Sr. Director Product, User Data, Versant News

We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and technically savvy Senior Director of Product to lead the development and growth of all our backend services such as content management systems and content API as well as the flow of user data from the front end (website, mobile apps and OTT apps) into our downstream systems such as email newsletters, customer data platform and the integration of ads, analytics and martech into our front-end products. This role will be instrumental in defining how we leverage audience data, content intelligence, and service integrations to create a great user experience for our free users, registered users and paying customers as well as ensuring we have the right monetization in place. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record in building B2B and B2B2C products, working cross-functionally across engineering, editorial, marketing, sales and legal to deliver data-driven solutions that support both the business and the consumer experience. Key Responsibilities: Product Strategy & Vision: Define and lead the roadmap for the user data products for Versant’s news brands, namely CNBC. MSNBC and E!Online, aligning with company objectives and revenue opportunities. Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with engineering, ad sales, marketing, editorial, analytics, privacy and legal teams to ensure requirements are understood. Use case definition and prioritization: Work with stakeholders to understand and document use cases and then help prioritize those use cases across multiple systems Collaboration and Enablement: Understand what the front-end teams and product managers are trying to achieve and help guide and design the solution in order to enable their work Innovation & Growth: Identify opportunities to turn system capabilities among our tech vendors into solutions to stakeholder problems and customer-facing solutions. Identify cross-cutting systems and joins of data held in various systems to come up with personalization, segmented experiences and delightful experiences Testing and data-driven culture: Help enable a testing and outcomes based culture by using our data and analytics stack to inform stakeholders and product managers on what’s working Execution & Delivery: Drive execution from ideation to launch, ensuring high-quality delivery by figuring out how to sequence work in our back-end systems and how to release value in the form of thin slices.