Viacom18 - Associate Vice President - Product - Kids Segment - SVOD

Who we are :

- Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is a 49/51 joint venture operation in India between Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B, world's leading entertainment content company, comprising brands like BET, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures) (www.viacom.com) and the Network18 (www.network18online.com) Group.

Job Purpose : Lead one of VOOTs Product Verticals by strategizing, building a roadmap, and identifying/defining and executing features for the product for aggressive business growth.

Responsibilities :

Product Performance :

- Deliver best in class product functionality by minimizing crash rate, reducing playback time and ensuring maximum device coverage

- Use data to make product decisions & create a compelling user experience

- Minimize product and technical conflicts through timely integration and alignment of ideas and internal / external partner

- Ensure timely and quality delivery of outsourced functionalities and services with no downtime

Product Innovation:

- Identify, conceptualize and develop new product/s functionalities, and incorporate amendments/improvements to the existing product

- Engage with a large base of cross functional teams & partners across geographies to deliver path breaking features

- Ensure future readiness of product/s by researching global market trend

Product Monetization :

- Build strong monetisation platforms for VOD and linear content on VOOT

- Clear, concise and thorough articulation of the product requirements to enable an engaging and monetizable customer experience

- Support Ad Sales teams with implementation of ad tech

- Product Development

- Deliver timely UI / UX with features built-in basis consumer need identification to the end product

- Recommend the nature and scope of present and future product features by reviewing product specifications and requirements

- Analyse data science and market trends and identify solutions to support product development

- Develop POC (Proof of Concept) for product features with high consumer value

- Work closely with multiple teams and stakeholders to create extraordinary customer experience

- Team Management

- Review performance on regular basis

- Ensure optimum levels of engagement through appropriate recognition channels

- Provide inputs on hiring and succession planning

- Manage and mentor a lean team of product executives/managers

- Identify training needs by using TNA method

Requirements :

Education : BTech (+preferably MBA)

Experience : 15+ years (with significant experience in managing consumer internet products)