Smart TV Product Manager

Job description

Position Summary

Role and Responsibilities

Why join our team? What will this role achieve?

As a pioneer in the Smart TV sector, Samsung has changed the way the world watches television. Our global product team continues to advance our Smart TV offering, building intelligent, integrated services that delight users with entertainment content and innovative lifestyle experiences.  

  

As a Product Manager for Smart TV services for TV Plus, Universal Guide, Bixby, etc. you will help define the vision for the service, with a high degree of day-to-day ownership over critical features that shape the viewer experience. The role demands a mix of great technical depth, principled thinking and well-honed product judgment. TV Plus is in the midst of an exciting period of growth and development, and seeks an experienced Product Manager who will drive evolution of the product during this critical phase.

TV Plus is Samsung’s direct-to-consumer OTT video service featuring ad-supported linear channels and ad-supported VOD. In Europe, TV Plus launched 2018 and is currently available on 2016-19 model Samsung Smart TVs, and will be expanding to additional devices in the future.  Universal Guide is Samsung’s recommendation service for linear TV and OTT videos currently available in major markets in Europe.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·  Understand and articulate the viewer needs, build associated business cases and prioritize product requirements; synthesize data from various sources to inform product decisions, alongside with good intuition and prior experience
·  Coordinate and synchronize product initiatives across different internal efforts by establishing shared vision and building consensus on common components
·  Communicate product plans, benefits and results to all audiences — internal teams and external partners
·  Maintain active relationships with partners to help them on-board, proactively resolving business, technical, and policy issues
·  Gather requirements and support definition of technical and product features related to product partnerships
·  Track, analyse and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships
·  Comfortable working with ambiguity and still operate effectively. This role is fluid, and will frequently evolve based on partner, strategy, and product priorities
·  Willingness to travel as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

·  Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a computer science, engineering, science or math, or media
·  3-8 years of total relevant experience, of which at least 2 years of consumer-facing OTT video streaming product management experience with a track record of building and launching successful products
·  Familiarity with experience prototyping and other creative ways to gather direct feedback early in the product development process
·  Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up product decisions
·  The ability to manage chaos, ambiguity and complexity, in a detailed, organized way
·  Solid knowledge of best practices and trends among OTT video streaming products
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must be able to influence others
·  Self-starter with an insatiable will to get stuff done

Skills and Qualifications

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