Principal Product Manager - Broadcast and Streaming

Arqiva; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media solutions company in the UK is seeking a Principal Product Manager to drive product vision and strategy for broadcasting and streaming services. This role involves leading a team to deliver innovative products that align with business goals, managing the roadmap, and ensuring successful market launches. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in product management and a collaborative approach. Offering a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Up to £90,000 salary

15% bonus

5% pension contribution

Private Medical

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits including gym and travel insurance

Hybrid working culture

Qualifications

• Extensive product management experience with a proven track record.
• Ability to collaborate and influence multiple partners.
• B2B experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap, backlog, and prioritisation across products.
• Lead the product discovery and development process.
• Conduct market and customer research.

Skills

Customer and market analysis

Financial acumen

Decision-making and prioritisation

Clear communication

Adaptability

Curiosity

Culture of innovation

Budgeting for new technology

Job description

Overview

Principal Product Manager – Broadcast & Streaming

Location: United Kingdom. Commutable distance to Winchester / London.

Role Summary

Selling the product vision and direction for all products and services within the portfolio, ensuring that product strategies align with business objectives, leading a team of product managers and owners to deliver successful products to market.

Responsibilities

• Owns the roadmap, backlog, and prioritisation across one or more products or strategic product initiatives
• Leads the product discovery and development process, from ideation to launch, through collaboration with Software Engineering, Architecture, Enablement, Operations, Marketing and other stakeholders
• Defines and builds new capabilities and enhances existing products to drive the business forward to meet and exceed revenue and growth goals, whilst ensuring scale and flexibility
• Offers mentorship and guidance to Product Owners, Product Managers and other team members in terms of best practices, strategic thinking, and professional development
• Proactively coaches colleagues across Arqiva ensuring that Arqiva’s products, services and solutions are well understood and represented
• Conducts market and customer research to identify emerging trends, customer needs and understand the competitive landscape
• Anticipates and stays abreast of product and market trends and technologies
• Uses data to identify opportunities, threats and inform product decisions
• Establishes and defines success metrics and KPIs whilst driving a culture of data-centricity and taking action where necessary to improve product performance
• Enables commercial opportunities through creative and innovative product solutions with effective cost and pricing models
• Manages and influences stakeholders through compelling and concise storytelling and communication

Qualifications & Skills

• Expertise in customer and market analysis and strategic positioning of products to maximise market share and profitability
• Strong financial acumen to manage budgets and forecast product performance
• High proficiency in decision-making and prioritisation across complex and competing needs
• Clear, concise communication tailored to the audience
• Ability to adapt and anticipate based upon changing market and customer needs
• Curiosity: remains in the problem space when others have jumped to solutions
• Champions a culture of innovation and experimentation within product management
• Familiarity with budgeting business cases for the adoption of new technology as well as the launch of new products and services

Knowledge & Experience

• Extensive product management experience with a proven track record of partnering with engineering, sales, marketing and operations to launch large-scale products, with understanding of product lifecycle, data and insights
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and deliver products that meet the needs of target markets
• Ability to collaborate and influence multiple partners, driving consensus and commitment
• Understanding of Arqiva’s product landscape and ability to translate that into Arqiva’s vision for the future
• Motivated self-starter with the conviction and confidence to pivot and/or stay on course in the face of adversity
• B2B experience preferred but not essential

Compensation & Benefits

• Up to £90,000
• 15% bonus
• 5% pension contribution
• Private Medical
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to flexible benefits including discounts, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
• Flexible and hybrid working culture

Why join Arqiva?

We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform. This role offers a strong heritage and foundation for future growth and career development. Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions, with aims to double revenue and grow through innovative scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors.

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