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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

Managed 6 large product lines including TV everywhere (News, Business and Weather), direct-to-consumer (Nation and international) and ad supported (News, Business, Weather and Outkick).Built, planned, and launched FOX Weather product line.Executed Strategic Initiatives:o Doubled the Direct to consumer subscriber base in 6 months for the direct-to-consumer OTT subscription streaming service FOX Nation by building a pointed roadmap with strong acquisition KPIs and goals.o Improved FOX Nation application rating from 4.1 to 5 stars on Mobile, and TV.o Launched new tool set for the editorial team that increased productivity by 20%.o Grew the News digital product line to number one in total minutes spent, number of unique devices measured and reported by Comscore.o Drove The News digital application to acquire more unique visitors than the competition.o Built a 24/7 support team that handled all editorial escalations and training and provided customer support to the public users.Built product focused teams on Acquisition, Retention and Winback with distinct and collaborative roadmaps with marketing, sales, BI, editorialBuilt 5 teams from the ground up which digitally transformed one of the biggest news and streaming products in the industry.Led a large team including product management, design, program management, operations, Release Management, editorial support, customer support, SEO and tech.Introduced new disciplines including product management, product operations, release management, SEO and customer support.Introduced a new structure to the digital team that brought coordination and approach to strategy and opened opportunities for the team members to grow their careers internally.Introduced data driven decision methodologies to all levels from planning, building to releasing software.Managed the relationships with the executive team and stakeholders and greatly improved their outlook on the Digital team.

New York, Us

Built EPIX's direct-to-consumer OTT subscription streaming service by creating exceptional value for consumers.Improved EPIX application rating from 2.5 to 5 stars on Mobile, and TV.Responsible for creating and managing an agile team Program and Project Management function that ensures seamless new product development.Define and articulate longer-term strategies and determine those that need runway of work earlier to achieve timeline targets.Lead all stages of product development and management from identifying new product opportunities and product ideation to product design, development, and delivery.Lead the Product Management, Program Management, Project Management, Release Management, Design and Technology operations including support.Utilize data-driven decision making for building the strongest acquisition and retention features.Own the overall product and tech roadmaps and vision, as well as ideating and launching new products to scale and grow EPIX product portfolio.Mentor role for key product management personnel, constantly ensuring improvement in their professional skills and offering assistance in their duties.Regularly report on the progress of the company’s roadmap and vision to the Executive team.Be the product visionary and own the commercial success of EPIX’s and MGM’s products. Lead the global Product, Design and Technology teams to ideate, build and scale new and existing products and technologies.Build motivated teams and inspire them to design and incept groundbreaking technologies, which grow the product and technology platform.Instill a KPI metrics-driven framework data and intuition combined to make great decisions.Drive the engineering velocity of finder faster and increase its output continuously.Alignment or integration of disparate platforms and teams to enable cohesive technology development and product functions across portfolios.

New York City, Ny, Us

Lead research, innovation direction/consumer market insights, international colleagues, customer engagement and development teams to develop & implement dynamic Products and POCs.Participate with other senior leaders to establish strategic plans and objectives, identify strategic needs and prioritize areas of focus.Attend Industry shows to network and continue to learn about industry trends and define the top technology trends in the industry. Survey industry trends & market technology research to have a pulse on the industry.Own internal engagement across all brands company wide.Lead all aspects of product development and product management including team management and oversight on all strategic and UX workLead a cross-functional Agile development team developing product solutions for the following areas: Interactive and Social video (SVOD/AVOD), “360-degree” immersive video and Virtual Reality, Bluetooth Low Energy and Internet of Things, Wearable Technology, Electronic Sell-Through, and Automatic Content Recognition (ACR).Manage company wide hackathons, and lead ideation process for the Media Labs team from day-to-day and including hackathon teams.Build products with latest industry technology trends also others that identify and tackle industry disruptors.Work closely with the start-up community and third party vendors to identify key consumer and cultural trends that drive technology and innovation.

New York City, Ny, Us

Managing of product roadmap, emphasizing on features that make tools friendlier, more automated and deeply integrated with production workflows and other publishing systems within the company.Central point for capturing, documenting, and prioritizing with proper stakeholders internal product feedback, bugs, new feature requests, and ideas for product improvements and successful adoption.Engaging regularly with tool vendors and technology partners for detailed description of user stories (features/bugs), product requirements documentation.Engaging regularly with internal customers and product stakeholders for capturing product needs, negotiate scope, and provide updates on progress, product roadmap.Communicating internally product releases, roadmap, and news updates in general with key product stakeholders and executives.Leading the product acceptance process, assisting in QA and ensuring that new releases and functionality meet company quality standards and customers’ expectations.Assisting in elaborating RFPs and research the technology landscape in general, reaching out and meeting with potential technology partners and vendors looking for new, better solutions that would meet evolving needs.Capturing and generating innovative ideas, crafting carefully Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) and potential products that take into account NBCUniversal business needs and leverage new emerging media technologies in the market.Create effective information artifacts that best represent the vision, scope, and functionality of the product, technology, or service being evaluated. These include but are not limited to application mock-ups, wired-frames, functional concepts and front-end applications using visual design, video editing, and prototyping tools such as Proto.io, Adobe Photoshop and others.Engaging regularly with technology partners for clear understanding of their technology solutions, product roadmap, and joint pilot opportunities.

New York, Ny, Us

Product manages API products, and ApImages .com Define and continually evolve the API vision/strategy that supports both user needs and business goals through continuous evaluation and customer surveyManages all components, functions and policies of the CMS for all AP Images sites and productsCollaborate with the design and development teams to ensure successful integration, quality and timeliness of delivery of product, content and serviceWork closely with our development team and project management team to build and communicate a strong list of requirements for business useEstablish benchmark metrics for sales team to increase product adoptionAdvocate for AP Images products to both internal and external customersEducate AP Images customers about the API and help them to integrate it into their Content Management System (CMS) systemsBuild operation manuals to cater for different CMS departmental usage, e.g. marketing, sales, photo editingManage Content ingestion into AP Images siteImprove Metadata best practices for all global content providersCreate new business rules for photo routingUpgrades and customizes all business rules for AP Images photo routing in collaboration with photo editors, customer support and development teamsChanges code inside the CMS system-using HTML, jsp, XML etc. as neededGathers continuous feedback from sales managers and customers to improve product usage Build a reporting service with the development team to closely watch how well the product is performing on a daily basisUses in-house and external tools to gauge a pulse and then analyze how the customers are using the website

New York, Ny, Us

Build operation procedures between various teams to better streamline internal processes.Build new monitoring procedures to closely watch product performance.Built automated self help for customers to better allocate resources, capture intelligent data from support and improve on response time.Manage mobile application content ingestion.Manage issues and upgrade for NNTP, HTTP,FTP, Satellite, mobile devices and Election platforms(Text, Interactives, Images, Graphics, Video, Audio).Provide technical consultation to AP clientele during content implementation and perform application integration with customer systems.Lead customer service and order specialist team during special event coverage.Create test cases and conduct testing on upgrades and system changes, along with communicating changes to clients.Attend marketing events with sales staff and provide technical support during sales demonstrations.Provide ongoing training to internal support and sales staff and to external clients.Troubleshoot various equipment malfunctions and serve as the liaison between product development team and customer support.

Paddington, New South Wales, Au

Managed and maintained relationships with content providers of AAP.Negotiated new contracts and pricing with content providers.Managed copyright regulations for publisher’s and AAP content.Conducted financial analysis on product and content to determine market feasibility.Managed new content feed with product development group using NNTP, HTTP, FTP, Satellite and images.Provided and implemented technical solutions to AAP’S content handling procedures.

Centerville, Oh, Us

Managed and maintained three on-line news media products.Provided internal technical and product training to customer service sales team.Held sales presentations and demonstrations to prospective clients.Worked closely with the sales staff to meet target sales goals and objectives.Managed the customer service team and ensured team members achieved individual goals.Provided new and on- going training to new and existing clients.

Bachelor Of Computer Science And Technology, Computer Science

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