Lead Product Manager

Job Description

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Own overall product strategy and roadmap for core streaming products (DCR, SPR, SCR) end-to-end, with the goal to improve the overall customer experience metrics and optimize and scale product enhancements by identifying simplifiers that contribute to overall OE. 

• Conduct ongoing market analysis of the streaming, TV, and digital video ecosystem to surface insights on emerging trends, competitor positioning, and client needs.

• Maintain a prioritized product backlog grounded in customer pain-points, data signals, and quarterly strategy documents — not feature requests in isolation.

• Translate SVP-level vision into executable roadmap milestones with clear owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

Product Development & Delivery

• Lead prototype-first development cycles: ship working artifacts early, use demos to drive alignment, and produce written specs as a downstream artifact.

• Partner with Engineering, Data Science, and Global Data Solutions to drive timely, high-quality delivery of product increments across the full lifecycle — from requirements and design through QA and launch.

• Define user stories, acceptance criteria, and API/data specs; serve as the primary day-to-day product contact for engineering teams.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Go-to-Market

• Collaborate with Sales, Client Success, and Marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, pricing inputs, and client onboarding materials for new product features and module launches.

• Engage key internal and external stakeholders — including clients, industry partners, and industry associations — to ensure product decisions reflect real-world needs and support enterprise deal cycles.

• Represent the Content Product team across cross-functional forums; communicate priorities, trade-offs, and progress clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in video content measurement, contributing to external thought leadership, client conversations, and industry forums as needed.

Quality, Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Uphold Nielsen’s gold-standard history of data accuracy, neutrality, and methodological rigor across all product decisions and launches.

• Define and track KPIs across the product success dimensions: time-to-value, D30/W12 retention, expansion revenue, and compounding moat metrics.

• Implement rigorous quality assurance processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of Nielsen’s content measurement data.

• Identify and address operational bottlenecks in development processes to improve team velocity without quality regressions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technical product management roles

• 3+ years in a principal (or equivalent) product role owning an enterprise, revenue-impacting product

• Proven ownership of a revenue/retention/expansion metric

• Direct engineering/data science partnership experience, "player-coach" style

• Media measurement/streaming/TV/adtech experience preferred

• Track record in lean, high-autonomy team structures

Education

• Engineering, CS, Software Development, or related technical field preferred

• 10+ years in a technical PM role accepted in lieu of a technical degree

• MBA/MS a plus, not required

Skills & Competencies

• AI-fluency, technical credibility, data-driven decision-making, executive communication, ambiguity management, enterprise B2B/GTM experience

Additional Information

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