VP Live Product Line Management

Purpose/Summary of Position:

As Vice President Product Line Management, this position owns a product value segment and leads the growth in revenue and profit. This includes product planning and forecasting, new product definition, planning, business case, launch and lifecycle management. The product manager is also responsible for progress, product quality and financial reporting. Attention to detail and the ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into customer benefits are essential.

Responsibilities:

• Identify market opportunities and collaborate with the SVP Strategic Marketing and executive leadership team to define product vision and strategy.
• Involvement with customers and industry groups to keep a pulse on industry trends.
• Manage the product lifecycle, defining, documenting (PRDs), prioritizing and communicating product and customer requirements and working closely with engineering to deliver winning products.
• Work with department heads within, sales and marketing to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
• Play a key role in ensuring that product efforts support the company’s overall strategy and goals.
• Be an expert with respect to the competition and work closely with marketing to define core positioning and messaging for the product.
• Manage product managers, recruit, mentor, and enhance and maintain a best in class product management team.
• Know capabilities of our offerings in the context of the customer’s business needs.

Experience and Education:

• 10+ years of product line management responsibilities ideally with experience in broadcast or service provider environment.
• MBA from top-tier Business School or relevant experience in product management role, management consulting, or other business role.
• Strong ability to understand customers, their business needs in order to align product vision and roadmap.
• Must demonstrate strategic thinking, thought leadership as well as ability to lead initiatives through implementation.
• Exceptional skills in value proposition creation, across quantitative and qualitative dimensions.
• Exceptional communication, presentation and negotiation skills with the ability to drive vision and influence cross-functional teams.
• Solid track record of product management leadership experience and demonstrated success in identifying and bringing to market commercially viable online or mobile consumer products.
• A strong desire to recruit, mentor and develop product managers.
• Experience and/or strong desire to work in a fast moving entrepreneurial environment.
• Previous experience effectively working in an agile development environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $175,000.00 /year

Required education:

• Master’s

Required experience:

• broadcasting Live Production: 1 year