J.L. Reynolds & Associates
Online Product Director
Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:13 PMFull-Time
New York City, NY (Manhattan)Description
Summary
My clients' Women and Lifestyle programming group currently seeks a strategic and operational Product lead for one of the top women's and lifestyle sites on the web. The successful candidate will be visionary about the future of women's and lifestyle programming/media, and outwardly focused on industry trends to inform and develop product strategy addressing the entire consumer product experience including but not limited to Social Media, User-Generated Content and Distributed Applications. The Product Director will guide Living applications from vision through execution and constant refinement based on consumer feedback and data-driven decision-making. Additionally, the Director will identify and work with partners to fulfill against vision. Importantly, the candidate will champion Open Services and extend Living beyond "the bounds of the domain" and succeed in a distributed application strategy including social apps, widgets, feeds, and other insertions into the conversations happening every day on the web. And, will manage relationships with strategic partners, as applicable.
Required Skills
Required qualifications include: High standards of professional integrity and work ethic, and strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to intelligently present to senior executives. Experience in Women's Lifestyle media, with strong digital experience Readiness to participate in business and corporate development, lending product authority to strategic deal-making activity. Experience in bringing web products to market, from concept through specification and development to launch planning for highest consumer adoption, and based on success measurements, optimizing post-launch iterations. Experience managing product requirements for data-driven applications and direct collaboration or matrix management over technical development. Familiarity with agile development and readiness to operate in agile methodology. Conversant and strategic in Web 2.0 concepts of user feeds, social contribution, and openness, and SEO. Constant awareness of developments in online media product innovations, via blogosphere, conferences, etc.
How to Apply
Shannon Taylor-J.L Reynolds & Associates
Account Executive/ Diversity Recruiter