Principal Product Manager, Sports & Live

Lensa; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A major media and entertainment company seeks a Principal Product Manager focused on sports and live events to enhance user engagement through innovative product strategies. The role requires strong leadership, data-driven decision-making, and collaboration across teams to develop user-friendly applications in a dynamic environment, with a salary range reflecting the sector's competitive standards.

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Company discounts and perks

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Product Management, preferably in media.
• Experience with live/sports streaming preferred.
• Familiar with Agile software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and roadmap for sports and live events.
• Collaborate with teams to create real-time content experiences.
• Analyze data for feature prioritization and long-term strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Data Analysis

A/B Testing

User Empathy

Communication

Education

BA/BS degree in a relevant field

Tools

Jira

Asana

Trello

Job description

Principal Product Manager, Sports & Live

Principal Product Manager, Sports & Live

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Lensa is the leading career site for job seekers at every stage of their career. Our client, NBCUniversal, is seeking professionals in New York, NY. Apply via Lensa today!

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

The Global Streaming Platform powers the best entertainment experiences from Peacock, NOW/WOW, SkyShowtime, and Showmax. When you join our team, you'll work across our dynamic portfolio supported by media industry leaders Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We're always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth, and consistently offer a best-in-class consumer experience across more than 70 countries. Most importantly, we're backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire our people to thrive.

The Global Streaming Platform organization is looking for a Principal Product Manager, Sports to join the Engagement Product team. You will be responsible for creating a product vision for how Peacock, NOW/WOW, SkyShowtime, and Showmax engage sports fans in the future by leveraging new technologies for emerging user needs. This role will focus on building usable, scalable, and delightful experiences around sports and live events more broadly as a vertical. This is an opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and ambitious initiative focused on creating the next generation of products for Sports fans.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead product strategy, roadmap and KPIs for sports and live events for connected TV, mobile and web applications
• Collaborate closely with editorial, engineering and design teams to create the best real-time content experiences and scalable workflows
• Deeply understand business considerations, competitive landscape, and best practices to drive optimal sports and live product experiences
• Lead feature development through the full software lifecycle, including discovery, ideation, requirements, design, build, release, testing, evaluation and iteration
• Create and deliver winning executive presentations that explain product vision, features and roadmaps and manage senior stakeholder expectations
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to inform feature prioritization, definition and longer-term product strategies
• Create balanced, performant experiences that satisfy superfans without alienating casual consumers of sports and news
• Proven track record of working on and developing innovative consumer-facing sports products
• Comprehensive knowledge of sports including both US (NFL, NBA, WWE) and International (e.g. Premier League)
• Vision to anticipate evolving consumption trends around sports and live event consumption
• Experience leading end-to-end product development processes, from concept through retrospective, for both consumer-facing and back-end features
• A strong ability to lead and inspire alignment to a shared vision and outcome
• Empathy for the user and a curiosity for identifying their needs
• Distinguished verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in A|B testing, data analysis and analytical thinking
• Flexibility to quickly adapt to rapidly changing priorities and deadlines
• Technical fluency to know when to challenge developers and ask pertinent questions
• The product sense to thoughtfully balance beautiful design, usability and business outcomes
• Collaborative spirit and a willingness to share product responsibilities and occasionally lead work streams outside of live event innovation space
• Enthusiasm to be positive, confident and energetic
  
  

Basic Qualifications

BA/BS degree in a relevant field

• 7+years working in a Product Management (or relevant) role, preferably in consumer-facing media, and a track record of delivering excellent products at scale with measurable success
• Familiarity with real-time content delivery and/or live/sports streaming experiences preferred
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Experience with A/B testing, hypothesis validation and user testing
• Experience with multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Amazon, Roku) and domains (TV, Movies, Sports, News)
• Fluency with project management tools such as Jira, Asana and Trello as well as analytics software
• Ability and self-motivation to work effectively offsite and with remote, global, multi-lingual teams
  
  

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.Salary range: $170,000 - $220,000, bonus and long term incentive eligible.

As part of our selection process, 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's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Product Management and Marketing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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