Principal Product Manager

The role

The Principal Product Manager will own the Audio and Video product strategy. You will set the roadmap for podcasts, audio narration, and long-form video shows to drive engagement and retention.

What you will do

• Own the Audio and Video roadmap end to end
• Use data, user research, and experimentation to support the roadmap
• Own the Play proposition to diversify audience and improve Premium subscriber experience
• Grow engagement and retention across audio and video
• Work with Engineering on streaming performance, content delivery, and integrations with Acast, Spotify and Apple Podcasts
• Partner with Editorial to build product experiences and subscriber journeys

Required qualifications

• Shipped audio or video product features in a consumer app or digital platform
• Experience moving a lean, cross-functional team from idea to launch
• Ability to think in strategy and roadmap terms for a whole product area
• Understanding of how listening and viewing habits build long-term subscriber value
• Comfortable defining success metrics, running experiments and using data to make and defend decisions
• Experience working with editorial teams
• Audio product experience including in-app and web players, podcast hosting and distribution
• Video product experience including vod, live events, cross-device playback experiences, and casting
• Knowledge of engagement and retention metrics for audio and video formats
• Knowledge of multi-platform delivery across web, app and third-party platforms

Nice to have

• Enthusiasm for The Economist's journalism and global audience

Benefits

• Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
• Private health insurance
• 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through an Employee Assistance Program
• Work From Anywhere program for up to 25 days per year
• Generous annual and parental leave
• Dedicated days off for volunteering
• Dedicated days off for moving home
• Free access to all The Economist content including online subscription, apps and podcasts

About the company

The Economist Group is a global media and information-services company. It delivers trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries.