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If you are interested in applying for any of the positions listed below, please
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Position: Lead/Senior Mobile Enterprise Application Developer
Reports to: CTO
Location: Los Angles
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
Napster is currently looking for self-motivated problem solver for a senior mobile developer role in the Los Angeles, CA area. The ideal candidate will have a strong applied and theoretical understanding of object-oriented programming in an enterprise environment and will have worked with at least two OO languages over the last 8 years, one of which must be Java. Additionally, experience with mobile technologies, web-based mobile applications, and carrier integration concerns are viewed as highly desirable. At the outset, this will be a new product development effort, so though there are some approaches which have been articulated, this role offers the opportunity to have direct impact on an early and evolving architecture.
This individual will be comfortable with all aspects of software development, produce quality work in each area and advocate quality concerns in each area. In particular, the candidate must have demonstrated ability and experience in using object-oriented techniques to produce correct, extendable, reusable, and efficient solutions. Hopefully, the individual will not view design-patterns as an academic nicety and design simplicity as a purely aesthetic concern. We are looking for a merciless pursuer of quality at all turns.
If you are interested in the position you will
- Have experience building consumer facing products in a high volume setting
- Understand that consumer facing software development is really consumer facing product development
- Have entrepreneurial passion and want to create new markets through the delivery of software products
- Have worked with Java for at least 5 years
- Have demonstrated comfort with web-tier technologies and associated idioms and design patterns
- Have demonstrated experience working with object/relational technologies and demonstrate comfort with Spring, JDBC, Hibernate, and various persistence strategies
- Have worked with XML, XSD, and related java parsing technologies for over 3 years
- Have academic or professional experience with REST, SOAP, WSDL, and Service oriented architectures
- Have worked with Junit and other unit testing technologies for over 2 years
- Have worked with Oracle, MYSQL, or another RDBMS for over 5 years and not be afraid of SQL or PL/SQL
- Have demonstrated experience building XHTML, CSS enabled applications, preferable with an emphasis on WAP or XHTML-MP
- Have experience building RIA and a deep understanding of JavaScript, AJAX
- Understanding of the delivery of SMS/MMS across different wireless networks and experience developing SMS/MMS applications
- Have an understanding of the effects of servlet engine configuration on web-application performance
- Demonstrate an understanding of transactions and concurrency control and ideally experience working in a high volume transaction processing setting
- Have developed at least 1 solution to managing session state in a web-based environment
- Have written use-cases or user-stories and will have read or written business concept models.
- Understand the value of domain modeling
- Be comfortable being part of maturing an existing technology group.
- Be comfortable functioning as a team member in a cross-functional setting
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
- BS in computer science/mathematics or equivalent work experience.
If you have the experience we seek and are looking for an exciting environment in which to apply your skills and work closely with other team members, then send your resume and desired Salary to
Recruiting@napster.com for immediate consideration.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Position: Mobile Enterprise Application Developer
Reports to: CTO
Location: Los Angles
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
Napster is currently looking for self-motivated problem solver for a mobile developer role in the Los Angeles, CA area. The ideal candidate will have a strong applied and theoretical understanding of object-oriented programming in an enterprise environment and will have worked with at least one OO languages over the last 5 years. Experience with mobile technologies, web-based mobile applications, and carrier integration concerns are viewed as highly desirable. At the outset, this will be a new product development effort, so though there are some approaches which have been articulated, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to an early and evolving architecture.
This individual will be comfortable with all aspects of software development, produce quality work in each area and advocate quality concerns in each area. In particular, the candidate must have demonstrated ability and experience in using object-oriented techniques to produce correct, extendable, reusable, and efficient solutions. Hopefully, the individual will not view design-patterns as an academic nicety and design simplicity as a purely aesthetic concern. We are looking for a merciless pursuer of quality at all turns.
If you are interested in the position you will
- Have experience building or the desire to build consumer facing products
- Have entrepreneurial passion and a drive to deepen your understanding of software development in a consumer facing context
- Have worked with Java for at least 3 years
- Have demonstrated comfort with web-tier technologies and associated idioms and design patterns
- Have demonstrated experience working with object/relational technologies and demonstrate comfort with JDBC and persistence strategies in general
- Have worked with XML, XSD, and related java parsing technologies for over 1 year
- Have academic or professional experience with REST or SOAP
- Have worked with Junit and other unit testing technologies for over 1 years
- Have worked with Oracle, MYSQL, or another RDBMS for over 3 years and not be afraid of SQL or PL/SQL
- Have demonstrated experience building XHTML, CSS enabled applications, preferable with an emphasis on WAP or XHTML-MP
- Have experience building RIA and a deep understanding of JavaScript, AJAX
- Demonstrate an understanding of transactions and concurrency control and ideally experience working in a high volume transaction processing setting
- Have written use-cases or user-stories.
- Be comfortable being part of maturing an existing technology group.
- Be comfortable functioning as a team member in a cross-functional setting
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
- BS in computer science/mathematics or equivalent work experience.
If you have the experience we seek and are looking for an exciting environment in which to apply your skills and work closely with other team members, then send your resume and desired Salary to
Recruiting@napster.com for immediate consideration.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Position: Front End Mobile Application Developer
Reports to: CTO
Location: Los Angles
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
Napster is currently looking for self-motivated problem solver for a front end mobile developer role in the Los Angeles, CA area. The ideal candidate will have a strong applied and theoretical understanding of structural and object-oriented programming approaches and will have focused experience building complex JavaScript, XHTML, AJAX, XML browser resident applications over the last 5 years. Additionally, experience with mobile technologies, web-based mobile applications, and handset browser configuration and profiling are viewed as highly desirable. At the outset, this will be a new product development effort, so though there are some approaches which have been articulated, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to an early and evolving architecture.
This individual will be comfortable with all aspects of software development, produce quality work in each area and advocate quality concerns in each area. In particular, the candidate must have demonstrated ability and experience in using structured and object-oriented techniques to produce correct, extendable, reusable, and efficient solutions. Hopefully, the individual will not view design-patterns as an academic nicety and design simplicity as a purely aesthetic concern. We are looking for a merciless pursuer of quality at all turns.
If you are interested in the position you will
- Have experience building or the desire to build consumer facing products
- Have entrepreneurial passion and a drive to deepen your understanding of software development in a consumer facing context
- Be passionate about human factors and driven to architect emerging user experience paradigms in a mobile environment
- Have worked with JavaScript and one other programming language for at least 5 years
- Have demonstrated comfort with web-tier technologies and associated idioms and design patterns
- Have demonstrated experience building AJAX applications.
- Have worked with Web Services, XML/XSLT, and REST/SOAP style interfaces
- Have worked with Dojo, YUI, Prototype or another JavaScript framework
- Have demonstrated experience building XHTML, CSS enabled applications, preferable with an emphasis on WAP or XHTML-MP
- Demonstrate an understanding of idioms and design approaches relevant in a highly trafficked web environment
- Be comfortable integrating a Content Management System (Wordpress, Drupal, etc.)
- Have written use-cases or user-stories.
- Have built wireframes
- Be comfortable applying engineering best practices including source control, unit testing, and continuous integration.
- Be comfortable being part of maturing an existing technology group.
- Be comfortable functioning as a team member in a cross-functional setting
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment (SCRUM/Lean) and welcome ambiguity
- BS in computer science/mathematics or equivalent work experience.
If you have the experience we seek and are looking for an exciting environment in which to apply your skills and work closely with other team members, then send your resume and desired Salary to
recruiting@napster.com for immediate consideration.
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title : Senior Product Manager - Mobile
Department: Product Management
Manager: Head of Product Management
Salary range:
Position Summary:
This self-motivated Sr. Product Manager Mobile will work within the product management group at Napster with a specific focus on developing mobile applications and services that will drive engagement and usage for Napster's mobile offerings. The Senior Product Manager will strategically develop, manage, and integrate a set of service-related features and apply a combination of business analytics, creativity, and flexibility to contribute to the overall mobile services vision.
Responsibilities:
- Research and provide business case justification, forecasting and modeling of mobile premium services.
- Drive mobile product roadmap, including market segmentation and sizing, competitive analysis, technology trends to achieve product line goals.
- Develop product requirement definition and feature identification for future mobile products, including documentation of prioritized feature sets for upcoming music services. Includes education team on recommendations, guiding discussions to consensus and driving action items.
- Manage revenue, cost, margin, market share, and user adoption/retention goals across mobile product lines; develop pricing and margin strategies to maximize long-term profitability
- Develop an overall digital audio mobile market understanding, including a strong understanding of customer needs, competitive analysis, secondary market research and analysis, and primary market research and industry assessment.
- Drive feature-related roadmaps through business-case analysis, market projection, and by evaluating end-user needs, carrier requirements, competitive solutions, industry standards and emerging technologies.
- Lead brainstorming of creative solutions and problem-solving to balance product deliverables and resources with business needs and market window opportunities
- Understand end-to-end customer experience objectives, prioritize product functionality requirements, and develop and maintain product requirement documents.
- Work with a cross-functional team including Engineering, QA, Support, Outbound Marketing, Business Development, User Interface Design and other Product Managers
- Create, own and communicate wireless software service and mobile commerce roadmaps to internal and external audiences.
- Work with channel development team and wireless carriers and developers to understand their specific requirements for wireless services.
- Develop and integrate metrics to measure feature effectiveness, community or consumer engagement and value of free service offerings
- Understand what drives consumer engagement within a mobile environment and has experience driving strategy through execution
Position Requirements:
- Five years minimum consumer based mobile product management experience required, preferably ith streaming media and/or internet-based applications and services.
- BA or BS degree or equivalent, MBA strongly desired
- Recent and relevant experience marketing to domestic / international Mobile Network Operators (experience with content aggregators, MVNOs, and content providers a plus). Client side experience desired
- Strong understanding of the mobile space and of client/server technologies
- Proven track record of creatively attacking business problems and roadmap development
- Five to eight years product management or product marketing experience required, preferably with Internet sites and mobile applications
- Experience with product development lifecycle from concept through delivery
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and ability to establish cross-functional teamwork
- Demonstrable written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience with wireless behavior and understands how to leverage 3rd party applications to drive audience growth; candidate should also have a deep understanding of web culture, customers, and mobile digital media behavior
- Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Proven history of bringing new products to established and emerging markets based on unmet customer needs
- Ability to prioritize among competing opportunities, balance consumer needs with business priorities, and articulate the rationale behind decisions
- Proven ability to lead, to take a stand or advocate a feature, and present market facts and data to back up your position
- Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation skills
- Must be resourceful, self-motivated and able to be successful in a non-traditional entrepreneurial team-based environment
- Good natured, sociable, creative and diligent individual who is driven, detail-oriented, and dedicated
- Individual should be passionate about music!
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title : Senior Product Manager- Web Services
Department: Product Management
Manager: Head of Product Management
Location: Los Angeles
Position Summary:
The Senior Product Manager is responsible for driving the product strategy and definition of Napster's web services. The Napster team is responsible for developing a next generation strategy and experience that will re-define music access on the web. This person will work in a collaborative environment to define next generation market opportunities and develop the overall strategy that will become the product roadmap. The ideal candidate has experience in developing cutting edge music media products or services and has been at the forefront of next generation web development. This position is a key member of the Product Management team and reports to the Head of Product Management.
Responsibilities:
- Manage product requirement definition and feature identification for next generation services initiatives, including documentation of prioritized feature sets and use cases for upcoming web services. Includes educating the team on recommendations, guiding discussions to consensus and driving action items
- Lead brainstorming of creative solutions and problem-solving to balance product deliverables and resources with business needs and market window opportunities
- A product leader with a strong understanding of next generation products and services who understands how to tap into consumer behavior to drive features and experiences. Should also understand how to drive engagement and usage by leveraging 3rd party online products to help the organization achieve it's growth objectives
- Work with design teams to develop best practice consumer facing experiences that drive awareness, conversion, engagement, and repeat usage
- The ideal candidate has experience in developing, seeding, and growing audiences with online consumer products or services and understands how to prioritize features based on consumer value and business opportunities
- Uncover consumer trends through benchmarking, networking, and research - including online forums, user feedback, and customer interaction
- Develop an overall music market understanding specifically around contextual delivery and community/social networking, including a strong understanding of customer needs, competitive analysis, secondary market research and analysis, and primary market research and industry assessment
- Develop and integrate metrics to measure feature effectiveness, community or consumer engagement and value of free service offerings
Position Requirements:
- Five to eight years product management or product marketing experience required, preferably with Internet sites or web-based applications
- This person should have a strong understanding and experience developing ad based media services and has managed ad revenue initiatives in the past
- Experience with online consumer behavior and understands how to leverage 3rd party applications to drive audience growth; candidate should also have a deep understanding of web culture, customers, and online digital media behavior
- Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Proven history of bringing new products to established and emerging markets based on unmet customer needs
- Ability to prioritize among competing opportunities, balance consumer needs with business priorities, and articulate the rationale behind decisions
- Proven ability to lead, to take a stand or advocate a feature, and present market facts and data to back up your position
- Experience working in a data-driven environment, ideally with quantitative research experience. Experience with agile development methodologies a plus.
- Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation skills
- Must be resourceful, self-motivated and able to be successful in a non-traditional entrepreneurial team-based environment
- BA or BS degree or equivalent, MBA strongly desired
- Good natured, sociable, creative and diligent individual who is driven, detail-oriented, and dedicated
- Individual should be passionate about music!
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title : Software Engineer, Internal Applications
Department: Technology
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
JOB RESPONSIBILITY/SUMMARY:
The Internal Applications Engineer is responsible for code development for all internal productivity and monitoring applications.
AUTHORITY:
Code changes related to bug fixes or application maintenance managed through configuration management system.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Development and coding of web application projects
- On time delivery of projects that meet required technical specifications
- Actively provide feedback and support to application/project technical specification process
- Interface with QA during implementation and deployment process
- Provide on call support for application issues
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:
- Minimum Education: B.S. Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- Minimum Experience: 3 years experience of hands-on coding and development of deployed web applications.
- Knowledge of: Web application programming languages (primarily Perl, PHP, SQL, secondarily HTML, JavaScript and OOP), database structures and queries/transactions/stored procedures, low-level development tools/compilers, debugging methodologies. Knowledge of variety of web application deployment platforms (primarily Apache w/mod_perl) and OS environments (primarily *nix preferably Linux, secondarily WinNT/2K).
Analytical/Interpersonal Skills: Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, an attention to detail, and ability to work without supervision. Must be able to work constructively in team environment. Must be able to analyze and identify pros and cons of different design approaches to meet technical requirements.
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Job Title : Affiliate Marketing Associate
Department: Marketing
Reports To: Director of Online Marketing
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
The Affiliate Marketing Associate assists in all facets of the development and implementation of affiliate/partnership programs. This person must have a clear understanding of affiliate/performance-based marketing campaigns, tracking solutions, Internet research, and the various intricacies of Affiliate Marketing.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage Napster's Affiliate Marketing program
- Work with Director to develop and implement strategies for the programs and maintain performance throughout the life of the program
- Recruit and maintain relationships with all levels of affiliates, including new opportunities, creative management, incentive programs to reward affiliates for strong performance, and the following of brand policy
- Analyze program growth and identify areas for optimization and create financial projections/budget analysis as needed
- Field phone calls/email from affiliates regarding the program
- Understand intricacies of 3rd party affiliate solution providers, specifically Commission Junction and LinkShare, and proactively understand new affiliate initiatives and industry
- Generate comprehensive analysis of competitors' programs to determine need for revisions to program policies, payout, and other details.
Knowledge of:
- Experience in managing affiliate/performance marketing in Commission Junction and/or LinkShare
- Have a basic understanding of search engine marketing
Analytical/Interpersonal Skills:
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced, deadline oriented environment
- Strong analytical skills; ability to track, analyze & report results, and provide strategic recommendations to optimize performance
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong follow-up skills with ability to see a project through to completion
- Highly motivated self-starter committed to testing, learning and growing the business
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Understand and communicate technical concepts
Job Qualifications:
- BS/BA or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 2 years experience in Internet marketing required
- Has effectively managed affiliate programs at an effective ROI/CPA
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
- Please indicate your salary requirements on your resume when submitting.
- Relocation assistance is not offered.
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
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Title : Director, Mobile Business Development
Department: Business Development/Mobile
Manager: President
Manages the Following Positions: NA
Status: Exempt
Description Individual will be responsible for negotiating partnership agreements with key mobile distribution partners (mobile carriers, handset manufacturers, retailers and others, including promotions with leading consumer brands) with the support of other members of the business development team and mobile team. Manage and grow revenue from existing channels and partners, making sure revenues exceed plan. Manage costs, making sure costs are below budget. Identifying new revenue streams. Identifying new product features, as well as possible acquisition candidates. Formulating and communicating internally the competitive landscape as well as potential threats and opportunities.
Additional responsibilities will include:
- Creating sales presentations targeted at potential mobile partners
- Working with the President and business affairs team to develop term sheets and agreements
- Working with internal teams (and external partner teams) in marketing, product management, program management and technology groups to secure alignment on pursuing a project and on execution of business plan and particular partnership vision
- Working with Ericsson to evangelize the Napster Mobile vision with operators in the Americas and Asia, attending meetings relevant to Napster’s mobile projects and creating sales presentations and materials (customized for each operator by territory as needed);
- Maintaining a knowledgebase of DRM, codec, network and handsets that support the Napster Mobile solution
- Ongoing partner management from a revenue and partnership management perspective and working with the program management team to monitor and evaluate success of programs, making recommendations for improving and/or extending the relationship, addressing partner concerns and overcoming partnership roadblocks
- Working with marketing and finance teams to create financial models for all business development initiatives
- Speaking publicly at various conferences and on various panels, properly representing the Napster vision, especially the Napster Mobile vision
- Removing barriers to timely and cost effective project completion
- Traveling when necessary to accomplish any of the above
Minimum Education: 4-year college degree in business (finance or marketing) or electrical engineering, MBA preferred; ability to speak languages in addition to English a plus.
Minimum Experience: 5-8 years of business development experience, ideally in mobile, some product or project management experience, ideally with a focus on mobile services, 1-2 years international business experience and experience managing a team or other individuals in the past. Engineering experience a plus, particularly if experience is in the mobile field.
Knowledge of: PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Project a must. Familiarity with mobile technologies and platforms including SMS, MMS, WAP, XHMTL, J2ME, BREW, Symbian and Microsoft. Existing Rolodex of carriers and handset vendors. Interest and understanding of the digital music space.
Analytical/Interpersonal Skills:
- Proven ability to promptly deliver desired results
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong sales and negotiation capabilities<> ability to work closely with business affairs teams to draft agreements
- Excellent listener
- Understanding of framework of partnership agreements, ability to set deal priorities and issue-spot
- Financial modeling skills
- Ability to multi-task effectively
- Talent for partnership management
- Understanding of content licensing process and issues
- Attention to details and excellent organizational skills
- Self starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Positive attitude and not easily frustrated
- Strong evangelism capabilities, including dynamic public speaking presentation skills and ability to handle Q&A on the fly
- Understanding of various sales channels and dynamics of each (direct, OEM, retail, etc.)
- Strong management skills, including the ability to create a team
- Ability to work, bolster support and interact with other departments throughout the organization
- Comfort working with technology teams
DISCLAIMER :
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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Title: Senior Product Manager
Department: Product Management
Manager: Head of Product Management
Position Summary: The Senior Product Manager — Personalization and Community is responsible for driving the product strategy and definition of Napster's recommendation engine and community features. This person will define the product roadmap by evaluating market opportunities, analyzing key customer needs and trends, and identifying and prioritizing recommendation enhancements and community offerings. This individual will develop means to best engage our expanding audience and help ensure they find music they love and will discover music they will love. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who is analytically strong and detail oriented and adept at multitasking and prioritizing. This position is a key member of the Product Management team and reports to the Head of Product Management.
Responsibilities:
- Drive personalization and community product roadmap, including market segmentation and sizing, market and competitive analysis, technology trends to achieve product line goals
- Manage product requirement definition and feature identification for future personalization initiatives, including documentation of prioritized feature sets and user stories for upcoming web services. Includes educating team on recommendations, guiding discussions to consensus and driving action items
- Build automated predictive analysis capabilities within recommendation engine to deliver superior personalized music recommendations
- Uncover community trends through benchmarking, networking, and research – including online forums, user feedback, and customer interaction. Guide user generated content strategy across community and user touch points.
- Document requirements for user experience, including customer use cases. Understand how users perceive, use, and value our personalization and community services – and empower our users to enhance their personalization capabilities.
- Develop an overall music market understanding specifically around personalization and recommendation technology and community/social networking, including a strong understanding of customer needs, competitive analysis, secondary market research and analysis, and primary market research and industry assessment
- Lead brainstorming of creative solutions and problem-solving to balance product deliverables and resources with business needs and market window opportunities
- Develop personalization and community-based metrics to measure feature effectiveness, community engagement and value of recommendation engine
Position Requirements:
- Five to eight years product management or product marketing experience required, preferably with Internet sites or web-based applications
- Experience with personalization technology and/or recommendation systems; candidate should also have a strong understanding of influencing factors and algorithms, and logic to drive a world-class recommendation engine
- Experience with online community development and community applications/platforms; candidate should also have a deep understanding of web culture, customers, and online digital media behavior
- Superior creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Proven history of bringing new products to established and emerging markets based on unmet customer needs
- Ability to prioritize among competing opportunities, balance consumer needs with business priorities, and articulate the rationale behind decisions
- Proven ability to lead, to take a stand or advocate a feature, and present market facts and data to back up your position
- Experience working in a data-driven environment, ideally with quantitative research experience. Experience with agile development methodologies a plus.
- Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation skills
- Must be resourceful, self-motivated and able to be successful in a non-traditional entrepreneurial team-based environment
- BA or BS degree or equivalent, MBA strongly desired
- Good natured, sociable, creative and diligent individual who is driven, detail-oriented, and dedicated
- Individual should be passionate about music!
DISCLAIMER :
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of the essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job have been described in the narrative. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons.
