Principal Product Manager, Connected TV Experiences

3 Months ago • 10 Years + • Product Management • $180,700 PA - $265,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Hulu is seeking an experienced senior product manager to lead the evolution of its product experience on connected TV devices. This role will involve working closely with stakeholders across engineering, product management, design, and executive teams to ensure the product roadmap aligns with business, technical, legal, and consumer priorities. The ideal candidate will possess strong product sense, be a fast learner, and have a proven track record of launching successful and engaging features on connected TV devices. Responsibilities include defining scope and strategy for new features, driving product development from concept to launch, conducting industry research and data analysis, leading a scrum team, and prioritizing product roadmap alignment across various stakeholders. Experience with streaming video devices, video players, DRM rules, and video advertising best practices is preferred.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Proven track record of successful product launches on connected TV devices
  • Experience leading a scrum/dev team as a solo Product Owner
  • Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
  • Passion for TV and entertainment
Good to have:
  • Product management experience with streaming video devices
  • Technical understanding of Roku OS, Fire OS, and Tizen
  • Experience with video players and streaming protocols
  • Familiarity with DRM rules, video performance, and video advertising best practices
  • Experience in A/B experimentation and analytics

Job Details

Job Summary:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

  • Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

  • Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

  • Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Hulu is the leading premium streaming service in the U.S. offering live and on-demand TV, sports, news, and movies, with and without commercials, in and out of the home. We provide choice and captivate viewers with stories of all flavors, and we're looking for a seasoned product manager ready to redefine TV through creative yet strategic thinking and consistent execution while embracing fun.

Job Summary

Want to join a fast-paced, exciting team serving millions of users daily across 20+ device families? We seek an enthusiastic and experienced senior product manager to lead our efforts in evolving the Hulu product experience.

Hulu is the home of a beloved general entertainment streaming experience for over 15 years, and the Hulu product team is responsible for a reliable and engaging experience across dozens of device form factors, in and out of playback. Keeping the experience compelling, satisfying, and familiar, regardless of what device is in use, is the highest priority. You will work closely with counterparts in engineering, product management, design, and executive teams, to ensure the product roadmap fulfills business, technical, legal, and consumer priorities for target platforms. The ideal candidate is a fast learner, team-oriented, nimble, displays strong product sense, and doesn’t wait to be told what to do.

Responsibilities

  • Work with stakeholders across the organization to define scope, create a vision and strategy, determine trade-offs, and build consensus to deliver engaging product features on connected TV devices.

  • Ideate, define, and validate new or adjusted product features focused on increasing user engagement (time in playback, title discovery, etc.) on connected TV devices using measurable metrics.

  • Drive end-to-end responsibility and ownership for your product feature/capability from concept to the finish line and in its daily usage.

  • Conduct industry research, consult with finance, and analyze data to ensure the viability of new features and product changes.

  • Lead a scrum team, champion their needs, and prioritize incoming requests for resourcing.

  • Contribute to prioritizing and driving alignment for a varied product roadmap across a diverse set of stakeholders including product partners, ads, engineering, design, commerce, legal, finance, and operations.

  • Work with device, platform, and distribution partners to ensure quality, compliance, and maintenance of your product domains.

  • Define OKRs and KPIs, track the health of your product domains, and understand changes in behavior/data.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience in a relevant field required.

  • 10+ years of product management or other relevant work experience required.

  • Proven track record of launching successful, engaging, user-centric features on connected TV devices like Roku, Amazon FireTV, Samsung, PlayStation, XBox, and others.

  • Demonstrated ability to define technical acceptance criteria, discuss technical concepts with engineering teams, and understand architectural and technical implications.

  • Experience leading a dedicated scrum/dev team as a solo Product Owner.

  • Ability to shift, adapt, and remain flexible with changing priorities and external factors while continuing to move projects forward.

  • Independently own and lead large initiatives with many internal and external dependencies and collaborators.

  • Obsessed with making data-oriented, analytical decisions to keep customers happy.

  • A strong attention to detail, and the ability to take a step back and understand the bigger picture.

  • Ability to be scrappy and resourceful, with no fear of getting your hands dirty and an impulse to always find a solution.

  • Systems thinker – proactive, structured, long-term thinker rather than reactive.

  • A love for TV!

Preferred Qualifications

  • Product management experience / high-level technical understanding of the streaming video devices landscape with feature development on Roku OS, Fire OS, and Tizen.

  • Experience developing product features for video players (HTML5 and native) and multiple streaming protocols.

  • Familiarity with DRM rules, video performance, and video advertising best practices.

  • Experience in A/B experimentation, testing tools, and analytics.

  • Worked in organizations with agile software development practices and latest industry methodologies.

  • Focus on impact with a proclivity to frame work in terms of impact, effort, and cost.


The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $180,700 to $242,300 year, in San Francisco is $197,900 to $265,400 per year, and New York, NY or Seattle, WA is between $189,300 to $253,800. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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