Sr. Product Manager, Inventory Management & Yield

Comcast Advertising is driving the TV advertising industry forward, from delivering ads to linear and digital audiences to pioneering the tech that makes it possible. We help brands connect with their audiences on every screen using advanced data, technology, and premium video content. Our media sales division helps local, regional, and national brands reach potential customers through multiscreen TV advertising. Our ad tech division FreeWheel provides comprehensive adtech that makes it easier to buy and sell premium video advertising across all screens, data types, and sales channels.

Job Summary

Responsible for managing the pricing, packaging and documenting of new product ideas and conducts user need analyses for ancillary products so that subscriber and financial objectives are achieved. Conducts the budgeting, planning, analysis and monitoring required to ensure unit and financial targets are met for assigned products. Manages ongoing product management of new and existing products. Develops financial and operational objectives. Ensures operational plans are aligned with business objectives. Contributes to functional strategy development. Has a greater degree of impact on business results and typically manages one or more groups of professional employees.

Job Description

Requirements:  Understands and has knowledge of TV and Streaming ad products and inventory- with a focus on inventory management and optimization. People leader role.

Skills: Product Management, People Leadership, Problem Solving, Advertising Technologies Experience

Core Responsibilities

• Internalizes and represents the Voice of the customer throughout the product lifecycle. Coordinates across other functional areas to secure buy-in to deliver on the defined end-to-end customer experience.
• Performs competitive analysis and conducts market research. Maintains updated view of key competitive changes.
• Teams with product development to deliver high quality products on time.
• Participates in the strategic planning for enhancements to product content, pricing, packaging and features. Participate in defining product business and functional requirements. Provides product support and documentation and develops product materials.
• Assists in budgeting and variance analysis of product's unit and financial performance, with goal of identifying opportunities and risks.
• Drafts and manages requirements and other supporting business documentation (such as use cases, possibly M&Ps [methods and procedures], executive summaries etc.).
• Leads concepts defining an end-to-end customer experience and expected full lifecycle costs.
• Contributes to the product vision across team and the organization.
• Conducts feasibility assessments, capability gap analysis (i.e., what is wanted vs. what is attainable).
• Manage change requests. Validates downstream deliverables and final offering (business acceptance testing).
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Advertising Technologies, People Leadership, Problem Solving, Product Management

Compensation

This job can be performed in Colorado with a Pay Range of $136,765.25 - $20