Senior Product Manager, New Business

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Your New Role… 

The New Businesses team is 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 will be an innovative and strategic Sr. Product Manager, with experience delivering 0-1, cross-platform, direct-to-consumer products in a fast-paced environment. 
 

As a Senior Product Manager for New Business, you will lead product on a cross-functional team, shipping new features within a product space. You will partner with your fellow design, engineering, and editorial leads to prioritize delivery of full product experiences on time. You will manage the trade-off process during requirement definition and reviews to ensure releases are delivered against company business goals. 

Your Role Accountabilities… 

• Partner with stakeholders (research, design, technology, content, senior leadership) to define the Product roadmap, aligning with user needs, value propositions, and market opportunities 

• Translate business needs and user insights into clear, prioritized and actionable product requirements, balancing input from various teams 

• Lead team ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and any additional touchpoints 

• Produce high-quality product artifacts that communicate across multiple functions and levels 

• Define key performance indicators and use data to make informed Product and Business decisions 

• Ensure on-time deliveries and articulate risks and trade-offs 

• Be proactive in partnering with teams around the org to drive delivery 

Qualifications & Experience… 

• Record of evidence-based decisions, creativity in identifying value, and strong judgement about what’s worth doing 

• High EQ and practiced collaboration skills  

• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to align the team towards action 

• Strategies to build consensus, even within a complex and matrixed organization 

• Passion for users’ needs and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data to develop product strategy, drive decisions, and validate impact 

• Experience with the full product lifecycle, from initial concept and product discovery to launch and product optimizations post-launch  

• Understanding of subscription business and operations  

• Strong work ethic and integrity 

• 5+ years of digital product management/development experience; media organization familiarity a plus 

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