Manager, Product

Summary

Join Versant Media's Content and Operations group as a Manager, Product (Content and Operations) to lead On-Air Scheduling and Distribution teams. Reporting to the Director of Content and Operations, you will oversee Product Owners and specialists, ensuring scheduled content airs accurately and on time. As a subject matter expert in broadcast and cable scheduling, you will define and deliver product capabilities bridging strategic scheduling with operational execution. You will partner with engineering, program operations, and vendors to create reliable and intelligent platforms. This role involves owning the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, guiding cross-functional teams to build scalable solutions. The position is fully remote with quarterly on-site collaboration weeks in New York City and Englewood Cliffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Media, Product Management, Operations, or a related field
• 8+ years in digital or broadcast media environments, including 3+ years leading product teams or agile squads
• Hands-on experience with broadcast scheduling, playout workflows, or traffic operations
• Proven ability to manage products that operate at scale, under SLAs, and with high operational sensitivity
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, especially across technical and operational stakeholder groups
• Comfort with Jira/Confluence, broadcast traffic systems and operational analytics tools

Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Coaching – Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Product Owners; create an environment that fosters collaboration, ownership, and continuous growth
• Domain Strategy & Vision – Define the product strategy and roadmap for on-air scheduling and distribution, aligning platform evolution with business needs and operational goals
• Workflow Integration – Partner with scheduling, traffic, and operations stakeholders to ensure seamless handoffs across planning, formatting, playout triggering, and metadata delivery
• AI & Automation Enablement – Embed intelligent automation into operational workflows, including anomaly detection, predictive playout readiness, and dynamic rules enforcement
• Delivery Oversight – Drive end-to-end delivery across your portfolio, facilitating quarterly planning, sprint execution, and delivery milestones while removing roadblocks
• Operational Resilience – Champion robust instrumentation, alerting, SLAs, and governance controls that ensure broadcast-grade reliability and compliance
• Stakeholder Communication – Provide clear, executive-ready updates on product direction, roadmap progress, and delivery risks; co-lead customer and vendor conversations as needed
• Legacy Modernization – Lead the migration away from legacy traffic tools toward modular, cloud-native solutions; partner with architecture and engineering on system design

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical fluency with the ability to engage deeply with engineering and architecture teams—able to interpret system designs, discuss implementation tradeoffs, and contribute meaningfully to technical planning conversations
• Familiarity with metadata governance, downstream partner requirements, and dynamic playout rules
• Experience migrating from legacy traffic or broadcast management systems to modern platforms
• Certifications such as CSPO, SAFe POPM, or PMP are a plus
• Deep empathy for operational users and a passion for building tools that reduce complexity at scale
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts (e.g., LLMs, embeddings) and curiosity in applying them to enhance product workflows or embed intelligent behaviors into systems—such as test generation, metadata enrichment, or anomaly detection

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks