Product Manager - Content Platforms, Bloomberg Content Service

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New York, NY

Posted May 27, 2014 - Requisition No. 40873

The Role:

Bloomberg Content Service, a division of Bloomberg Media, is looking for a product manager to lead the development of its content syndication platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for current and new offerings, managing all aspects of the product development lifecycle and roadmap: planning, developing and introducing new products, improving and scaling existing services, as well as transitioning legacy offerings. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical and creative manager with a proven track record at leading content distribution services. S/he will have successfully led the discovery, development and delivery of enterprise products for professional media customers and bring a deep understanding of the content licensing and syndication market. The Bloomberg Content Service is responsible for working with third party partners around the world to license and distribute Bloomberg television, video, photo, news and data content.

Responsibilities include:

  • Manage product roadmaps for content licensing platforms, prioritizing business requirements, product features, user experience, performance, and delivery schedules
  • Manage product staff and vendors as well as cross-departmental relationships, including development and design teams assigned to various projects
  • Identify and manage technical details involved in content creation, content management, content delivery and presentation
  • Develop content feeds and API solutions that meet a broad variety of use-cases and industry standards
  • Liaise with product and business stakeholders to ensure the product fulfills its objectives
  • Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic goals

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

  • Substantial track record of successful product delivery at leading content syndication businesses
  • Strong leadership skills, ability to influence effectively and manage projects efficiently
  • High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
  • Strong vision for technical and creative innovation in content distribution
  • Strong proficiency in digital asset management solutions and metadata practices
  • Superior communications skills, ability to present to senior management and high value clients
  • Ability to think strategically and execute methodically
  • Willingness to roll-up sleeves and do whatever is necessary with an entrepreneur /owner mentality
  • Deep knowledge of Bloomberg's content offering and product suite is a plus

Qualifications:

  • 6+ year's increasing responsibility experience in enterprise-level product management relevant to media content
  • University degree, technical background preferred
  • Excellent software development management skills, including standard qualifications (Agile/Scrum)
  • Deep knowledge of and experience with technologies that power content distribution (Feeds/APIs)
  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams with and without formal authority
  • Highly motivated leader and strategic thinker with strong technical background

The Company:

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

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