomous role: you'll create and validate new show concepts from scratch, identifying commercially attractive niches, understanding the audience and sponsor ecosystem, developing the format and host proposition, and testing demand with prospective hosts and sponsors. You'll build the commercial case for the strongest concepts, take them from idea through to launch, then own the resulting show end to end, from guests and production through to sponsor relationships and deal terms. You'll work alongside one other colleague, each owning a distinct vertical, and support the founders directly on commercial decisions that shape how the business grows.

This suits someone commercially curious by instinct, who wants to understand how an industry makes money and where the value sits before building a proposition around it, enjoys starting with a blank sheet of paper, and would rather test an idea by talking to real hosts and sponsors than over-plan it.

Media experience isn't required: what matters is the entrepreneurial drive to build and run your own mini business inside the business, owning its audience, product, revenue and costs, and ultimately whether it deserves to exist.

Responsibilities

• Create and validate new show concepts from scratch: niche, audience, format and host proposition.
• Test demand with prospective hosts and sponsors, build the commercial case, and take the strongest concepts to launch.
• Own your show end to end: guests, production, sponsors and commercial delivery.
• Size opportunities commercially: ROI, pricing and margins before committing time or budget.
• Source and secure guests, hosts and sponsors suited to your niche.
• Negotiate commercial terms with strong judgement across every deal.
• Juggle multiple workstreams with strong project management and prioritization.
• Solve problems independently, with a bias to action and good judgement under uncertainty.
• Liaise regularly with the founders on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Support the founders on ad hoc commercial projects.

What We Need to See (Essential)

• Track record of autonomy: has built or run something with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable with people and deal-making: sourcing, negotiating and managing relationships.
• Entrepreneurial, ambitious, independent and organized.
• Commercially curious: wants to understand how an industry makes money and who buys what.
• Zero-to-one thinker: turns a blank sheet of paper into something concrete.
• Commercially numerate: thinks naturally in ROI, pricing, margins and P&L.
• Customer-discovery mindset: tests assumptions by talking to people, not over-planning.
• Resourceful and proactive: strong bias to action, doesn't wait to be told.
• Strong judgement, low ego: decides with imperfect information, changes course when needed.
• Ownership mentality: runs the show like their own business, P&L included.

Package:

Location: London

At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.