Chief Product Officer - Media Business - IIT/NIT/BITS

Job Description :

A prominent Indian media house with leading digital, TV, print & radio businesses is looking for a Chief Product Officer (CPO) to join their team. The CPO will be a part of the Senior Executive Leadership team and will be working closely with the CEO, Leadership Team & the Board to drive the next phase of growth in their digital business.

Key Responsibilities :

Digital Product Development: Drive end-to-end digital product development for current and new offerings that help the company tap into 1Bn+ global users with an asset & opex light model that leverages cutting-edge resources in automation/ AI/ ML

Current offerings: Take existing news and entertainment products to the next phase of growth with multilanguage and multi-geography (international) expansion.

New offerings: Drive conceptualization, development & deployment of direct-to-consumer media/content offerings that can help drive exponential platform growth (users, engagement, time spent)

Media Tech Development: Help conceptualize and develop a media tech stack that supports user-generated content creation, growth of followers, monetization formats, and value sharing with stakeholders

Tech Capability Building: Build a highly nimble Tech organization that is suited for delivering on the company's goals. Leverage existing Tech resources and partner with third parties to reduce time to market and capex/ sunk cost

Experience & Knowledge Base :

- Minimum of 10 years of experience in Product Strategy, New Product Development, Growth, and Monetization of one or more digital consumer offerings (D2C/ B2C); exposure to B2B is a value add

- Hands-on experience in launching & growing successful & consumer-focused content platforms that achieved considerable scale, preferably in the media-tech or user-generated content domains will be highly valued

- Experience in developing App-based consumer platforms (Android/ iOS) that have achieved scale in the Indian market

- Strong understanding of UI/ UX fundamentals and ability to guide their development & deployment

- Experience in emerging technologies like short video platforms, and AI/ ML usage in content creation is preferred

- Ability to synthesize and communicate product vision, ideas/ plans, and delivery to stakeholders like Sr. Management, Board/ Shareholders, and potential investors.

- Ability to work independently, in cross-functional teams, with strong problem-solving & lateral thinking skills.

Education

- B.Tech / M.Tech degree in Computer Science from a premier institute.

- MBA / MS preferred