Senior Manager, Product Strategy

Job Description

Senior Manager, Product Strategy (Ecommerce Integrations)

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and collaborative.. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!

THE JOB

The Senior Manager, Product Strategy for Ecommerce Integrations within Live Nation's Media & Sponsorship Division walks the line between strategic partner integrations (external) and product strategy (internal) without missing a beat. You and the Director of Product Strategy will serve as the primary initial interface for scoping innovative Ecommerce integration opportunities for sponsors: concepting, planning, feasibility assessments, requirements writing, pricing, and road mapping. You also serve as the primary subject matter expert, guiding the Media & Sponsorship Division's sales and marketing teams through new opportunities while working very closely with the LNE Product & Engineering groups that build any/all integrations.

The Product Strategy team defines future product solutions and proactively drives cross-division and cross-company requirements to support digital integrations for sponsor businesses that span categories like financial services, travel, telco, consumer technology, and retail. Part consultant and product expert, the Senior Manager, Product Strategy helps develop new product concepts, translating them into detailed business and product requirements to roadmap into the E-Commerce integrations product development cycle.

Live Nation Media & Sponsorship architects, sells and manages the company's national corporate sponsorship programs with the world's most recognizable brands. It is an exciting, fast-paced team that collaborates with all facets of Live Nation's business including venues, festivals, ticketing, artists, content, media (digital, social, mobile), promotions, and concert production. To learn more about our division, check out: https://livenationforbrands.com/

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Serve together with the Director of Product Strategy as product leads while projects are in initial stages of deal definition
• Concept and evaluate new Ecommerce sponsor products ideas, producing upstream product proposals that deliver against sponsors' business needs
• Organize cross-functional working sessions to identify questions and hypotheses to ensure product proposals add value; deliver against sponsor needs; and are ''future proofed,'' scalable solutions that set the TM Sponsorship Group of product managers and engineers up for success
• Run product discovery in collaboration with the TM Sponsorship Group of product managers and engineers
• Stay apprised of market trends, opportunities and shifts in the competitive landscape of both the Entertainment Industry and of Ecommerce platforms more broadly.
• Maintain and grow relationships with both external and internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, product and engineering groups
• Transition the project to the TM Sponsorship Group post-SOW signature, heading into Technical Design

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• BA Degree required
• Minimum of 2-4 years of experience working in Ecommerce integrations or digital businesses
• Experience collaborating across global teams, with an understanding of user journeys, payment systems, and e-commerce broadly
• Knowledge of product management best practices paired with the business acumen to take a consultative approach to assess and drive client objectives
• Agile product management training, API data/technology understanding, software development lifecycle management, strategic problem solving, and client-facing acumen
• Experience with and affinity for requirements gathering and documentation – including platforms such as Jira and Confluence – required
• Adaptability and ability to influence multiple global stakeholders and across organization levels

Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program

FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, infertility support

CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

Live Nation's policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to COVID-19. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID test within [24] hours of entering an office.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rjy36b-18-222-124-172-42 in your application.