Product Owner, Distribution Products

An entertainment organization in New Jersey is actively seeking a new Product Owner for a great Remote opportunity with their staff. While the role will be fully remote, it is required for this person to be within a commutable distance to one of our east coast offices. In this role, the Product Owner (Remote) will be in communication with clients, internal product development teams, and external partners on activities related to the full life cycle of products, including product roadmaps, development process, deliverables, and timelines.

Responsibilities: The Product Owner (Remote) will:

Manage roadmaps, adoption of partner products and their integration into the distribution ecosystem

Engage across functions with multiple stakeholders, translate requirements into well documented product features

Lead grooming sessions to maintain a consistently up-to-date backlog of clearly defined features/stories

Fully document product features and capabilities in JIRA, ensuring all stories have acceptance criteria that are clear and can be measured

Identify the best technical solution for a feature or capability that meets the needs of our clients

Drive the implementation of new product features to increase quality and reach of products

Lead product demos, ensure training and onboarding material is documented

Assist with deployments and help resolve in-market issues and ensure SOPs/SLAs are commonly agreed upon

Represent outcome-centric and user-centric approach in discovery meetings.

Review technical specifications, architecture, and networking plans, and act as the Product SME in security, scalability, and infrastructure design discussions

Perform other duties, as needed

Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant work experience in the Media & Technology industry

Bachelor's Degree in Software Development, Technical Product Management, and/or a related field

Expertise in the SDLC process, with a focus on scoping, iteration planning, user story and acceptance criteria writing, rollout management

Experience with driving roadmaps for partner products and their customizations and integrations

Experience working with multiple teams and a variety of development methodologies, including SAFE Agile, Kanban, and Waterfall

Experience in API centric applications, gathering API requirements, API testing, and API documentation

Solid analytical, quantitative, and technical skills

Experience with Infrastructure Engineering

Great interpersonal skills

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Strong attention to detail

Highly organized

Desired Skills:

5+ years of Product Management experience in media, gathering client requirements, writing product and/or technical specifications, working with development teams, and managing product roadmaps as well as launches

2+ years of direct Client Engagement experience

Experience and knowledge of Cloud technologies, specifically AWS

Experience in Television/Broadcast, Media, Technology, or related field

Experience with video playout and distribution products, including Amagi, Mediaproxy, TAG, and DataMiner, VideoIpath, Evertz

Experience with Infrastructure automation

Experience with microservices based architecture