Product Manager, Metadata, TV Plus

Position Summary

**Candidate must be in the Mountain View or LA office 3 days a week, no remote at this time**

The Samsung global services team is responsible for driving Smart TV and mobile services businesses by building intelligent, integrated, cross-platform services that delight and entertain users.

Samsung TV Plus is Samsung’s direct-to-consumer OTT video service featuring ad-supported linear channels and ad-supported VOD. In the US, TV Plus launched in April 2018 and is currently available on 2016-23 model Samsung Smart TVs, recent Galaxy mobile devices, and more.

As a Product Manager for TV Plus, you will help define the vision for the service, with a high degree of day-to-day ownership over critical features that shape the viewer experience. The role demands a mix of great technical depth, principled thinking and well-honed product judgment. TV Plus is in the midst of an exciting period of growth and development, and seeks an experienced Product Manager who will drive evolution of the product during this critical phase.

Role and Responsibilities

• Understand and articulate viewer needs, build associated business cases and prioritize product requirements; synthesize data from various sources to inform product decisions, alongside with good intuition and prior experience
• Coordinate and synchronize product initiatives across different internal efforts by establishing shared vision and building consensus on common components
• Communicate product plans, benefits and results to all audiences — internal teams and external partners

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a computer science, engineering, science or math
• MBA or Master’s degree a plus
• 6+ years of total relevant experience, ideally of which at least 1-2 year of consumer-facing OTT video streaming product management experience with a track record of building and launching successful products
• Experience with prototyping and other creative ways to gather direct feedback early in the product development process
• Experience with Gracenote, and other similar content metadata services.
• Experience with recommendations and/or personalization.
• Experience with platform search functionality.
• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability and passion to use hard data and metrics to back up product decisions
• The ability to manage chaos, ambiguity and complexity, in a detailed, organized way
• Solid knowledge of best practices and trends among OTT video streaming products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must be able to influence others
• Self-starter with an insatiable will to get stuff done

Compensation for this role for a candidate based in California is expected to be between $[120,000] and $[165,000] plus bonus, but may be higher or lower in other regions due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.

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