Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the US and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.
From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.
About the Team
The Roku TV Platform and Core Technology Product Management team is responsible for the hardware reference designs we provide to ODM partners, the roadmap for hardware and software features that power our core technologies, and the roadmap for advanced TV technologies that will propel future business growth. The team’s objective is to ensure Roku's platforms are differentiated from the competition in technology, features, performance, cost, and time to market.
About the Role
As the Senior Product Manager for Roku TV platforms, you will be accountable for defining and executing on a comprehensive roadmap of TV reference designs which drive continued scale for our business. This includes SoC definition and selection, new software features to improve performance KPIs, tooling to maximize product reliability, global product certifications + compliance, experimentation with novel system architectures, and adaptation of emerging technologies to enable the next generation of delightful end user experiences on our platform.
Sound exciting? Great, we thought so too!
The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced product leader with a deep technical understanding of embedded system architecture and the business acumen to apply that knowledge in ways that drive impact for Roku. Some days will be spent with silicon partners working through ways to optimize memory architecture or brainstorming how to support multi-video decode on cost-sensitive platforms. Other days will be spent digesting the impact of emerging regulatory standards on Roku’s business, helping business partners strategize ways to win new accounts, or writing feature guides to introduce new capabilities to our platform. No matter the challenge, the ideal candidate drives what matters and establishes credibility up and down the leadership chain with clear communication and sound decision making that results in positive business outcomes.
Successful candidates don’t get roadblocked. They are tenacious and action-oriented leaders who thrive in chaotic high growth environments. They build consensus, make decisions, and solve problems. Most importantly, successful candidates set a high standard for quality, advocate for customers, and take ownership of their programs. For the successful candidate, anything less would be failure.
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What you’ll be doing
- Own the global roadmap for Roku TV reference platforms, ensuring alignment to Roku business goals, strategy, and OEM/OBM requirements.
- Monitor and influence SoC partner roadmaps to align with and enhance the Roku product strategy (graphics, memory architecture, power consumption, AI/ML support, Picture and Audio processing, value-add features)
- Partner with engineering and advanced development teams to prototype novel TV architectures which unlock innovative industrial design, step-function cost savings, new uses cases, and more delightful end user experiences
- Track evolving industry, regulatory and worldwide channel partner compliance requirements
- Cultivate executive relationships with key partners. Maintain a pulse on emerging technologies that will shape the future of the TV industry
- Conceive and execute on new features, tools, and HW/SW product concepts. Write specs, prototype, drive consumer research, and help craft go-to-market.
- Understand Roku’s business and successfully apply that knowledge to extend our competitive advantage
- Track program risks, help drive mitigations, and represent status to the broader leadership team.
- Deliver thoughtful and well-designed products on a timely pace
- Know the customer and relentlessly advocate in their best interest.
- Be tenacious. Do whatever it takes to keep your team moving
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We’re excited if you have
- Obsess over the customer experience.
- Drive what matters. You never lose sight of the critical path and can inspire others to follow it.
- See around corners. You are proactive, not reactive. You recognize long-range risks and know how to mitigate them. You may even be part psychic.
- Foster collaboration. A great team can do anything. You know how build trust and deliver on your objectives working across independent teams with independent priorities
- Are pragmatic and data driven. You make decisions with data and know how to proceed when none is available.
- Motivate others. You can inspire teams and influence peers to achieve ambitious goals
- Thrive in dynamic environments. No two days at Roku are ever the same.
- Stay curious. You get excited about things you don’t know. You ask lots of questions and go searching for answers. Geeking out is part of what makes it fun to come to work
- Experience:
- 10+ years technical background in silicon, display, or embedded consumer hardware
- 4+ years in technical product management
- Experience leading the delivery of multiple cross-functional and multi-workstream programs (hardware and software)
- Experience leading R&D efforts and bringing new hardware and software technologies to market
- Strong network within the TV industry a plus
- Willing and able to travel to USA, China, EU ; ~10%
- Exceptional written and verbal communication in English and Mandarin
- BS or equivalent. MS preferred
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Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Our employees can take time off work for vacation and other personal reasons to balance their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.
The Roku Culture
Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV.
We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.
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What We Do
Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. Roku streaming players and Roku TV™ models are available around the world through direct retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs and service operators.
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