Director of Product, Catalog and Content Understanding, Content Platform Operations & Publishing

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

The Content Platform Operations & Publishing (CPOP) team sits at the intersection of AI and machine learning, the consumer experience and the Netflix Studio. We are an integral part of making the Netflix experience feel personal and relevant by developing innovative approaches to how we promote, localize, and distribute our content. Our products impact both our members and the content creators, linguists, editors and executives who make our shows and films possible.

We are seeking a Product Leader to join our team and oversee the products, operations, and editorial teams that scale our catalog and content understanding systems for our content library. This role will lead multiple functions and disciplines including product managers and functional teams (operations, ratings, analyst and editorial teams) focused on automating and scaling areas like ratings, content analysis/signals and content catalog management/taxonomy systems.

This is a high-impact role where you will play a key part in shaping the future of how our product's capabilities for content classification, moderation and understanding scale and bring the most impact to our internal teams and members. You will be responsible for driving the product strategy, approach and innovation to building out innovative long-term solutions with technological solutioning at the forefront in order to enable these capabilities to future scale and significant member impact.

This leader will be a key partner to other product teams, engineering, data science, and functional teams leading these partners towards a long-term vision of how emerging technologies and AI investments will scale the future of how our content is organized and presented to members. 

This role is based in our Los Gatos or Los Angeles office in a hybrid model, but we are open to remote candidates who are on the West Coast. Frequent travel to Los Gatos and Los Angeles will be required.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a high-performing multi-disciplinary team of product managers, ratings professionals, content analysts, data/catalog  experts, and taxonomists to transform and automate how we classify content, assets, and our catalog. Transform products, tools, and workflows that play a critical role in catalog and content understanding and connect our members to our product and content in a meaningful and scalable way. 

• Build bridges with leaders around the world to establish great collaboration with other product teams, government affairs, engineering, design, and data science. 

• Balance requests from various stakeholders across the organization and cast them into a forward-thinking and ambitious vision and roadmap for catalog and content understanding innovation and AI investments, driving execution and velocity towards your goals. 

• Improve the team by attracting, developing and retaining high-performance product managers, operators, and editorial experts who excel within a diverse and inclusive environment and high performance, learning oriented culture.
   

Qualifications

• You have 10+ years of experience leading a product management function at global scale with an emphasis on ML/AI solutions.

• You are an exceptionally strong systems thinker able to think deeply about technology and workflows. 

• You’ve built and maintained strong and effective cross-functional partnerships across different areas of a business to drive toward and accomplish ambitious product goals; experience leading both technical and non-technical functions is a huge plus

• You have advanced to intermediate understanding and depth in machine learning & evaluation techniques, especially computer vision methods, and significant experience shipping them via AI powered products; experience with AI technology for B2B2C solutions in a huge plus

• You have managed and developed people managers and experienced product managers; you have a passion for people management and mentorship.

• You can operate successfully in ambiguous situations, can be flexible and nimble in an evolving space, and has a high level of curiosity.

• You are a change agent, with experience and passion for transforming traditional methods of work.

• Experience building and innovating on human-in-the-loop workflows and automation products is a plus.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.