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10 Spotify product leaders
These ten leaders hold or have held director, vice president or senior vice president roles in product at Spotify. A reader can ask them how Spotify product teams set priorities, run experiments, and build listening, creator and platform features at global scale.
Professionals to explore
01—10Arthur Nicholls
LinkedInExperience: VP, Partner & Platform Experience · Spotify
VP, Partner & Platform Experience at Spotify since 2026, a group the profile says brings Spotify beyond the phone to cars, wearables, TVs, game consoles, desktops, web, voice assistants and AI agents. Former Senior Director of Product Management (2023–2026), Product Director, Platform & Partner Experiences (2021–2022) and Product Director, Off Platform Experience (2020–2021) at Spotify.
Austin Lamon
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Product for Podcasts · Spotify
Senior Director, Product for Podcasts at Spotify since 2025, and former Director, Product for Podcasts (2023–2025), Director, GM of Backstage (2020–2023) and Group Product Manager - Core Infrastructure (2018–2020) at Spotify. Former Senior Product Manager at Capital One (2015–2018).
Babar Zafar
LinkedInExperience: VP Product & Head of Content Platform · Spotify
VP Product & Head of Content Platform at Spotify since 2025, where the profile describes building an ML/AI-native team to power Spotify's content catalog, safety and zero to one innovation. Former VP Product & Head of Growth R&D (2017–2025), Director of Product (Growth) (2015–2017) and Group Product Manager (2014–2015) at Spotify.
Charlie Hellman
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Head of Music Product · Spotify
SVP, Global Head of Music at Spotify since 2025, and former VP, Global Head of Music Product (2021–2025), VP, Head of Marketplace (2017–2021), VP Product, Creator (2015–2017) and VP Product, Consumer Features (2012–2015) at Spotify. The profile lists the VP, Global Head of Music Product role in New York City, in the Product department.
David Nyhan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Director of Product Management · Spotify
General Manager at Spotify since 2023, and former Senior Director Director of Product Management at Spotify (2021–2023), where the profile says he was personalization product lead for Home recommendations, search, promotions, LTV and the personalization platform. Former Group Product Manager at Spotify (2019–2021).
Johan Rydberg
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product, General Manager for Experimentation Platform Confidence by Spotify · Spotify
Director of Product, General Manager for Experimentation Platform Confidence by Spotify at Spotify since 2024, where the profile says he leads both product and engineering for Spotify's Experimentation Platform, including Confidence. Former Principal Product Manager, Data Infrastructure (2019–2023) and Director of Engineering, Data Infrastructure (2016–2017) at Spotify.
Miles Lennon
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Music Product · Spotify
Vice President, Music Product at Spotify since 2025, and former Senior Director, GM of Spotify for Artists and Music Promotion (2023–2025), Senior Director, GM of Music Promotion (2020–2023) and Director of Product, Creator (2018–2020) at Spotify. The profile headline reads Vice President, Product at Spotify.
Molly Holder
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Personalization · Spotify
Vice President, Personalization at Spotify since 2025. Former General Manager (2024–2025), Sr. Director of Product (2022–2024) and Director of Product Management, Personalization Platform (2021) at Spotify; the profile describes leading product strategy for teams bringing personalized listening experiences to Spotify users. She was also Vice President, Personalization at SiriusXM (2021–2022).
Natasa Soltic
LinkedInExperience: VP, Core Experience · Spotify
VP, Core Experience at Spotify since 2024, and former Head of Core Experience Product & Engineering (2023–2024), Senior Director of Product Management (2021–2023) and Director of Product Management - Consumer Experience (2020–2021) at Spotify. The profile says she owned the Spotify Navigation, Catalogue, Browse & Search experiences.
Sten Garmark
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Product Management · Spotify
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify since 2025, and former Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify (2016–2025). His Spotify roles also include Vice President of Product Management (2013–2016), Director of Product Management (2012–2013) and Director of Platform (2011–2012).
Choose the right perspective
Pick someone whose Spotify area matches your question, such as personalization, music and creator tools, podcasts, content platform, experimentation or device partnerships. Check whether their Spotify product role is current or past if you need present-day practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Spotify decide which product bets to fund, and how are they measured after launch?
- 02How do personalization and recommendation features get tested and rolled out to a very large user base?
- 03How do product teams balance the needs of listeners, artists and other partners when they conflict?
About this directory
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