Product Manager Native Apps

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 (VICE, Refinery29 and i-D) , an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICELAND, 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 department is responsible for all of VMG's products, both consumer facing, like the VICE.com or Refinery29.com platforms, and internal operations and content creation tools, like our proprietary CMS 'Backstage', 'Stories Studio' our proprietary social stories production app for editors, and more.

Role x You

VICE Media is seeking a talented & experienced App Product Manager to lead in the development of the company's mobile and OTT applications. They will work closely with teams across the organization to maintain the existing VICE apps in addition to developing POCs and entirely new products from the ground up.

Key responsibilities include:
• Help define the product vision, strategy and roadmap of one or more VICE apps
• Help define and monitor KPIs using analytics and audience feedback
• Help define and own OKRs for the App team
• Act as Product Owner for the Scrum team and ensure priorities are understood
• Write stories, identify & write up bug tickets, smooth out friction points
• Work with stakeholders (UX/Design team, User Research, Editorial, Product Design, etc.) to gather and define requirements and develop mockups
• Work with stakeholders across the organization to align priorities and their delivery
• Work with Product Design on POCs and experimental projects
• Collaborate with engineers, the platform team and other teams to ship new features and address existing issues
• Listen to audience feedback and respond accordingly
• Manage and improve upon processes
• Identify key areas where best practices are not being followed, and correct them

What we are looking for:
• 3+ years experience as product manager for mobile and/or OTT apps
• Demonstrated success shipping at least one public-facing mobile and/or OTT apps
• Strong understanding of how mobile and OTT apps deliver value in a media organization
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Experience with analytics tools such as GA and Amplitude
• Experience with Scrum, being a Product Owner and managing high-performing teams
• Familiarity with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines or Google's Android Design Principles and interface guidelines and general best practices
• Deeply passionate about design and user experience
• Focus and attention to detail in written and verbal communication
• Strong sense of product ownership and team building
• Keen eye for detail and what users value
• Strong interpersonal skills

We'd love if you also had these:
• Experience managing TVE OTT apps (tvOS, Roku, Android TV, Samsung SmartTV, etc.)
• Experience delivering DTC products or experiences
• Familiarity with digital media organizations
• Certified Scrum Product Owner

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-g4xv9z-18-117-158-47-42 in your application.