Product Manager, Growth

Job Description

About VMG

The VICE Media Group (VMG) is an international media company that captures people at the heart of all our stories. We focus on the ideas, issues, and context that other outlets miss. Launched in 1994, VICE operates in 35 cities across the globe, making 1,500 pieces of content every day. The company has five lines of business: Digital, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 26 offices around the world.

VMG x Vision and Values

We are here to create a place for people and their ideas. VICE was started by people who wanted to make things they cared about, and who took on the world with curiosity, radical thinking, and an audacious spirit. We are still that company. That is why our values are:
• Bring Who You Really Are
• Grow While You're Here
• Do Work That Means Something To You

VMG x Team

The Product & Engineering (P&E) department is responsible for all of VMG's global product needs, both consumer facing, like the VICE.com or Refinery29.com platforms, and to support internal operations and content creation, like Stories Studio, our proprietary social stories production app for editors. The Product team owns VMG's digital web, native and API products and executes the product strategy, keeping tabs with stakeholders across the digital business. The Product team works closely with P&E's designers and engineers to maintain, update, evolve and ideate our product portfolio.

Role x You

The Product Manager, Data & Legal has product ownership of our data systems which include analytics, instrumentation systems and tooling as well as legal and privacy compliance systems across our portfolio of digital products. You are an expert in what keeps things running under the hood in order for us to measure, test and grow our audience using zero and first party data. You also know how to use data to inform decisions and formulate experiments to drive growth and engagement. You are the gatekeeper of VMG's product data strategy and legal compliance requirements, collaborating with stakeholders across the business to turn that strategy into world class digital media experiences. You understand the intricacies of web and native products and speak the language of product designers and engineers. You are no stranger to the world of publishing and social media and see opportunities where others see roadblocks. You like to keep it simple, but understand the complexities that come with products that are used by millions of users across the globe in regions with disparate data consent legislation. You can describe a complex idea to both a child and professor.

In the short term you get acquainted with the team, products and strategy and act as the point of contact for product data and compliance matters and familiarize yourself with our instrumentation and vendor partners

But after 6 months in this role we see you fully owning the analytics platforms and compliance tools, manage integrations requirements, socializing insights and ensuring new product initiatives are fully tooled

Accountabilities:
• Ownership of core data and privacy compliance platforms and integrations
• Manage processes for DSARs and ensuring compliance of 3rd party tags
• Ownership of analytics taxonomy, data flow, measurement and reporting accuracy
• Provide insights and guidance on product usage, audience behavior and optimizing for growth
• Stakeholder management

Qualifications

You have these:
• Work in product or engineering for 3+ years, preferably at a large scale digital media company
• Experience delivering products to global audiences and a strong understanding of the unique considerations various markets require
• Ability to communicate and present to leadership, designers, engineers, project managers, analysts and other stakeholders
• Ability to develop measurable goals and standards for product planning and delivery
• Expert understanding of digital audiences, research and analytics

We'd love if you also had these:
• Experience working with subscription, affiliate or e-commerce based models
• Subject matter expertise in Product Management and in consumer-facing applications and products

Working at VMG

VMG prioritises the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures; so we don't just 'tolerate' differences, we celebrate them and see them as essential to our staff, culture and business.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and embrace diversity in our culture. We strive to create a happy and healthy workplace for our team

Due to the nature of the programs we create, International travel may be required from time to time including some travel over weekends - time in lieu is always provided.

We expect all employees to be an ambassador for the business at all times representing the VICE Media brand with respect to the way we conduct business, the standard of work we deliver, and the culture we adopt.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyyb2m-3-128-94-171-42 in your application.