NBC News Product Manager
Job Description
Own product strategy and delivery for NBC News, building audience and revenue-driving initiatives in a cross-functional, Agile environment.
Responsibilities
- Build and share a deep understanding of customer needs, data signals, business priorities, and industry trends
- Establish, articulate, and advocate product vision, strategy, and business-facing measures of success
- Define and align on meaningful metrics to evaluate customer and business outcomes
- Prioritize upcoming sprints by shaping story backlog for features and enhancements
- Maintain an execution-focused roadmap with annual and quarterly KPIs and OKRs, aligned to resourcing, progress, and success
- Create a clear value path connecting user outcomes to business growth
- Author use cases and user stories, including shared understanding of user needs and the definition of “done”
- Identify and implement opportunities to reduce technical, business, and user experience debt
- Run product discovery efforts using experiments and discovery methods to uncover value-driven opportunities
- Map customer goals, values, and needs (not just “wants” or baseline requirements)
- Inform decisions with unbiased qualitative and quantitative data
- Partner with internal teams, including editorial, marketing, advertising, and business development, to ensure clear communication and transparency
- Coordinate with product peers to share learnings, leverage shared effort, and maintain quality across cross-platform experiences
- Lead an Agile, cross-functional team to deliver features, subscriber experiences, and data-driven insights
Requirements
- 5+ years in digital growth experience with domain subject-matter expertise and proven thought leadership
- Digital subscription experience preferred, but not required
- Demonstrated ability to deliver successful, valuable customer and business outcomes
- Strong user experience sensibilities
- Proven analytics experience and experience using user research to drive decisions
- Experience with Agile methodologies, including sprints, prioritization, and eliminating debt
- Human-centered thinking and empathy for solving customer problems
- Exceptional written, spoken, and visual communication skills
- Exceptional storytelling skills
- Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with business stakeholders, partners, and engineers
- Experience in the media, news, or technology/internet industries
- Experience with Product Discovery, Design Thinking, or Lean Product is a plus
Location
- New York, NY (hybrid)
Compensation
- USD 130,000 - 160,000 per year
- Bonus eligible
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Additional discounts and perks
Hybrid Schedule
- Hybrid schedule requires working from the office a minimum of four days per week
- In-office requirements may change at any time
Additional Information
- External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision
- NBCUniversal provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to protected characteristics
- Qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans may request a reasonable accommodation during the application and/or recruitment process by emailing [email protected]
Desired Characteristics
- Human-centered thinking and empathy for solving customer problems
- Exceptional written, spoken, and visual communication skills
- Exceptional storytelling skills
- Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to speak fluently with business people, stakeholders, partners, and engineers
- Experience in the media, news, or technology/internet industries
- Experience with Product Discovery, Design Thinking, or Lean Product is a plus