Sr. Platform Product Manager- API & Core Services

Job Description

Summary

The Product Owner - API & Core Services Platform will be responsible for managing Agile development scrum teams and backlogs that support and develop enhancements to our API and Core Services platforms. This role will maximize the power of Pluto's streaming platform by providing its many products and services (e.g., search and recommendations) access to core data. Since our core services platform is so fundamental 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:
• Developing a process for proactively identifying and responding to situations which may negatively impact platform health.
• Organizing, prioritizing, and balancing the backlog for your teams.
• Driving your teams to balance speed and executional excellence
• Actively identifying and removing impediments that may impact team velocity or deliverables.
• Working as a servant-leader within the team, using leadership skills to foster healthy and productive working relationships within your teams.
• Developing and maintaining a healthy working relationship with other functional teams throughout the organization, including but not limited to DevOps, software test engineering, architecture and content services.

Qualities / Experience We're Seeking

We believe these are the key requirements to be successful:
• At least 5 years of commercial experience in software product/program management in a complex technical environment.
• Experience and knowledge in Agile software development. 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, driving partner reporting, and interfacing between a technical team and business partners.
• Solid understanding of data, and ability to communicate with others fluent in the language of data.
• Experience using data to drive important business decisions.

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0wz4e-3-144-252-140-42 in your application.