Pluto TV, a Paramount Global company, is the leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 250+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Pluto TV is available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices and millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. Headquartered in West Hollywood, Pluto TV has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Chicago and Berlin.

This role can be 100% remote opportunity

Summary:

The Platform Product Manager – Web will be responsible for managing an Agile development Scrum team and backlog that supports and develops enhancements to our Web platform. This role will offer significant value to the organization by maximizing the power of our streaming platform to support the many products and services that are built upon it. Since our Web streaming platform is foundational to our business, this role will bring executional skill and a mastery of balancing multiple priorities that will strengthen the stability, performance and capabilities of our platform.

Responsibilities:

This is a meaningful role with a wide range of responsibilities, including:

•  Deliver new product features/initiatives impacting the Web platform

•  Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand requirements for the Web platform, and drive the product lifecycle for new features execution

•  Organizing, prioritizing, and balancing the backlog for the Web Agile team

•  Driving the Agile team to balance speed and executional excellence

• Developing a process for proactively identifying and responding to situations which may negatively impact platform health

• Actively identifying and removing impediments that may impact team velocity or deliverables

• Working as a servant-leader within the Agile team, using leadership skills to foster healthy and productive working relationships

•  Developing and maintaining a healthy working relationship with other functional teams throughout the organization, including but not limited to Engineering, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, DevOps, Architecture, Core Services, and Software Test Engineering

Requirements:

We believe these are the key requirements to be successful:

•  At least 3+ years of commercial experience in software product/program management in a complex technical environment. Experience with Web and streaming technologies is expected

• Experience and knowledge in Agile software development ideally focused on B2C applications. Agile certifications such as PMI-ACP, CSP, or SA are recommended, but we will consider those currently working in an Agile environment

• Adept with software development teams to remove cross-team dependencies, with validated experience driving those teams to higher levels of productivity and efficiency

•  Experience balancing expectations and interfacing between a technical team and business partners

• Solid understanding of data, and ability to communicate with others, proficient in the language of data

•  Experience using data to drive important business decisions

• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task

• Able to work independently, but also a team player who can collaborate well with internal stakeholders

• A strong attention to detail, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Flexible in an ever-changing environment

Preferences:

• Working knowledge of streaming technologies

• CTV/VOD/OTT experience and domain knowledge

• Los Angeles area or West Coast based is preferred, but open to other remote locations

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