Technical Product Manager - AJETPM
Company: Al Jazeera International (USA), Inc.
Location: Washington D.C.
Posted on: April 19, 2021
Job Description:
Duties: The technical product manager will be responsible for
analysis and documentation of user processes, workflows, and
platform requirements for the digital division's internal tools,
including content management systems (cms), media and digital asset
management systems (mam/ dam), tag management systems (tms), and
digital rights management systems (drm). The technical product
manager will collaborate with stakeholders, engineering, and
product teams to define process improvements and technology
solutions that will support the digital division's strategic
initiatives. The technical product manager will translate
complicated business requirements into actionable deliverables and
create and maintain high-level system architecture and workflow
diagrams that represent internal platforms that support the
editorial team's end-to-end processes. The technical product
manager will build and maintain strong relationships with the
end-user community to develop long term roadmaps and program plans
that span functional areas and technical systems. The technical
product manager will articulate the impact of process
inefficiencies in order to design end-to-end solutions leveraging
technology, and will collaborate with training and enablement
organizations to plan and deploy effective end-user training and
ensure successful change management. Requirements: Bachelor's degree (or foreign education
equivalent) in computer science, information technology, or a
closely related field plus two (2) years of experience working in
an international (Europe, Asia & the Americas) newsroom environment
developing and designing custom software solutions for broadcast
and digital media management systems, Or, alternatively, no degree
and four (4) years of experience as stated above. Candidate must
also possess two (2) years of experience that include training
audiences of all levels to architect complex media workflows and
high-speed data transfers using tools such as fork media asset
management & playout system, rhozet carbon coder, and avid media
composer; working with live broadcast media streaming platforms,
applying production knowledge for all (social) media streaming
efforts, and implementing and documenting processes for
video-related workflows; and designing technical components,
finding bugs, and overall testing of media asset management and
broadcast control systems using the agile methodology and zendesk
software development planning tool. Travel to various locations outside and within the U.S. for 10%
of the time. To apply, email resume to AJE-DC-HR@aljazeera.net. Please
reference AJETPM in the subject line.
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