Product Project Manager Senior

For our client in Amsterdam Harvey Nash is looking for a Senior Product Project Manager.

Start: 04-sep-2017

End: 31-dec-2017

Hours: Fulltime

Job profile

We are looking for a Senior Product Project Manager Linear TV / Radio who will be working in the Entertainment Services department focusing on Product Development.

For LinearTV and Radio on our next generation Entertainment platform: -

* Manage the Alignment and Specification of Business and Product Requirements;
* Support Prioritisation;
* Define Launch Readiness Criteria as well as all Requirements and Processes for post-launch Operations;
* Maintain project plan and liaise with all involved parties, such as GDO, Technology, Product Development, Programming, Product Management in various countries;
* Own and drive pro-active management status information and escalation;
* Conduct/participate in grooming sessions and testing. Specifically with an End2End focus on Moving linear TV from DVB-C to IP based delivery;
* Modernising the User Journey and Experience for Radio.

Key Accountabilities

* Act as product owner for the development and deployment of product components such as Linear TV & Radio, EPG, and TV Guide (including functionalities such as channel and favourite management) across Liberty's markets providing a best-in-class product experience and enabling local country organisations to drive sales, revenues and retention;
* Act as product lead for the development of necessary software and platform components within the Linear TV & Radio domain within agreed budget, timelines and quality parameters;
* Co-lead requirements definition for UI/UX design, software development, development and in-life management with the Entertainment Platforms team, provide business case input, provide launch support with the Q&PO team - all where related to Linear TV & Radio;
* Coordinate alignment with the Multiscreen and TV teams within Entertainment Platforms as well as other members of the Entertainment Services team on, and carry accountability for, the integration of components into end-to-end product propositions & experiences;
* Ensure that analytics, customer and market input, product performance and external benchmarking drive the product management priorities in the Entertainment Products space;
* Drive NPS & customer satisfaction by optimising product performance, improving reliability and stability, continuously balancing the introduction of new features with the implementation of defect fixes;
* Ensure the company's digital TV products comply with legal and regulatory obligations where applicable;
* Be pro-active, instigate improvements and encourage best practice across markets with the objective to drive product leadership;
* Provide input to quality & performance KPIs for the delivery of Linear TV & Radio functionality to end customers to allow proper realisation of these KPIs in our products and monitoring by the Q&PO team;
* Work in optimal tandem formation with the relevant stakeholders from the other teams within the Entertainment Products department, and as part of an agile development framework with the Technology, GDO, Programming and CMO teams in the development and delivery of new products and functionalities;
* Act as credible central counterpart and product authority for the company's in-country product teams for the coordination and implementation of product requirements related to the Linear TV & Radio domain within Entertainment Services.

Required skills & knowledge

* Experience managing a distributed team;
* Experience with Agile work method
* Excellent communication English skills
* Minimal 5 years management experience in an international environment
* Experience with RDK or client products is a plus
* Masters Degree.