Product Owner - CTV/Streaming

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.

We’re looking for a Product Owner to take ownership of the CTV and Streaming product roadmap, ensure alignment between business goals and user needs, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, high-quality streaming products. As the bridge between stakeholders and development teams, you’ll help shape product vision into actionable stories and features that deliver real value.

Who you are

The CTV and Streaming Product Owner is the nexus of the digital organization – strategically aligning and driving teams forward to deliver value for our end users and TEGNA. You are data-obsessed and are constantly looking for ways to turn data insights into high value outcomes. You have a bias for action, and you’re comfortable making decisions with limited information. You’re a natural translator, skilled at turning complexity into clarity—both for users and development teams. You thrive in cross-functional teams and have the collaboration chops to bring people together and align around a shared vision. You understand agile principles and love working iteratively, using data and feedback to guide your decisions. You’re organized, pragmatic, and focused on delivering real outcomes—not just features. Moreover, you are motivated and inspired by TEGNA’s mission to connect and service local communities everywhere.

Scope of Responsibility 

Lead high functioning, lean, full-stack product teams (product, design, marketing, copy, engineering, QA) to deliver best in class CTV and Streaming products. Develop and maintain a robust and transparent product backlog. Create epics and user stories that align with Product strategy and vision. Partner with Product Leadership to plan and execute roadmap goals by facilitating agile scrum ceremonies, removing obstacles and ultimately delivering quality products on time and on budget.  Own and improve all processes to drive value, quality and team velocity.  Document and effectively communicate risks or impediments that hinder team progress.  Oversee initiative execution by managing sprints and timelines and leading delivery process.

Top Key Activities

• Backlog Ownership: Own and prioritize the CTV and Streaming product backlog to ensure the team always works on the most valuable features.
• Requirement Gathering & Refinement: Translate business needs, customer feedback, and market trends into clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Sprint Planning & Delivery: Work closely with designers, engineers, and QA during sprint cycles to ensure smooth delivery, clarity of scope, and fast decision-making.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as the primary point of contact between product teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of priorities, expectations, and progress.
• Customer Focus: Champion the voice of the customer in all product decisions, ensuring we build intuitive and valuable experiences.
• Strategy & Roadmap Definition: Contribute to CTV and Streaming strategy and roadmapping in collaboration with Product and Marketing Leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Analyze product performance, gather user feedback, and iterate on features to continuously improve user experience and business outcomes.
• Communications: Leads core team and stakeholder communications. E.g., dependencies, launches, setbacks, learnings, tradeoff decisions, etc.
• Team output: Leverages team velocity and capacity planning to continually improve product delivery

Domain Acumen 

• Experience product managing connected TV apps and FAST streams, preferably across multiple platforms
• Hands on and practical knowledge of the CTV and streaming ad ecosystem and its technical underpinnings
• The ability to proficiently use analytics platforms to track and analyze product, feature and release performance metrics
• BONUS: The ability to affectively construct and run A/B tests on CTV apps
• Demonstrated proficiency turning data into actionable insights leveraging KPIs such as engagement, retention, playback success, ad-delivery.
• Experience with QOS (Quality of Service) and QOE (Quality of Excellence) tooling to monitor and improve stream performance and user perception.
• Knowledge of industry trends an