Technical Product Manager, JavaScript

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The JS Video Software Engineering team is looking for a JS Technical Product Manager to take ownership of the requirements analysis process and contribute to the success of Server-Side Ad Insertions platform. You will work closely and collaboratively with
engineers and stakeholders across Peacock technology, and be part of an inclusive, high-performing team.

What The Team Does

• Collaborates with video streaming and encoding teams to drive innovation and improvements in video delivery and playback user experience
• Collaborates with teams building Peacock applications, ensuring optimal integration of the video players libraries on all types of devices

Role Responsibilities
• Work closely and collaboratively with stakeholders to understand new features and initiatives
• Break down functional and non-functional requirements into user stories, and present them to the team in planning sessions
• Predict potential problems, identify edge cases and outline key risks or issues together with the team and ensure they are communicated to the Engineering Managers
• Documenting features or initiatives through API documentation, sequence diagrams or feature documentation
• Prepare and facilitate pre-planning/planning sessions with the team for weekly iterations, based on the priorities on our product roadmap
• Understand how the video player interacts with other Peacock components and contribute to ensuring these integrations are both resilient and reliable
• Facilitate estimation sessions with the team to obtain high level roadmap estimates and RAID logs
• Be a constant source of product information and direction for the team
• Support the team in delivering high impact, high quality work that is built with focus on optimal user experience

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrable experience working with highly collaborative software engineering teams

• Experience working with BDD, writing detailed user stories and supporting acceptance criteria
• Hands on experience defining and documenting technical requirements and translating them into user stories/accompanying documentation
• Ability to communicate effectively and explain complex problems in a simple way
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Enjoy collaborating with others, both inside and outside the team
• Understanding of deadlines, constraints and scope of delivery and experience working with the business partners to ensure the right balance between these are met, setting expectations and handling risks early
• Ability to integrate into a large agile development project and manage rapid development cycles
• Understanding of the basics of video streaming technologies and ad insertion
• Experience working within JS engineering teams
• Interest in promoting an inclusive team culture where engineers of diverse backgrounds can grow
• Committed to quality in every assignment, large or small

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $130,000 - $165,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).

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