Thursday, February 23, 2012

[KITlist] CONTR: Product Manager (San Francisco, CA)

Please direct your responses to: mktgheadhunter@yahoo.com

Contract Product Manager – Social Media/Networking

Product Manager with strong social expertise to drive digital media product development, specifically around integrating user-generated content.

This is a full time onsite 6 month contract in San Francisco.

The efforts of this new position will be on growing the core of our website, specifically a new and improved online experience. Project focus areas will include developing user-generated content acquisition tools, and social networking integration.

You will be instrumental in rapidly rolling out medium-to-large new features and must interface with stakeholders in product marketing, editorial, and technology departments to confirm requirements and project trade-offs. Familiarity with both waterfall and agile development methodologies is highly desirable.

Specific Responsibilities:
Drive products through the full lifecycle, from concept and development through release and post-launch monitoring, working closely with other departments
Draft product requirements (in PRDs or in project tracking software) with input from cross-departmental stakeholders
Work with the UX design team to produce wireframes and visual design mocks and/or plan usability testing for product features
Gather project estimates from the development team, identifying priorities and trade-offs as needed to keep projects time- and cost-efficient
Manage a test and learn process to gauge success, develop project lessons and inform future improvements

Qualifications:

5 + years product management experience
Solid understanding of social networking landscape, including Facebook applications
Experience developing user-generated content products and features desired
Experience managing products for multiple platforms (web, tablet, print on-demand) Experience in an agile software development environment, with rapid feedback loops and quick release cycles

If you are interested and qualified for this postion please send your resume to mktgheadhunter@yahoo.com


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