Mountain View, CA, USA
3 days ago
Sr. Product Manager - Mobile, News

Position Summary

The North America Services Business (NASB) develops services across Samsung’s mobile, digital, and TV ecosystems. Our mission is to inspire and engage users with interactive and imaginative experiences.
This position will be responsible for defining and building on the vision of our services across Samsung’s Mobile News platform. As a product manager, you will have a tremendous opportunity to drive impact and business objectives for NASB. You will bring your product innovations to life through flawless execution and collaboration. You will help shape our portfolio and influence the development of our services. This role requires a combination of leadership, strategic thinking, business acumen, technical depth, critical thinking, sharp product judgment and strong product management expertise.
Working with Product, Marketing, BD, Engineering, Design, Data and Operations, you will drive strategy definition, development, implementation, launch and growth of our News service. This role involves a combination of launching new services and features, and growing established businesses.

Role and Responsibilities

Collaborate with all cross-functions to bring a new product or features in our Mobile News App to life on time and on budget – from concept through launch, by:Working with Strategy and Partnerships team for new products and features ideasOwn product requirements documentation, working with strategy, BD, engineering, design, research to ensure feasibilityUnderstand and articulate user needs, build associated business cases and prioritize product requirementsThink through products from UX, engineering and business perspectivesDrive communications with exec stakeholders for buy-inWorking with Engineering to create proof-of-concepts, prototypes, tests, and other creative ways to gather direct feedback early in the product development processWorking with development and QA teams for production launchUse data to drive decisions; ability to use hard data and metrics to make data-driven decisions and back up product decisions.  Measure every step of progress through data, and use data to track success of the productManage project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout the life of the projectManage stakeholder communications and progress reporting throughoutEnsure quality of deliverables is verified and matching expectationsManage multiple concurrent projects with multiple teams around the worldLead and collaborate with marketing to drive awareness and create demand for our News App and grow the serviceDrive the evolution of our Mobile News App.

Skills and Qualifications

A self-starter with excellent verbal and written communications skillsBachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of relevant experience with proven record around delivery OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, or related field AND 5+ yearsStrong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills – with experience managing, directing, and monitoring cross-functional teams to achieve an outcome.Proven experience with Mobile, Digital and TV servicesTrack record of building and launching new productsProven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to make data-driven decisions and back up product decisionsBe able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep on issuesThe ability to manage chaos, ambiguity and complexity, in a detailed, organized wayAbility to have challenging conversations at all seniority levels internally and externally.Ability to negotiate with multiple stakeholders, be able to defend work, and also know when to accept directionAbility to navigate heavily matrixed organizations and thrive within a fast-paced environmentPrevious experience in the News, Media, Social Networks and related industries a must

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