Job Description

The Ad Sales Technical Product Management Team enables NBCUniversal’s Ad Sales portfolio to drive revenue and growth.  We are part of a cross-functional team that collaborates through the life cycle of a product including conceptualization, development and commercialization. 

The Technical Product Manager will be responsible for technical product management of multiple products within the Delivery/Stewardship areas of Ad Sales. The role requires understanding of the Ad Sales ecosystem to effectively manage the product development roadmap for his/her suite of products.

The Ad Sales Technical Product Management organization adheres to the following Product Management pillars: 

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES ALIGNMENT. 

We understand and can articulate business objectives, priorities and demands.  We understand the technology landscape and ensure products are built to support business goals and objectives as well as adhere to technology operating principles, best practices & standards, and fit into the overall strategic goals of NBCUniversal.    SOLUTION DELIVERY

We are effective at delivering solutions.  We ensure clarity in requirements, relevant and efficient technology processes and procedures, and overall fluid software development shop. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

We plan, manage execution, and communicate milestones and challenges.  We identify risks and effectively work to mitigate them. DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES

• Define and own the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap for Delivery & Stewardship and drive the execution of initiatives for the product and engineering teams
• Collaborate with external vendors, our business partners, and data teams on ratings data feeds and, reporting.
• Manage globally distributed, cross-functional software engineering and development projects
• Analyze business requirements, source systems, data sources, transformation requirements, data mapping, data model and metadata for reporting solutions
• Build strong partnerships with stakeholders across the company to drive positive business outcomes
• Stay up-to-date and aligned with Business Initiatives’ strategic goals and objectives
• Own and drive forward holistic product development roadmaps
• Partner with product, engineering, and design teams to ensure feature requirements are clear and appropriately captured as user stories in a product backlog
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies such as inceptions, standups and retros
• Be responsible for overall product quality, ensuring technical solutions are well supported and adhere to company standards
• Track and report product milestones and key deliverables
• Manage and maintain Product 360 on a suite of products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Technical Product Management for Business Applications
• At least 5 years experience with application architecture, data integrations, data validation, and reporting
• Familiar with AWS service offerings is highly preferred
• Experience in Supporting 24x7 mission critical applications
• Proven ability to set a vision, excite, and lead a cross-functional engineering team
• Strong organizational, written and oral communication skills
• This role may be virtual/remote to start but will eventually work several days a week out of the New York City office at 1221 6th Avenue

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Creative thinker who thrives on solving challenging problems with analytical thinking skills
• Strong technical abilities to hold your own in debates with technical architects and engineers
• Good understanding of the media marketplace and technology trends
• Ability to lead and work autonomously
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of agile process and experience in use of JIRA workflow system
• PMP or Scrum Master certification/experience preferred
• MBA is a plus

Additional Information

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