Job Description:

The Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) requires a Product Line Manager (PLM) for products and services sold to Digital Media Retailers and Content Providers. This product set will provide media tools like video transformation and reliable delivery of content to end users for clients in segments such as Cable, Satellite, Internet, and Retailers. The product manager will be responsible for working with cross-functional teams from IT, Network Engineering, Network Operations, Network Planning, Corporate Technology, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal, vendors, and external clients to author product requirements, drive trade-off decisions and ensure products are delivered on time and to specification.

•          Lead the authoring of product descriptions, requirements, use cases, and glossaries.

•          Create product roadmaps and manage the lifecycle of a selected system or component.

•          Collect and prioritize feedback and bugs from end users, partners, forums, and support.

•          Translate market research and value propositions into product features

•          Lead the authoring of product requirements and their supporting artifacts (e.g. wireframes)

•          Support the creation of business cases

•          Create product roadmaps that articulate features and functions over time

•          Lead cross functional teams through stage gate product development process

•          Create trade off (time to market, features, quality) recommendations for leadership

•          Participant and support product testing and go to market activities

Qualifications:

•          A Minimum of an Associate’s degree (or higher)

•          At least 5 years product management experience

•          At least 3 years experience in the digital media / digital entertainment industry

•          Expertise in one or more of the following:  UI, portal, API, SDK, NMS, Storage/Archive Solutions

•          Experience in Product Management/Development working within video technology

•          Existing knowledge and experience with Digital Video technologies (Encoding to distribution/CDN).

•          Experience with media file formats used for Digital Media distribution (professional to consumer delivery)

•          Experience with various Digital Video protocols and delivery standards.

•          Familiar with video metadata and embedded data like closed captions and interactive content.

•          Proven ability to juggle multiple large projects and prioritize tasks and activities.

•          Experience operating in a matrix organization, cross functional and geographically disbursed teams.

•          Strong team player and individual contributor.

•          Experience creating planning and requirement documents.

•          Experience working with software development and testing teams.

•          Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills