Senior Video Product Manager (Middle East or Europe, English and Arabic)

Virtasant

9h • Remote

About The Position

Our client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior Video Product Manager fluent in English and Arabic to work on Video Workflows (Digital, Broadcast & OTT Platforms) within their Digital Division.
As a Senior Video Product Manager, you will bring together the best of both worlds - deep technical expertise in video workflows and codecs, and strong product ownership skills in fast-moving broadcast, digital, and OTT environments.
You’ll bridge engineering, editorial, and design teams to define, document, and deliver scalable, data-driven video workflows. This role demands someone who can speak fluently about bitrate ladders, codecs, and APIs, but also prioritize backlogs, create BPMN diagrams, and turn technical opportunities into clear product outcomes.

Requirements

• Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory.
• You must live either in the Middle East or Europe.
• 5+ years of experience in media encoding, codec optimization, or OTT/broadcast delivery engineering.
• Expert knowledge of video and audio codecs (H.264, HEVC, AV1, AAC, AC-3), container formats (MP4, MXF, TS, MOV), and streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, RTMP, SRT).
• Experience integrating 3rd-party video APIs or OTT delivery services.
• Proven experience with FFmpeg, Vantage, AWS Media Services, GCP Transcoder, or equivalent transcoding frameworks.
• Strong understanding of workflow orchestration, media QC, and cloud-based video processing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with metadata standards (EBUCore, IMF, JSON, XML) and automated quality control systems (BATON, Vidcheck, Aurora)
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in media or technology organizations.
• Proficiency in BPMN diagramming (Bizagi, Lucidchart, Miro, or equivalent).
• Skilled in Agile methodologies and Jira for managing sprints and tracking progress.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear documentation and business requirements.
• Strong communicator and collaborator, comfortable working across engineering, product, and editorial teams.
• Proven experience building and communicating product roadmaps using tools such as Productboard.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI/ML video quality assessment or intelligent encoding.
• Familiarity with APIs and supporting frameworks for media platforms.
• Usage of scripting languages, such as Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, RegEx syntax, etc, for prototyping, analysis, and/or media processing.
• Understanding CDN performance optimization and playback analytics.
• Experience with AI development IDEs and models.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end video workflow roadmap, spanning ingest, transcoding, metadata, storage, and delivery.
• Translate technical requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and Jira tickets for Agile development teams.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate and optimize video and data APIs across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Design and document complex media workflows using BPMN 2.0, making processes visible, measurable, and automatable.
• Define video encoding and delivery specifications, including codec choices, container formats, HDR profiles, and streaming parameters, to ensure consistent quality across platforms.
• Drive efficiency improvements and consistency in editorial publishing workflows.
• Partner with Quality teams to build quality check automations and monitor video quality, performance, and playback reliability.
• Evaluate and apply emerging trends in adaptive streaming, CMAF, AI-assisted encoding, and emerging codecs.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and cross-team reviews, ensuring business priorities align with technical delivery.

Benefits

• Totally remote, full-time (40h/week)
• Long-term, no-end-date, independent contractor agreement
• Work hours: overlap with 10 am-6 pm, Qatar time.
• Payment in USD, biweekly or monthly - your choice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees