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Senior Product Manager, WaPo360

Employer
The Washington Post
Location
Washington, DC
Closing date
Jun 22, 2021

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Industry
Media / Journalism / Advertising
Function
Management, Program Manager
Hours
Full Time
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)
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Job Details

Job Description

The Post relies quite heavily on data-informed decision making both at a strategic and operational level. Over the years, The Post has experienced a significant increase in traffic and subscriptions across various platforms and channels. The increased data volume and velocity coupled with new sources and complexity has created new challenges. To address these challenges and gain maximum benefits from our data, we are creating an Integrated Customer Data by stitching data signals from various data sources. This integrated customer data will be used to power various marketing and personalization efforts via enhanced workflows, automations and data activations via homegrown and vendor platforms.

 

We are calling this initiative WaPo 360. As our Senior Product Manager you'll report to the Director of Analytics and work in close collaboration with analytics, engineering and other stakeholders in understanding the requirements, build and maintain the various data products and capabilities for the WaPo 360 initiative. WaPo 360 will have a critical and strategic impact on many aspects of the company.

 

Responsibilities
  • You collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to capture requirements, maintain clear and accurate feature documentation, and create user stories.
  • Define and execute a product vision & roadmap focused on data integration and analytics capabilities
  • You will work in an Agile development environment and help the product team define and document feature requirements, create and execute against release plans, and proactively remove obstacles to delivery.
  • You participate in daily Scrum ceremonies and proactively identify and help mitigate release blockers.
  • You use data and research to generate actionable insights and recommend opportunities for WaPo 360 to evolve the data and analytics infrastructure so that we build scalable solutions that can grow with us.
  • Solicit stakeholder feedback to drive platform and feature improvement of WaPo 360 projects
  • You lead through influence by building trust and alignment with clear, proactive communication about your plans, progress, successes, and setbacks.


Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience building/shipping technical products.
  • 5+ years as a product owner or product manager with a strong preference for experience managing data and analytics products.
  • Experience developing/launching products/technologies within one or more of the following: Cloud, SaaS, enterprise, internal tools, and/or complex Data/ Analytics products.
  • Understand the life cycle and development of data products. Experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.
  • Experience creating strategic product roadmaps, working with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize projects, and meet deadlines.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience managing day-to-day technical and design direction.
  • Experience in the following: Analytics workflows, analytics products, data products, cloud infrastructure, software as a service, big data, data engineering processes, security and privacy, development and operations, or machine learning.
  • Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Analytics Workflows, Data Warehouse, Engineering, UX/UI, Customer Support and Marketing.
  • Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Strong data, analytics, and technical skills including a working knowledge of large-scale data platforms like Hadoop (or other big-data solutions), Map/Reduce, S3, Hive, Spark etc. is preferred. Working knowledge of AWS Cloud, Big Data tools and distributed data/computing tools are a plus.


The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.

The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?

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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
 

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Location
1301 K Street, N.W.
 Washington
DC
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US
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