Senior Director, Product Management - New Business

Warner Bros. Discovery•Washington, DC

9d•$217,000 - $403,000

About The Position

We are CNN. THE WORLD'S MOST ESSENTIAL AND ENGAGING SOURCE OF DIGITAL NEWS. We are in the midst of rapid transformation and need our next generation of innovators, makers, and dreamers who will lead and drive our growth. We aim to make the world a better, more connected place. CNN is looking for a Sr. Product Director, New Businesses. The New Businesses team will be leading the creation of new, standalone products at CNN, and focused on the creation of separate, non-news experiences that can help enrich our users’ lives and drive the subscription business. The ideal candidate is an experienced product leader, who effortlessly collaborates with product, design, engineering, research, editorial and analytics.

Requirements

12+ years of product management experience.
Experience delivering new end-to-end product experiences in the media space
Experience launching and developing new products and features; comfort with the 0-1 nature of the work; and expertise in how to navigate confidently through ambiguity.
Experience in people management, managing a team of 5+ people.
Being able to craft concise and customer-centric product requirements and product vision documents while creating a compelling narrative is essential.
Strong communicator, who can convey our strategy, roadmap and product plans to the broader CNN community – including digital leadership and peers throughout product org.
Understanding of A/B testing methodologies and the ability to use data to inform product decisions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate and present to stakeholders at all levels of the business.
Demonstrate strong ownership to deliver exceptional customer experiences and customer empathy.
Experience developing consumer facing experiences across multiple platforms (e.g., web, mobile, newsletters).
Experience working with and managing the needs of multiple stakeholders and business teams.
Experience driving clarity in ambiguous situations and drive forward progress.
Experience with data analysis and driving insights and making business decisions through data.

Responsibilities

Leadership: Integral part of CNN’s New Businesses leadership team, partnering with design and engineering counterparts to steer the delivery of non-news and standalone products that will drive CNN’s subscription business. Working to bring product MVPs to market in a timely fashion; then validate product market fit using data and qualitative feedback to assess. For the features and products that succeed, continue to iterate and improve to refine the fit. For those that don’t fit, either pivot or shut down.
Discovery & Delivery: Orchestrating the design, build and evolution of the first wave of new standalone products. This work includes partnering closely with design on the development of new product and feature concepts, as well as the strategy that frames those concepts. Leading a coordinated plan for delivery of products and features, working tightly with engineering and design on aggressive but achievable roadmaps.
Functional Management: Product leader for New Business. Leading a team of product directors and managers, who will be assigned to different initiatives. Responsible for ensuring the quality of the product work within New Business and coaching the team through the New Development process. Empowering and mentoring the product team; foster a cohesive, committed, passionate, productive, and positive environment; champion new ideas, and work towards the highest caliber of craft and a best-in-class experiences within a growing team.
CNN-Wide Coordination: Representing New Business in the broader CNN product organization via discipline rituals and settings (e.g. monthly product reviews) and leading cross-CNN collaborative conversations, when necessary (e.g. homepage integration). Partnering across the rest of the CNN product organization to manage interdependencies and risks for delivery of New Business initiatives.
Culture: Working with peers to foster a deep collaborative culture and promote partnership with cross-functional leads and senior leadership. Understanding the media landscape, the current headwinds, and the need for innovative thinking and innovation. Using foster to help create a culture of innovation and help the team push the boundaries of CNN.