Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.
Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
We are looking for a Director of Product Management to oversee product features that lead to discovering, interacting and operating the Crunchyroll services in our Partner's Products. You will build and manage a team. You will bridge Product Management, Partnerships, Business Development, and Engineering teams, with a strong understanding of the entertainment industry and landscape. You will influence externally and internally and will have strong negotiation skills anchored in strategy principles and data.
You will contribute to Crunchyroll's position as a leading platform for anime and manga content by shaping our nascent partnership organization. You will maximize partnership channels, enhance the user experience, attract and retain subscribers, and strengthen Crunchyroll's competitive edge in the streaming industry. Success will be measured in your ability to increase the value generated through partnerships while preserving core product identity and execution resources.
Core Areas of Responsibility
- Product Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive partnership product strategy aligned with our overall goals and market trends.
- Partnership Development: Identify, evaluate, and establish strategic partnerships with distribution partners, content creators, and technology vendors that complement our product offerings and enhance our market position.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with other teams, including core security, product management, games engineering, sales, marketing, and legal, to guide successful partnership integrations and go-to-market strategies.
- Revenue Growth: Protect our ability to monetize and our partnerships channels revenue through efficient, secure and safe product features, across streaming, gaming and adjacent verticals that make up the Crunchyroll Flywheel of services.
- Partner Management: Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders, including external partners and internal executives, to drive alignment and support for partnership product initiatives.
- Market Leader: Stay informed about industry trends, competitor products, and user preferences to make informed decisions and keep the product competitive.
- Data-driven: Evangelize data-driven decision-making, and partner with Center for Data and Insights to build standardized product performance metrics and dashboards.
In the role of Director, Product Management - Partner Product, Discovery & Engagement you will report to the VP of Partner Product.
We are considering applicants for the location of the San Francisco.
About YouWe get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- 15+ years of overall professional experience across Product Management, Partnerships, Business Development, and Engineering with an ideal in the subscription streaming industry.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the entertainment industry and landscape
- 8+ years of experience in people management, including product management teams
- Experience working with multi-platform products on mobile, web, and OTT with a global reach and adoption.
- Experience leading 0 to 1 projects and establishing frameworks
- Have experience in one or more areas of core video playback (encoding, delivery, live broadcast, client playback)
- Experience in one or more areas of live streaming, gaming, and online retail.
- Experience using data to inform decisions - leading A/B testing or quasi-A/B testing.
- Experience balancing technical, user, and business needs
- Experience working collaboratively across multiple departments
- Bachelor’s degree
The Product Partnerships team at Crunchyroll is a newly formed group who will build the foundations and lead our nascent Partner Product strategy. We want to be the champions of increasing the value generated through partnerships, while preserving primary product identity and execution resources. We manage Partner products through the articulation of value, strategic principles and consistent decision and operation frameworks. We work in collaboration with our Core Product team, the Partnerships Engineering Organization and Business Development teams, to propel Crunchyroll to the next stage of reach and fan joy.
Why you will love working at CrunchyrollIn addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
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