Responsibilities

• Oversee product execution from inception to delivery across Hive Media products
• Gain deep understanding of our enterprise customers’ needs
• Mock up concepts, write specs, cut tickets, write copy and do whatever it takes to ship your products
• Work closely with teams comprised of executives, engineers, designers, and sales - and play a critical role in planning of projects to ensure the timely delivery of quality products and features
• Help teams estimate and decompose complex projects into manageable parts with delivery plans, and track progress against those plans
• Work with teams to drive alignment, remove blockers, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance business needs against technical constraints throughout project lifecycles
• Facilitate the resolution of timing conflicts, project collisions, and resourcing constraints, and identify and remove bottlenecks
• Work with leadership to determine top priorities and ensure development work reflects those priorities
• Communicate plans, status, risks (and mitigations) to all stakeholders, escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure
•  Measure engineering velocity, and help identify and establish new best practices to improve the speed and security at which projects are delivered
• Hold yourself and team members accountable to timelines
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
• Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
• Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferably with coursework including computer science or a related technical field, and/or an MBA from a top graduate business program
• Preferred: You have 1-3 years of work experience at a top management consulting firm
• Strong business judgment that can connect customer needs to product experiences
• Track record of building web products, preferably in a startup or fast-paced environment
• Passion for and familiarity with the media & entertainment industry
• Technical experience with any of the following: data, analytics, design or engineering
• Technical depth that lets you understand tradeoffs and ask engineers insightful questions about architecture and product decisions alike
• Strong quantitative background to support data-informed decision making
• Experience working with engineering, design, and customers in enterprise software or related technical fields
• Experience leading a team, and effectively implementing team goals and deadlines
• Detail oriented; organized; collaborative; hands on
• Exceptionally clear and precise communication skills
• Self-starter, capable of staying on track while pursuing solutions with minimal supervision
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Comfort with — and an ability to thrive in — an environment that is constantly changing, frequently uncertain, and at times chaotic
• Ability to turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into solid action plans
• An obsession not only with building new products but with continuous product improvement