Enterprise Product Owner, Legal Applications

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal’s Data & Legal Solutions team operates as a central program operations group embedded across Ad Sales, Distribution, Marketing, Research, Technology, Legal, and HR as trusted partners working together to implement strategic programs throughout the enterprise in order to effectively close gaps between central business and technology groups across a variety of projects.  We work to provide relevant insights & structure across our diverse portfolio to power intelligent business decisions required in order to compete within today’s highly complex multi-platform & fragmented media landscape.

The Product Owner, Data & Legal Solutions will support legal and compliance functions including the NBCU Legal Operations, Litigation & Compliance, Employment & Labor Law, Rights IP, Legal Affairs groups.

The Product Owner will be expected to understand best practices in Product Management with a focus on Legal Operations & Tools to assist in the delivery of the Legal Operations applications roadmap. The legal technology marketplace is going through significant change, and this candidate is expected to maintain pulse on industry and technology trends to deliver tool adoption, improved user experience, simplified architecture, while ensuring a compliant and secure technology solution.

The Product Owner will be a partner to multiple Business, Legal and Engineering teams building strong relations to meet on-time delivery of the roadmap while building and delivering on internal KPIs.

The Product Owner will also own the delivery of new technology which includes discovery, scope, defining project phases and budget for initial build & on-going support, vendor selection and working with Product, Engineering and Architecture peer groups. This role is also responsible to establish & own the support team for on-going post go-live support & solution improvements. All other duties as needed. 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Product Management experience implementing On-Prem and/or SaaS solutions.
• Experience in working with Legal Operations/Technology.
• Expertise in the SDLC process, with a focus on scoping, iteration planning, user story and acceptance criteria writing, rollout management, testing and defect management, and issue resolution.
• Expertise in translating business needs in to clear technical requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills exhibiting excellent written and oral communications, effective interpersonal skills, project management, and strong formal presentation abilities.
• Deep technical understanding to manage and solve complex technical issues.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Product Management from an accredited institution or equivalent.
• Demonstrate best practice knowledge for Global Corporate Legal applications in a multi-country environment. 
• Self-starter to work on multiple projects simultaneously with a keen desire to learn and expand depth of knowledge.
• Exhibit collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Strong organization skills and detail-oriented with ability to manage own work as we