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Product Manager

Employer
The Washington Post
Location
Washington, DC
Closing date
Jul 12, 2019

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Application Instructions

Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history.

Job Description

Do innovation and creating game-changing technology drive you? Always thinking about how to improve user experience? Love working on products that serve a big-picture purpose? Enjoy working with both techies and non-techies in a whirlwind professional environment where the stakes are high?

The Washington Post is looking for a Product Manager for Arc Publishing.

This candidate will have a history of bringing digital products to market, excellent multi-platform instincts, solid business acumen, clear written and verbal communications skills, and a history of hitting deadlines while delivering excellent products to users.

This person will:
  • Collaborate throughout the design, development and launch of products for use on multiple platforms and operating systems
  • Coordinate and collaborate with news editors to ensure that the product feature sets are aligned with news editorial plans and strategies
  • Assist with all aspects of the product lifecycle, including strategy, product requirements definition, design, competitive research, forecasting, launch plans, testing and future enhancements
  • Gather business needs, traffic analytics and feedback from sales and users to identify new opportunities and areas for improvement
  • Establish self as subject-matter expert on your products, best practices, competition and the latest industry trends
  • Monitor and analyze key performance metrics, as well as identify and measure the impact of new features.
  • Regularly track product performance and success metrics, and report them to stakeholders


Requirements:
  • 3 years of digital and/or product management experience
  • Experience analyzing customer feedback, user research and performance data to guide product feature development
  • Experience monitoring product performance and managing troubleshooting efforts in real time
  • Ability to communicate cross-functionally among editorial, sales, technical and executive teams, explaining complex systems or concepts in appropriate terminology for stakeholders
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in setting key performance indicators, goal-metrics and reporting
  • Bachelor's degree required

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Company

Thank you for your interest in a career with The Washington Post. We invite you to review all of our open positions to find the one that's right for you. We look forward to receiving your resume!


Since it first began publication more than 130 years ago, The Washington Post has grown into one of the most storied and respected news organizations in the world. A subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, today's Post is the indispensable guide to Washington. In print, we enjoy the highest penetration of any major metropolitan newspaper in the United States. On the web, we have the third largest news website with 17 million unique visitors each month, and have recently launched a celebrated news app for the iPad. We serve Washington in all media, on any platform, including paid products, events, and tailored content.

More broadly, The Washington Post Company delivers quality products to today's students, readers and viewers. What unites our company is the immediacy of our products and services, created by teachers and tutors at Kaplan; reporters and editors at our media properties; and associates at Cable ONE.
Washington Post Media views its employees as its most valuable asset and provides a comprehensive benefits package to promote healthy and balanced lives at work and at home. We offer competitive salaries, opportunities for training and career advancement and an outstanding, progressive benefits package including:
Health and dental benefits
Flexible healthcare and dependent care spending accounts
401(k) and company-funded cash balance plan
Life and disability insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Adoption assistance
Domestic partner benefits
Employee assistance program
Employee referral program
 

Company info
Website
Location
1301 K Street, N.W.
Washington
DC
20036
US

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