Business Analyst, Digital Product Management

A+E Networks•New York, NY

1d•$97,391 - $112,000•Hybrid

About The Position

A+E Global Media is seeking a Business Analyst to join their Technology team. This role will focus on shaping and evolving digital experiences for A+E's brands and audiences across various editorial sites. The Business Analyst will be responsible for launching new features, managing enhancements, and translating business and audience needs into scalable solutions. This position requires a balance of audience needs, business priorities, and technical considerations, bringing structure to complex initiatives. The role also involves overseeing content management systems (CMS) to ensure platforms and workflows are stable, intuitive, and adaptable, working closely with editorial producers to identify pain points and translate opportunities into actionable requirements.

Requirements

At least four years of product management and/or business analysis experience supporting digital products, ideally using data-informed practices to guide decisions.
Experience supporting full-stack websites and applications, with a foundational understanding of content management systems, HTML, CSS, and modern digital technologies.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex or ambiguous needs into clear, actionable requirements.
Demonstrated ownership and accountability, including the ability to move initiatives forward independently, surface risks early, and follow through from definition through delivery.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong organization and attention to detail.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across creative, editorial, business, design, legal, and technical teams.
Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to nontechnical audiences and business or audience needs effectively to technical teams.
A thoughtful, curious approach, with the willingness to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and work with partners to identify the right solution.
Ability to balance immediate business needs with longer-term product and platform considerations, creating scalable solutions rather than one-off fixes.
Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile product development environment.
Strong technical, creative, and strategic acumen, with the ability to connect audience needs, business objectives, design considerations, and technical capabilities.
Familiarity with visual design and information architecture concepts and the ability to collaborate effectively with UX/UI partners.
Curiosity about changes in audience behavior, technology, and the market, with the ability to identify emerging product opportunities.
A willingness to contribute beyond individual projects by identifying opportunities to improve processes, tools, and team effectiveness.
BA/BS in related field is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with tools such as Jira is a plus.

Responsibilities

Partner with editorial producers, Engineering, UX/UI, and other stakeholders to understand business and audience needs and translate them into clear product and technical requirements.
Define and document workflows, use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other requirements needed to design, build, test, and launch new capabilities.
Prioritize initiatives and enhancements by balancing audience impact, editorial and business goals, technical considerations, dependencies, and available resources.
Guide new features and enhancements through the product development lifecycle, maintaining stakeholder alignment and proactively identifying risks, questions, and dependencies.
Manage and continuously improve the CMS platforms that support A+E’s editorial sites, with a focus on efficient, reliable, and scalable tools and workflows.
Partner with editorial producers to evaluate current processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement technology or workflow improvements that make content creation and publishing easier.
Collaborate with UX/UI and Engineering to evaluate solutions, understand technical tradeoffs, and ensure experiences meet user and business needs.
Oversee the implementation and ongoing evolution of privacy and consent-management initiatives across digital experiences.
Partner with Legal and Engineering to translate privacy requirements into actionable product and technical changes and support responsible data practices.
Support testing and validation to ensure new features meet defined requirements and deliver the intended experience.
Monitor launched experiences, stakeholder feedback, and available data to identify opportunities for optimization.
Stay current on emerging technologies, audience behaviors, privacy trends, and digital publishing capabilities, identifying opportunities to evolve our products, platforms, and ways of working.