Product Manager – Software / Video Products for Digital Cinema / Post-Production (Los Angeles CA)
Overview: Our client has retained us to fine them a strong Product Marketing Manager for a Software and technology product set proving management and security of digital video for Digital Cinema and Post-Production / Pre-release. This role will involve meeting with customers (studios and content providers, and post-production houses), determining product features and roadmap, developing the business case for new features, managing the product cross-functionally and working with software developers, defining future products, and set strategic direction.
Industry background is required in the movie / television / studio / content space – ideally with experience as a product manager or product marketing professional. Software and video format expertise is required as well – so the ideal profile is an engineer who has moved into the marketing space.
Requirements:
Location: Burbank CA (Los Angeles area). Candidates willing to relo quickly and at low-cost from nearby may also be considered,.
Compensation: Compensation depends on experience but most qualified candidates will currently be in the $100-150k range.
ABOUT TECHTALENT: TechTalent specializes in recruiting for digital video, multimedia / mobile, and broadband Internet clients. I am a unique recruiter: heavy tech background (MSEE from Georgia Tech) with 15 years of technical experience, the last 8 as a Director and VP of Engineering for a 100-person team developing broadband multimedia services.
Industry background is required in the movie / television / studio / content space – ideally with experience as a product manager or product marketing professional. Software and video format expertise is required as well – so the ideal profile is an engineer who has moved into the marketing space.
Requirements:
- Product Management – determining features and product roadmaps, working with customers, developing business case, defining product strategy, monitoring market trends, etc.
- Technical Expertise with digital Video – must understand digital video compression formats such as MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264, etc. as well as associated audio formats (DSP, compression, etc.)
- A business understanding of video and content work-flows and with B2B post-production content creation processes is a major plus.
- Must have interacted with key studios, content providers and ideally post-production houses (such as Disney, Warner Brothers, Sony, HBO, Showtime, Netflix, etc.)
- Knowledge of the Digital Cinema Initiative (CDI) is a huge plus
- Software development lifecycle experience – ideally with Agile / scrum
- Experience working with European clients or customers is a huge plus
- Knowledge of video security technologies such as fingerprinting or watermarking is a major plus but not required
- Must be: Willing to travel as needed, be exceptionally self-motivated, a strong problem solver, and have strong presentation and writing skills
Location: Burbank CA (Los Angeles area). Candidates willing to relo quickly and at low-cost from nearby may also be considered,.
Compensation: Compensation depends on experience but most qualified candidates will currently be in the $100-150k range.
ABOUT TECHTALENT: TechTalent specializes in recruiting for digital video, multimedia / mobile, and broadband Internet clients. I am a unique recruiter: heavy tech background (MSEE from Georgia Tech) with 15 years of technical experience, the last 8 as a Director and VP of Engineering for a 100-person team developing broadband multimedia services.
