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Product Manager/Designer - Web & Mobile

Publication or Company  Viacom Media Networks
Industry  Internet/Online/New Media, Mobile, Web Development
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location New York, NY
Job Requirements Digital Product Manager / Designer

Nickelodeon Digital is seeking a Product Manager with 2+ years of experience ideating, planning, defining, managing and optimizing best-of-breed websites, mobile experiences and apps. The Product Manager will work in an Agile/Scrum environment and will be Product Owner for one of the Nick Jr. properties—managing the prioritization of work to maximize the benefit to users and the business, authoring user stories, analyzing the competition, creating wireframes, collaborating with specialists and stakeholders, reporting on the results, and evangelizing for a user-centered approach. The Product Manager will be a part of the Nick Digital Product Management organization, which is responsible for Nickelodeon’s digital portfolio (approximately 20 million monthly unique visitors), and will have ample opportunity to collaborate with and learn from more experienced Product Managers.

Nickelodeon Digital, a division of Viacom Media Networks, strives to create innovative digital products for all of the new ways our customers access our content. If you have a passion for creativity, are knowledgeable about the digital space, have an outstanding track record of delivering successful digital content and entertaining experiences, and are excited about the future of media for the web, mobile, and emerging platforms, we want to talk to you!

Responsibilities

Drive and communicate clearly the vision and scope for a consumer-facing website or app.

Be the Product Owner (in the Agile sense) for the entire lifecycle of features, from ideation to technical implementation, in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, interaction designers, developers and QA.
Author and prioritize epics and user stories that will be addressed by your scrum team, considering the value to users and the business.
As a part of the preparation and research for these user stories, author user profile analyses, business analyses, usability test plans, product requirements documents, wireframes, user interface specifications, etc.
Be a leader in your scrum team—foster a creative, collaborative and disciplined culture to produce the best results possible.
Monitor and report on the performance and opportunities of these features
Research and present competitive and best-practice analyses.
Propose and drive enhancements to all of the above including process improvements

Basic qualifications

3+ years as a web product manager or equivalent.
4+ years professional experience in the consumer-facing digital space
Substantial understanding of internet trends and experience authoring requirements that deliver responsive design, video, social media, mobile/tablet, CSS, content management, user tracking, etc.
Interest in working on digital properties for kids and parents
Design Experience

Desired qualifications

Strong, demonstrable user experience focus.
Experience with content-rich sites.
Experience with video-heavy sites/apps a plus.
Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment a plus.
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