Director of Product

Director of Product: Platform Systems

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Reporting to the Chief Product & Data Officer, the Director of Product will be responsible for defining, driving and executing the product roadmap for the Platform team. The Platform team is responsible for the excellence, stability and continuous improvement of our core website performance and associated internal tools and infrastructure. These include our databases, content management, payment, ad-tech, CRM, marketing technology systems and other key integrations. Together, these foundational systems serve our website visitors, subscribers, journalists, customers and other internal stakeholders.

The Director of Product will lead product management for a dedicated product pod, from idea conception through to A/B testing and product delivery. The Director of Product will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including editorial, engineering, consumer marketing, and enterprise sales to execute best-in-class product, user experience and revenue.

• Product Roadmap Leadership and Culture: Be responsible and accountable for defining and executing the roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders and BU leaders across the company. The ideal candidate is flexible and agile, as there will be times when you’ll primarily project-managing table-stakes functionality. At other times, you will have to consider how to design and implement solutions to problems, starting from vaguely articulated pain points (which involves true discovery and requirements definition) through to delivery execution and impact measurement. In all scenarios, your over-arching goal is to deliver the highest-value ROI and impact for the company. Day-to-day, this means you will:
  • Support and become a culture-leader within a engineering and product design team by working in a collaborative, communicative, accountable and transparent manner
  • Communicate and explain the product roadmap to all stakeholders, including market-based context and technology updates with the goal of ensuring understanding, alignment and operational efficiency.
  • Achieve stakeholder buy-in even in contentious situations, particularly when explaining tradeoffs, opportunities and risks or challenging assumptions/requests.
• Roadmap Management and Delivery: Develop and manage day-to-day execution of your product roadmap in collaboration with your engineering tech lead/manager, using input from pod members, product data, readers, customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Pragmatically prioritize the roadmap based on clear, explainable principles and tradeoffs.
  • Transparently measure and analyze outcomes/impact of product development
  • Collaborate with your engineering tech lead/manager, software developers and design counterparts in a process that deliver a high velocity, data-driven, high quality and impact outcomes

• 10+ years of product management experience in the digital media, B2C technology or related industries, with at least 5 years in a senior PM or Director level role.
• A natural pace-setter with high EQ, who excels at team and culture-building
• Excited to work in thought partnership and build a strong relationship and rapport with BU decision-makers
• Well versed in best practices and common product development frameworks.
• Experience with launching and/or meaningfully scaling or growing digital media/content or B2C technology products.
• Deep understanding of the media landscape, user behavior, and emerging technologies.
• Previous experience with/exposure to display advertising and subscription business models and technologies is high advantageous
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant area is preferred but not required if there is requisite professional experience.

$160,000 to $180,000 ( Based on experience) + Management Bonus  

• 22 vacation days, 11 paid holidays, and an honor-based sick leave policy
• Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), plus a high-deductible health plan option where Fortune contributes to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and a mental-health benefit
• 401(k) plan
• Generous parental leave
• Dependent care/health care/commuter FSAs, and cell phone benefits
• Tuition reimbursement program and other professional development resources
• An array of cultural initiatives including Employee Resource Groups and a mentorship program
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

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