Product Manager ABC News
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Job Description
Job no: 504619
Work type: Contract Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: IT/Technology Production/Content
About the ABC
The ABC is the nations most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations culture and stories. With over 4000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas we are proud to create curate and deliver highquality content that informs educates and entertains Australian communities.
About the Role
Develop and manage digital products for ABC News Australias most trusted news source. Help build new product experiences to best showcase the ABCs powerful journalism and connect millions of people to stories that matter to them.
Key Accountabilities
- Drive and oversee the digital product development implementation and continual review of the ABC News web and mobile products (iOS and Android) to achieve a worldclass digital experience for audiences.
- Drive and develop effective innovative and measurable ABC audience engagement strategies to achieve objectives that will engage retain and build new audiences.
- Lead daytoday product management for news website & app features
- Establish objectives undertake complex data analysis and provide sound recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders to inform decision making on roadmap development.
- Actively gain a deep understanding of audience experience to identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow audience reach improve audience experience and drive digital growth.
- Develop and communicate relevant success metrics and objectives to assess the effectiveness and performance of the products. Track and act on product performance based on analytics and user feedback.
- Lead and manage a crossfunctional product team driving a highperformance culture to contribute to the achievement of P&T objectives.
- Cultivate and foster a culture of creativity that drives staff to continually seek new innovative ways to deliver content and reach audiences.
About You
- Proven experience in developing and managing digital products or journalismrelated audience projects from launch to lifecycle management.
- Demonstrated experience in managing mentoring and leading teams to achieve high performance and positive workplace culture.
- Demonstrated significant experience in managing workflows budgets and timeframes across multiple projects.
- Demonstrate highly advanced knowledge of and keep up to date with competitive trends in digital audience engagement; and share these insights with colleagues and key stakeholders.
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to establish strategic relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to negotiate and influence the achievement of shared objectives.
- Highly developed analytical and problemsolving skills with an aptitude for creative and strategic thinking to inspire innovation.
- Highly developed skills to drive the development and implementation of new product initiatives to increase product performance and achieve business objectives.
Whats In It For You
Come and join the vibrant Digital Product department in the ABC. Our mission is to enable ABCs digital future where ABC transitions from a traditional broadcaster to Australias most trusted and valued digital media organisation. Through harnessing our talents in digital collaborating with our partners and delivering beyond expectations we ensure the ABC not just remains relevant but thrives.
As a group of product and platform teams we develop and maintain the ABCs audience facing digital products across mobile connected TV desktop and smart speakers. Whether it is staying informed of the latest breaking news bringing some great TV on ABC iview streaming the Hottest 100 on the triple j app and website or entertaining the kids with our ABC Kids app the ABCs Digital Product offerings are some of Australias most loved and most used platforms.
Your work will be appreciated by millions of audiences across Australia. We are an open and cohesive team where your voice will not get lost. You can get a sneak peek into our product engineering world through our blog: are committed to career development and invest in our people to grow and become leaders in their fields. Everyone in the Digital Product department has a designated budget for training and development. We believe in flexible approaches to working and building selforganising and collaborative teams that offer friendly and supportive environments in which all team members can strive and grow.
For further information on this position please contact Jamie Nedved Digital Talent Acquisition Lead via email
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
In line with our focus ondiversity applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds people with disability and LGBTIQA individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a genderbalanced workforce
For more information on inclusive employee networks within the ABC please refer toLife Pageon ABC LinkedIn.
For more information on working at the ABCvisit
Advertised: AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
