As Product Manager for Defy Media, you will be expected to provide leadership to drive business growth, product strategy, innovation, and execution. In this highly visible role, the ideal candidate has a passion for building great user experiences for desktop and mobile web, has the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, and enjoys working closely with cross-functional teams with internal and external engineering resources. You must possess a drive to make big-picture visions a reality!

What you will be doing 

• Helping lead product strategy, innovation, and execution for Defy’s properties and services. Includes defining requirements and documenting product roadmaps, user flows, user stories, and creating wireframes. 
• Communicating with all areas of the company including engineers, QA, design teams, editorial, SEO, marketing, product managers and others. 
• Driving solutions across a set of development teams through requirements.
• Driving user-centric analysis of feature design: Establishing KPI’s, assessing performance and identifing improvement opportunities. 
• Developing both internal and external product-education strategies.
• Providing user and competitive input to address end-user needs/concerns. 
• Facilitate the scrum process.

 

Requirements 

• 4+ years experience in product management of consumer-facing web properties. (Entertainment properties a plus.)
• Proven track record of driving website-traffic growth.
• Highly motivated self-starter who can make decisions with imperfect information, comfortable in an entrepreneurial setting with shifting priorities. Not afraid of taking ownership.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Experience writing specification, creating wireframes, design and natural feel for UX.
• Strong analytical skills regarding business and technical issues. 
• Understand fundamentals of web development, SDLC, agile development.
• Excellent Project Management skills. 
• Bachelor’s degree required. Computer Science or Engineering degree is a strong plus. 

 

About Defy Media 

DEFY Media is the top digital producer and programmer for 13-34 year olds, and the largest owner of YouTube channels and leading media brands across the comedy, lifestyle and gaming verticals.  Each month, DEFY-produced content generates 500 million video views and reaches 125 million viewers across our 50 million YouTube subscribers, 80 million unique web visitors and consumers of our apps, which have been downloaded over 22 million times.  DEFY Media brands include Smosh, recently named by Variety as the top brand for 13-17 year olds, Break, known for its top program “Prank It Forward”, and Screen Junkies, home to the highly influential digital series “Honest Trailers”.  The world’s top brands partner with DEFY to build immersive advertising solutions that deliver unparalleled access to this influential audience. With uniquely integrated capabilities in content development, studio production, distribution and promotion, DEFY Media is built for content delivery in the digital age. Please visit us at www.DEFYMedia.com 

At DEFY, we strive to build a vibrant culture, creative atmosphere, and all the perks and events you’d expect from a team that delivers some of the most entertaining and popular content on the web, day in and day out. Are you a rule breaker, an innovator, as passionate about creating and delivering great content as we are? Come DEFY with us.

Defy Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer.