Telecoms Product Manager at skype

The Brief
Overall responsibility for managing Skype’s Consumer Telecommunications offering.

Key Responsibilities
In partnerships with the greater telecom team and all other relevant parties in the company, manage the following responsibilities:

Market knowledge & User Research:

• Develop a thorough understanding of user needs and segmentation.
• Product Roadmap: Build and maintain a user focussed product roadmap.
• Product Prioritisation: Produce Concept Brief documents and necessary business case analysis to support the product prioritisation process.
• Pricing and proposition Responsible for pricing and elasticity analysis for Skype´s global telecom offering. Taking part in defining company proposition, e.g. focus between free and paid.
• Product Development: Managing a team responsible for specification and project management of product improvements.
• Product Delivery & Launches: Ensure a successful roll-out of features, enhancements and fixes.
• Meeting targets: Analyse and track the agreed product metrics. Budgeting.
• Best Practice: Developing and implementing routines and processes for the team.
• Team manager: Manage a team of 3-4 project and product managers.

Pre-requisite Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience in product management, including proposition development of paid for services
• Solid experience in a project-type environment - product manager, programme manager or project manager in another web or communications company including cross-functional team coordination and working
• Strategy & analytics experience
• Strong understanding of communications products and features as well as trends in the industry
• Operational experience in telecommunications company desirable

Personal attributes / competencies

• Strong team player
• Analytically minded
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent influencing skills
• Strong mentoring and people management skills
• Strong leader

Qualifications

• Graduated in relevant field
• MBA desirable but not essential

Duration
Permanent

Closing date for all applications
Friday 26th October 2007

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Codec Product Manager at DivX

Codec Product Manager
Location: USA, San Diego
Description
Do you know the difference between Kodak and a codec? Do you know a community where everyone is a programmer? Can you tell when you’re watching a Def Jam video in high def or standard def? You can? Really? In that case, you should send us your resume.

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic product manager to join our Media Languages group. As the Codec Product Manager, you’ll be responsible for managing the lifecycle of our codec core technologies, and its integration with all relevant product lines. This key position focuses on the core of media technologies and influences the resulting applications—from desktop tools to consumer electronics media solutions. If this position sounds like a match for your skill set, we look forward to hearing from you.

The Everyday View
As the Codec Product Manager for DivX, you’ll work with engineering, product management, marketing and sales to develop product requirements and help define and refine our go-to-market strategies. You’ll also be expected to:

• Define the codec product strategy and roadmap
• Deliver product requirement documents (PRDs) with prioritized features and corresponding justification
• Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Be an expert with respect to competition in the media technology space
• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the codec product(s)
• Perform product demonstrations for customers
• Propose an overall budget to ensure success
• Provide analytical data and collateral that define the codec product(s)
• Act as a leader within the company

The Kind of Person We're Looking For
You have a demonstrated ability to clearly define product requirements, determine the business case and value propositions for various products. You research and deliver competitive intelligence on other offerings and create effective go-to-market strategies. You’ve been praised for possessing a unique blend of business and technical savvy and big-picture vision. You’re comfortable understanding trends and potential problems within complex markets, and adept at finding innovative solutions for the broader penetration of DivX technology in software and consumer electronics. You also have:

• A strong technical background
• A proven track record of successfully managing, releasing and establishing market traction for new audio/video codecs/formats
• Experience with open or partner shared source programs and community driven technology (consumers or developers)
• 3+ years in a position of increasing responsibility in a software and codec product management environment
• Experience and expertise researching and establishing product requirements
• Knowledge of software and web services with an emphasis on multimedia playback applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and present highly professional and effective presentations for both business and technical audiences
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering is required; an MBA is desired
  

On the personality side of things, you must be:

• A highly motivated self-starter with a high degree of integrity and creativity
• A charismatic team player with the ability to multi task
• Able to complement other product initiatives and work cross-functionally with other departments to drive and execute business and product strategy

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Group Product Manager, Media Experience Solutions at DIVX

Group Product Manager, Media Experience Solutions
Location: USA, San Diego
Description
DivX is currently seeking a Group Product Manager, Media Experience Solutions. As a key member of senior management, this position will help execute the DivX business model while adding to and reinforcing the unique DivX culture and brand. Reporting to the Group Business Manager for Media Experience Solutions, the Group Product Manager will have significant influence on the company’s success. This is a perfect opportunity for an individual who is seeking to further a challenging yet rewarding career in technology solutions, Video-on-Demand and connected home markets. If this position sounds like a match for you, send us your resume. We look forward to hearing from you.

THE EVERYDAY VIEW
As a member of the DivX management team, the Group Product Manager for Media Experience Solutions will participate in executing against the business plan, driving product management and building world class products and services.

• Lead a team of product managers
• Establish operational focus and solid tactical planning
• Develop strategies to better deliver media experiences to the living room
• Manage the development of new products
• Support marketing and business development in achieving objectives
• Establish and maintain deep partnerships with integrated chip (IC) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
• Work with product marketing to define product requirements
• Work with engineering to prioritize and focus resources to meet required timelines
• Manage the networking and communications components of the DivX ecosystem
• Drive DivX technology adoption among consumer electronics companies

THE KIND OF PERSON WE’RE LOOKING FOR
This Group Product Manager role will require extensive knowledge spanning a broad range of technological areas, including consumer electronics, consumer-centric applications, servers and internet services. Accordingly, the successful candidate could come from any one of these business backgrounds or even an applicable role within the open source development community. Regardless of the specific industry, the ideal candidate for this position must have a demonstrated track record of effective product management in progressively more challenging roles, including managing a team.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to effectively communicate with executives up to the most senior levels of management
• Experience working in a pre-IPO start-up through IPO to public ownership
• Familiarity and comfort working in a fast-paced business environment
• Experience defining and executing against product roadmaps
• Experience managing product requirements documents
• A proven ability to perform and effectively utilize customer research
• Thorough working knowledge of the content creation and delivery industries
• Experience working closely with top-tier consumer electronic companies

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Familiarity with video compression technologies
• Consumer-centric applications development experience
• An undergraduate degree in an applicable field of study is required
• An MBA is highly desired but not required

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Manager of Applications Engineering at DIVX

Manager of Applications Engineering
Location: USA, San Diego
Description
Are you an uber-geek, always the first to have the latest gadget – preferably before it's even released? Do you love consumer electronics, product development and watching movies? Does the local computer store know you on a first-name basis? If so, you’re looking in the right place. We're looking for a Manager of Applications Engineering to head up our technical service departments, work closely with integrated chip (IC) manufacturers, original design manufacturers (ODMs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) to incorporate DivX video technology into their products.

Our video creation and playback technologies power millions of consumer electronics devices, from DVD players to portable media players, mobile phones, digital cameras, home media servers and the list goes on. But success didn't come easy. To make it in the CE business, we had to ensure seamless interoperability of DivX content and devices, even across different brand names like Panasonic, Sony, LG, Roxio, Pinnacle, CyberLink etc. This requires insight, quality, precision and rock-solid engineering. Our technologies also power new and innovative web 3.0 applications, connected devices and online communities.

The ideal candidate for this position will have technical mastery in software and hardware design, a knack for troubleshooting and excellent people skills. They will be team-driven, never territorial, freely give credit to others and a poster child of Theory Y. If this sounds like you, then you'd love it here! Send us your resume.

The Everyday View

• Lead our technical service departments to provide world-class engineering support and certification services to our business partners, namely IC manufacturers, ODMs, OEMs and ISVs in North America and Asia to help them integrate DivX technology into their products
• Directly manage a team of applications engineers, providing them technical guidance, training and career planning
• Implement continual process improvement programs that focus on customer quality, manufacturing performance and efficiency
• Participate in new product development, research and development and go-to-market activities
• Encourage teamwork and cross-functional cooperation between engineering, support, sales and business operations teams
• Develop and maintain technical documentation
• Travel may be required up to 20% of the time to support and build relationships with DivX partners

The Kind of Person We’re Looking for

• A proven track record managing application engineering, technical support and technical business operations within high-tech product development companies
• Industry experience with consumer electronics, digital video and software engineering
• Multicultural experience working with high-tech engineering companies in North America, Europe and Asia
• Strong engineering, troubleshooting and communication skills
• Ability to take ownership of multiple issues with demanding partners and ensure they are resolved in a timely manner
• A mentor who can technically lead an engineering team and foster a positive work environment
• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science or electrical engineering is required
• An MBA is a strong plus

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Senior Product Manager, Software Business at DivX

Senior Product Manager, Software Business
Location: USA, San Diego
Description
Do you dream of spreading your wings beyond your current product management, product marketing or business development role? Do you get adrenalin rushes when juggling multiple fast-paced product releases while keeping your hands on the business steering wheel? Have you ever felt the urge to jump out of your org chart box and really accelerate a business? If you answered yes to any of these questions, DivX would like to hear from you.

DivX is currently seeking a Sr. Product Manager, Software Business to be responsible for planning and driving the execution of DivX software tools licensing and distribution monetization for products including the DivX Player, DivX Converter, DivX Author and future software products. With over 5 million downloads a month, the software tools business is a vital strategic area for DivX and a key driver for the DivX ecosystem. If this position sounds like the right match for you, send us your resume. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Everyday View
At the strategy level, the Sr. Product Manager, Software Business for DivX owns the business planning process and deliverables for DivX software and drives the alignment of internal and external resources according to plan. Specific day-to-day activities will include:

• Defining, refining and championing software products and business model concepts
• Crafting effective business plans from concept, to financials and resource planning in concert with product development, segment marketing, finance and senior executives
• Ensuring the funding and alignment of engineering, marketing and business development resources to execute on the business plan
• Continuously incorporating business feedback and results to track progress toward and eventually reach the business objectives (revenues and other milestones)
• Evaluating marketing and advertising needs and opportunities
• Communicating business strategy, both internally and externally, in support of marketing, advertising and press outreach activities

At the execution level, the Sr. Product Manager, Software Business for DivX makes business and product release decisions for software products. The person who accepts this position will be instrumental in organizing and driving the day-to-day business related to software, measuring progress and attaining agreed upon business objectives. Additional specific activities will include:

• Driving product, business development and sales priorities, including marketing requirements, product launch plans and release readiness, customer identification and engagement and negotiation assistance for large software deals
• Making specific product pricing, requirements, timing and priority decisions to achieve overall business objectives
• Coordinating across product management, marketing, sales and business development
• Leading business team meetings, metrics reviews and communication to senior management
• Communicating progress and milestone objectives, achievements and adjustments

The Kind of Person We’re Looking for
We’re looking for someone with robust business management skills and experience to help us grow our software business. The person who fills this position will have to be strategic and ambitious, but also pragmatic and realistic. Ideally, the person who fills this position will have the following skills and experience:

• 10-15 years of experience in product management and/or strategic marketing in consumer software, managing broad-usage end-user applications available through the web, original equipment manufacturing (OEM) or retail channels
• Solid knowledge of digital media technologies and internet advertising markets
• Ability to take direct responsibility for product line directions and roadmaps as well as related planning of marketing, sales and engineering resources
• A demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, fluid and fun start-up environment
• A high degree of enthusiasm and self-motivation with exceptional interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• A computer science or engineering background
• An MBA is preferred

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Product Manager at rediff

Designation: Product Manager
Department: Product Management
Location: Mumbai
Reporting to: VP
Job Summary :
To take end-to-end ownership of the product line, identify market requirements, define the product vision, create preliminary design concepts and drive the implementation of the overall product roadmap.
Key Responsibilities :
1 Deployment, Strategy and Execution of the Product
2 Identify market requirements, Define product vision, Co-ordinate launches
3 Implement overall product roadmap and product improvements
4 Work closely with the Engineering team, User design, operations and other functions.
Professional Qualification
Essential: Graduate Computer Science + MBA
Experience (years & type):
2 To 4 yrs of relevant experience
Relevant experience includes performing competitive analysis, understanding and defining business strategy, and researching user needs
Experience developing Internet products and technologies.
Product design or product management experience
Other skills & Qualities:
Quantitative analytical abilities
Strong organizational skills
Excellent technical skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills

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Technical Product / Program Manager at Amazon

Technical Product/Program Managers (TPPMs) at Amazon should be able to:

• Apply deep and broad technical and business understanding to research, identify and help select high-ROI business.
• Drive the strategy and technical design, assemble the right project team, assign individual responsibilities, identify appropriate resources needed, and develop the milestones and schedule to ensure timely and successful delivery of the project or system.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams with technical and product expertise, assess and manage risks, anticipate and resolve bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs with the technical constraints, and encourage risk taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
• Have 5 plus years of experience

B.E/M.E in CS with an MBA is preferred.

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Senior Leader - Web Services at Amazon

Amazon has spent ten years and over $1 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers the Amazon web sites for millions of customers every day. Amazon.com told software developers, "Surprise Us!” by opening itself up through Web services in July 2002. Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to identify and expose more atomic pieces of the Amazon technology platform and product data nearly every day thus providing a flexible set of foundational services that allow developers to build creative applications. Since 2002, developers have used Amazon Web Services to build innovative applications from Associate web sites and e-commerce tools to consumer applications.

The Amazon Development Center in India (Bangalore) is at the core of Amazon's effort to expose even more of its platform and data to help developers innovate and build businesses. The center has end-to-end ownership of its business area of focus and is seeking a leader to drive the product roadmap, positioning, adoption, and growth of their Web Services offerings.

Responsibilities

• Understanding the competitive landscape, soliciting and distilling feedback from our developers into actionable product improvements, prioritizing where they should invest next, building business justifications and plans for their web services offerings, and developing a product roadmap.
• Driving definition and delivery for various releases and offerings by working closely with the engineering teams.
• Working with the Sr. Management to create pricing, merchandising, marketing/sales and launch plans for their various releases and offerings.
• Working with the AWS Developer relations team to drive developer adoption by building an easy to use Sandbox, getting SDKs created in multiple programming languages, building a library of educational modules and code/application samples, driving developer communications via their developer portal, discussion boards, live chats, blogs and email, building improved technical support and documentation and providing significant input into technical evangelism and strategic partnerships.
• Driving continuous improvement of the product offerings by soliciting and incorporating developer feedback and focusing on defining and meeting/exceeding service levels for their offerings
• Demonstrating a high bar in sourcing, hiring and managing a super-star team of product and program managers, software development engineers and technical writers.
• Participating in decision making for General Management functions in the center.

The Candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, computer science, or related discipline required.
• Master’s degree and/or PhD preferred in mathematics, computer science, or related discipline preferred but not required.
• MBA preferred.
• The idealized candidate is most likely to be a hybrid: part visionary/part leader/part builder/part operator.
• The right person has a unique blend of business judgment, strong product and program management experience in the internet space, technical comfort, sales and marketing experience in the technology industry, and strong hiring abilities.
• Clearly passionate about the large opportunity that web services present. This presents a significant intellectual and operational challenge with great free cash flow impact.
• A leader that is extremely attracted to the opportunity and is never satisfied with the results.
• The ideal candidate is passionate about delivery and achieving the right results, winning, being the developer's advocate, and building a vibrant, robust developer community.
• Qualified candidates must be highly analytical, able to assess customer needs via primary and secondary research, adept at stepping back and thinking holistically, skilled at working cross-functionally and influencing others regardless of where they report in the org chart, experienced at leading teams of super-stars, and a strong oral and written communicator.
• Leader must command the respect – and be able to lead a team of – world class product and program managers and software development engineers.
• This leader also needs to have proven ability to define and meet service level agreements. It is important that this leader have an operational component to their leadership skill set.

Professional Traits

The Ideal Candidate:

• Hires great people. Develops great people.
• Has relentlessly high standards (to the point that most other people would think they are being unreasonable)
• Operates at all heading levels.
• No task is beneath this person.
• Expects and requires innovation of her/his team.
• Has a conviction.
• Results oriented.
• Thinks big.
• Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others.

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Accountant at Facebook

Facebook is looking for a well-rounded top performer who can be a key contributor in a high-energy growth environment. The ideal candidate is one who has been a top academic performer with a proven track record in global, high tech companies and has the desire to excel in everything they do. Your work history should demonstrate job stability with increasing levels of responsibility. This is a full time position reporting to the Accounting Manager.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

• Assist with monthly close including account reconciliation, financial reporting and analysis
• Perform technical accounting research and prepare documentation outlining issues and conclusions
• Support and review monthly reconciliations of International subsidiaries
• Assist in review of global consolidated reconciliations
• Assist with improving, implementing and documenting processes and internal control policies and procedures
• Identify opportunities for process improvements or automation and then drive the implementation of the solution
• Support various organizational requirements such as audit and tax preparation
• Other projects and initiatives as required

Requirements:

• B.S. degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA a plus
• CPA required
• 3+ years relevant experience with Big Four and minimum of 3+ years with large, fast-growing, multi-national company
• Solid knowledge of GAAP, including FAS 52
• Related industry experiences a plus
• Strong computer and analytical skills, including proficiency in Excel
• Excellent planning, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Superb attention to detail yet possesses an understanding of the "big picture”
• Organized and thorough with desire for continuous improvement

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Manager, Human Resources at hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Manager, Human Resources
Location: San Francisco, CA

We are expanding our team, and we’re looking for an exceptional Director of Human Resources in a fast growing Company. You will become part of a fast-paced and motivated team that is building new and exciting online consumer services.

The HR Director will provide progressive HR support to the organization. The ideal candidate will provide thought leadership in guiding, developing and implementing HR initiatives. The HR Director should be available to assist all employees regarding benefit and payroll administration, assist the hiring managers with the recruitment process, drive the employee review and feedback process, and plan towards developing a high performance organization. This position will report directly to the CEO.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, refine, and manage sustainable HR infrastructure to support organizational effectiveness and alignment with the Company’s overall direction.
• Work with the management team to continually evaluate and develop all employees through career planning, mentoring programs, and skill building.
• Manage core Performance Management and feedback processes. Develop manager capability on employing these processes and obtaining best in class results.
• Design job classifications, set job levels, and execute strategies to attract the right talent
• Provide proactive guidance and counsel to managers and employees on HR related issues.
• Collaborate with functional management to drive workforce planning and recruiting initiatives
• Establish timetables and follow through for employee reviews, feedback, and compensation changes
• Deal with immigration, visa sponsorships ect.

Requirements:

• BS/BA; MS/MBA a plus.
• 4+ years HR experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional Excel, PowerPoint and analytical skills.
• Strong ability to maneuver, refine, and present data, analysis, trends, and reports;

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Program Producer, Google Brand Accelerator - San Bruno

This position is located in San Bruno, CA.

The area: Google Brand Accelerator

At Google, our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. The primary objective of the Google Brand Accelerator (GBA) is to become the indispensable partner to advertisers and agencies for building brands online. GBA will allow Google to consistently deliver the most efficient and effective digital platform upon which the world's leading brands are built. We will connect advertisers' brand message to the target audience at the highest moment of relevance through innovative and accountable online marketing solutions that offer unmatched precision and scale.

The role: Program Producer, Google Brand Accelerator - San Bruno

The Program Producer will work closely with the Product Marketing Managers, the corporate marketing group, sales, and product teams support to create large scale advertising programs. He/she will develop and manage detailed project plans, budget and calendar from start to finish. Program producers will assist with all program production and logistics from development of content, promotions, presentations, graphics/multimedia and other program-related marketing materials. They will interact with vendors, customers/partners and a wide range of functional groups within YouTube and Google on scalable custom projects and communicate their status on a regular basis.

Responsibilities:

• Be accountable for driving plans through to implementation and completion.
• Analyze programs for effectiveness and conduct post-program reporting and ROI analysis. Develop in-depth case studies.
• Move quickly from one phase of a project to another with a commitment to highest possible quality standards across all disciplines.
• Demonstrate a technical ability to work with scheduling software and all project management software.
• Identify new program marketing opportunities based on customer needs, industry trends and competitive research.

Requirements:

• BA/BS in market research, marketing, psychology, communications, statistics or other related field. Design and creative background a plus. MBA perferred.
• 4 + years experience in interactive project management, product marketing, direct marketing, marketing program management, or consulting.
• Strong background in web site and web application development including previous experience working closely with product managers and design teams.
• Ability to work well with metrics, numbers, and trends.
• Strong oral, writing and editing skills with a high attention to detail.
• Strong project management, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Exceptional budget management, negotiation, and organizational skills.

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Marketing Manager at YouTube

This position is available in San Bruno, CA.

We're a diverse and self-motivated bunch who combine left- and right-brain thinking to craft the messages, strategies and thought leadership that our sales teams use in the field. We use industry research, competitive analysis and product information to create messaging, marketing plans, collateral and executive presentations that deliver the most compelling value proposition to business partners and clients. Google's Sales Marketers come from a variety of backgrounds - including consulting, banking, marketing, journalism, the public sector and even architecture - so that we can pull from many types of experiences. We are committed to helping the sales teams solve the marketing problems of the world's largest brands and communicate the value of targeted advertising.

The Marketing Manager for YouTube Sales will work to define and execute marketing programs that help drive advertiser adoption of YouTube's advertising offerings. With the rapid evolution of the online video advertising landscape, and YouTube as the leading innovator in that market, this role will be at the center of much industry change.

You'll work closely with both YouTube and Google sales management on marketing programs that educate and influence the world's largest advertisers and ad agencies. You're an outstanding writer, an excellent communicator and a team leader. You also have the ability to create effective, interactive presentations and deliver them in front of large groups. Your thought leadership, excellent client-servicing and relationship skills, and entrepreneurship allow you to make persuasive presentations in front of new and existing customers.

Responsibilities:

• Create and execute strategic marketing plans and programs to support YouTube and Google's advertising sales efforts.
• Develop marketing materials, such as videos, client presentations, media kits, and case studies.
• Analyze data, trends and client performance, develop solid strategic sales plans and prepare and conduct strategic pitches and sales presentations.
• Work closely with YouTube and Google's sales teams, sales management, and peers on the Sales Marketing & Strategy team.

Requirements:

• High-caliber BA/BS degree; MBA preferred.
• 3+ years experience, preferably from the world of online publishing, interactive media, video games, traditional media or management consulting
• Superior PowerPoint skills
• Experience with video production, e.g., creating sizzle reels, trailers, etc.
• Strong aptitude for determining optimal product positioning and developing marketing strategies in a client-facing environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills and passion for analyzing products, companies and market dynamics.

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Director, Business Intelligence - Connected Life at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Connected Life Business Unit is seeking a seasoned Director to lead its Business Intelligence team. The number one priority will be to define and execute the business intelligence strategy for Yahoo! Mobile, one of the next growth engines for the Company. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Business Intelligence (BI) professional with outstanding Web Analytics expertise, and demonstrated success in designing, building and managing web analytics and BI products. The position requires a passionate and highly-motivated individual with strong leadership, team-building, partnering and project management skills. The right candidate will manage and grow a portfolio of BI products and operations reporting systems including data-mart, data-warehouse, real-time Analytics, instrumentation & registry and analytics portal products. As a visible leader in the organization, the person will be responsible for direction and development of the product management and business analytics teams, and ensuring that all product roadmaps and activities are directly tied to Connected Life BU’s strategic and operating priorities.

The position has the following responsibilities:

• Develop business intelligence strategy and align Product Roadmaps for Connected Life’s data marts, instrumentation, and analytics products.
• Direct Connected Life Business Unit’s analytics, data-product strategy, operations and related product management organization.
• Develop, coach and empower a talented and enthusiastic product management & reporting team.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional to implement a BI strategy and a drive data-driven decision making culture.
• Collaborate with Connected Life’s Leadership Team to drive business needs, requirements, priorities and timelines.
• Manage the BI product agenda and ensure BI product/service requirements are fully articulated, prioritized and supported by other horizontal product and platform teams.
• Manage dashboard processes for internal and external business users and drive best practices for the entire organization.
• Negotiate with internal and external business users on requirements, service level agreements and resources of the metrics delivered.

The position has the following requirements:

• Outstanding strategic analysis skills & demonstrated ability to take data, draw insights, and make decisions.
• Technical depth and expertise in web metrics and enabling data management infrastructure.
• Passionate and highly-motivated professional with strong leadership, team-building, partnering and project management skills.
• Proficiency with Microstrategy, Business Objects, Crystal Reports or similar BI tools
• Proven ability to lead in a global organization where team members are located around the world.
• Recent product management experience with full-cycle planning, development and implementation of web analytics and BI products for a leading global company
• This position requires a BA/BS/MS/MBA in Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Management, Engineering or related field.
• 7 – 10 years work experience in delivering data-driven solutions, infrastructure or products

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

About Business group or Product
Job Responsibilities
Minimum Job Qualifications
Preferable Job Qualifications

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Marketing Development Manager at Yahoo

Location : New York, NY
Description : Marketing Development Manager

About Yahoo!
The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering search, communication services, content and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

The Marketing Development Manager is a creative brand marketing expert who partners with Yahoo! advertisers', the Yahoo! field sales force, Yahoo! property owners and the design team to leverage the full breadth and scale of Yahoo! content, properties, research and technologies in the service of advertisers' marketing objectives. Aligned geographically and by specific category and/or our top clients, this expert will apply creative innovation in line with the needs of advertisers, to create compelling solutions and drive advertising revenue.

Responsibilities:

• Create strategic advertising solutions by integrating cross network advertising & sponsorships, market research, and data targeted advertising & analytics into a comprehensive ''story'' and customer centric advertising solution
• Provide thought leadership about the evolution of advertising, emerging trends, technologies, entertainment and media, especially with regard to the online space
• Understand, create, and package network offerings and opportunities that are customizable and scalable on the Yahoo! network
• Strategically assess the competitive landscape and prioritize revenue opportunities
• Build internal relationships to facilitate cross disciplinary collaboration with key Yahoo! constituents, including sales and the creative team
• Lead creative ideation and brainstorming sessions with clients to create strategies and apply them to the Y! network in order to reach their marketing objectives
• Partner with Yahoo!'s field sales force, guiding the development of specific ideas and assisting in the development of key customer pitches, upfront meetings and strategy sessions
• Lead the definition and development of big ideas for creatively driven pitches and presentations, including ideation, development and execution of pitch materials
• Guide the development of creative online marketing programs that combine a strong understanding of marketer needs with an insightful understanding of existing and potential solutions available from Yahoo! and its network of properties

Basic Requirements:

• Strong experience in and understanding of digital media and consumer behavior
• Passion for the changing media landscape, self educated on the trends in consumer behaviors and inventive ways to reach a targeted audience
• History of creating innovative concepts that have positively impacted revenue
• A proven collaborator and relationship builder with experience leading executive level engagements

Preferred Requirements:

• A minimum of 7 years combined brand marketing, media strategy, sales development and design or advertising agency experience (ideally in media or brand strategy)
• 4 + years in the advertising space with a track record of creating compelling marketing solutions, online highly preferred
• Passion for branding and marketing, outspoken advocate for client's brands
• Ability to think strategically, understanding marketer needs and creatively translating these needs into compelling concepts and programs
• Excellent oral and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Experience working in a fast paced, matrixed organization a plus
• BA/BS, MBA a plus

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USYA.40 - Product Mgr IV - IC4 at Yahoo

Location : Burbank, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Description : Title: Product Manager, Advertiser Systems

Do you want to drive product development in the pay-for-performance marketing space, one of the industry's hottest and fastest growing areas? The Advertiser Systems team is responsible for designing the products that advertisers and internal teams use to power Yahoo!'s pay-for-performance marketing business. We are seeking a creative, entrepreneurial Product Manager to take ownership of new and existing products, identify requirements, define the product vision, create design specifications and lead the implementation of the product roadmap.

The Product Manager position requires an energetic, experienced self-starter with a track record of quick learning and increasing levels of responsibility. The candidate should be passionate about creating high-quality, usable products that drive the growth of the Yahoo! advertiser network.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the full product lifecycle of advertiser acquisition and management products for the small and medium size marketers. This includes concept, specification, design, launch and maintenance phases.
• Work with multiple cross-functional teams to elicit, understand, rationalize and prioritize requests for new functionality.
• Work closely with technology leadership to manage all stages of the product development process.
• Identify and analyze new opportunities to improve and enhance the Yahoo! advertiser network worldwide.
• Design functional specifications and make tradeoff decisions between functionality and resources/timeframes.
• Act as key product evangelist and advocate for Yahoo! advertiser network users and internal Yahoo! Search Marketing teams.
• Work with other functional areas to gather intelligence on competitive offerings and new industry trends and synthesize competitive findings.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years as a product manager in the software industry or in an internet-based software company.
• Experience building products and services for the small and medium size businesses, preferably in local advertising, web search, online advertising, or performance marketing
• Passion for creating world-class business solutions that impact each phase of the advertisers' lifecycle, from prospect to launch to ongoing management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to motivate and influence executives, business leaders, and technology leaders within a matrixed organization.
• Extremely detail oriented.
• Analytic mind & strong problem-solving capabilities evidenced by a proven ability to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze product concepts, strategic opportunities and competitive threats.
• Strong product/project management skills. Proven experience managing complex projects to successful completion.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA preferred

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USYA.25 - Product Mgr I - IC1 at Yahoo

Location : San Francisco, CA
Description : Product Manager, Yahoo! Search

Are you looking for a product manager role with real impact? Can you get into the minds of our users and understand what they will find useful and appealing? If so, read on.

The Yahoo! Search Business Unit is hiring. We are looking for exceptional people to join the team and to help redefine the Search experience. You will truly have the opportunity to influence the lives of millions of people. We have a number of PM openings across the Search product organization:

• core web search (algorithmic backend as well as the front-end user experience)
• social search applications (e.g. Answers, Delicious)
• mobile search
• search distribution (search clients, e.g. Y! Toolbar, publisher tools, etc.)

We are looking for people with a passion for building products, strong aptitude for problem solving, keen analytical sense, and proven ability to get things done. If you think this describes you, we would love to hear from you!

Core Responsibilities:

• Effectively collaborate with business, marketing, technical and design teams to develop requirements, prioritize enhancements, and drive projects to completion.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and incorporate new product features into the Yahoo! Search platform on an ongoing basis
• Define, track and improve key product metrics and develop tests against those metrics
• Conduct competitive analysis and identify areas for differentiation
• Build positive relationships and trust over time through a strong commitment to high quality & on time delivery

Required Qualifications:

• 2-5 Years of product management experience, with solid track record of developing and launching successful products
• Must have excellent communication and decision-making skills
• Undergrad degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience developing/managing web-based products
• Strong organizational, leadership, and relationship building skills
• Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a highly matrixed environment
• MBA and Technical background

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Berkeley Haas Senior Financial Analyst at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : Operations Finance, Senior Financial Analyst

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world’s number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we’re determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun… each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world’s most trafficked Internet destinations, we’re always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they’ve come to expect from Yahoo!. We’re looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo Finance Program:

The Yahoo! Finance Program, or YFP, is an intensive rotational program of up to two years. The YFP provides an ideal opportunity for you to gain a broad understanding of operations and financial leadership at a high profile technology and media industry leader. The program attracts and develops a highly skilled and diverse team that has a meaningful impact on the business and participates in a wide range of learning experiences in environments ranging from mature, multi-billion dollar business lines to small entrepreneurial teams. The primary sponsor of the YFP is the Operations Finance team at Yahoo!, which partners with senior management across the company to influence business decisions by providing effective analysis and proactive decision support. Positions are typically available in our Silicon Valley and Los Angeles area offices.

Training

The YFP is committed to combining these rotational job assignments with classroom and other training to equip you with exceptional technical, financial, and business skills. An initial two weeks of intensive classroom-based training consists of an overview of Yahoo! and is an excellent way to meet your class and learn about our culture, businesses, management, and financial practices. Throughout the program, we provide on-going training for success in different rotations, giving you the opportunity to grow your skills and knowledge . Additionally, informational sessions allow you to learn about corporate strategic challenges from members of Yahoo! senior management. You will also have the guidance of a mentor, who can provide career advice and facilitate networking.

Job description:

If you have three to five years of work experience and/or an advanced degree (e.g., MBA), you may be considered for a Senior Financial Analyst position. Senior Financial Analysts are a critical part of the Yahoo! team and form the foundation for the company’s leadership development efforts for both financial and general management roles. In general, you will:

• Receive on-the-job learning, complemented by formal training
• Quickly assume significant responsibilities
• Interact with a mentor, who will develop a career plan with you and guide you to reaching its objectives
• Develop lasting relationships with Yahoo! executives
• Participate in a 360-degree colleague-review of your goals and performance

We hire Senior Financial Analysts into the YFP and then assign them to two or three 8 - 12 month rotations in different business areas. The first rotation typically involves supporting business lines and corporate functions through analysis and reporting of operating and financial data, giving you the opportunity to understand different components of our business and begin building relationships around the company. Responsibilities may include:

• Gathering, consolidating, and analyzing operating and financial results, recommending both process and business improvements
• Producing reports of financial and operating results and presenting to senior management
• Leading the business unit and corporate teams to develop and maintain forward-looking forecasts of critical operating and financial items to support key business decisions
• Representative assignments include a) creating the reporting structure, financial plans, and operating forecasts for a newly-formed business unit, working closely with senior professionals, b) identifying key drivers of a business for use by a Group’s executive leadership team to review business performance and identify areas for focus
  

The final one or two rotations will be in a decision support role, where responsibilities typically include:

• Developing forecasts of complex, multi-faceted businesses
• Assisting business unit and corporate leadership with perspectives and recommendations on performance, strategy, and operating models
• Providing business analyses and recommendations in a variety of areas including proposed products, pricing, capital investments, acquisitions, make vs. buy, product ROI, prioritization, cost reduction and expense controls
• Representative assignments include a) assisting Yahoo! Music in weighing decisions on pricing of its consumer music service, then working to implement those decisions to drive growth in the business, b) assist the Yahoo! Mail leadership team in understanding the monetization impact of a next-generation email solution
  

While the YFP typically has a two-year term, it is designed to be the first step in a successful Yahoo! management career. At the conclusion of the program, successful candidates may choose a variety of paths. You could pursue a long-term position within finance or elect an additional YFP rotation to broaden your experience. You might also pursue a long-term position elsewhere within Yahoo!, including general management or operations roles.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

We seek candidates who have excellent analytical skills, a focus on results, the ability to articulate complex ideas, and creative problem solving abilities. Candidates must also demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, effective teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to quickly assess problems and find workable solutions. Candidates must have a passion for technology or media and have demonstrated strong academic performance and professional drive. Candidates must be able to demonstrate clearly the ability to manage multiple projects in an environment that is fast-paced and highly dynamic.

Specific qualifications include three to five years of work experience and/or an advanced degree (e.g., MBA), with a focus on Finance, Technology, or Entrepreneurship and a high level of academic achievement. Prior work experience should be in related fields or roles.

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Competitive Intelligence Manager at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo! Communications and Community (C&C) products are core to the Company’s long-term success. You will be part of a team is responsible for delivering world-class Mail, Messenger, Photo, and Community services to tens of millions of users across the globe. In this role, you will serve as a key consultant to various disciplines (Marketing, Business Ops/Development, Product, Sales, PR, and others). You will become a respected subject matter expert on marketplace trends and opportunities for Yahoo! This is a high visibility, cross-functional role with multiple opportunities to interact with senior executives at Yahoo!


Responsibilities
• Become the definitive ‘source of truth’ and go-to person for C&C execs and overall BU on global competition
• Maintain internal-only competitor blog; publish monthly forward-looking competitive impact reports to C&C execs that highlight opportunities for Yahoo!
• Compile and interpret competitive and industry data from third party sources like comScore and eMarketer. You are the type of person who can find the data nuggets that will move the needle
• Acquire actionable information on industry / competition from participation in conferences, presentations to sales teams, conversations with contacts at other companies
• Be a great athlete: take on different strategic projects as needed by C&C execs and functional leads



Qualifications
• Passion, intellectual curiosity, and deep knowledge of Communications and Community industry landscape. Ideal candidate has ability to learn and adapt quickly in this ever-changing industry
• Demonstrated ability to apply independent, critical thinking to quantitative, qualitative, and strategic information in order to develop meaningful market insights and recommendations to C&C execs
• Outstanding communication skills: candidate can articulate the outcome of research and findings in both written and oral communications to C&C execs and functional leads alike
• Market research star or star-in-making; candidate can find nuggets of wisdom that will move the needle from industry blogs, investor relations reports, and from his/her creativity, persistence, agility
• Candidate works hard, works efficiently with minimal supervision, and has strong prioritization skills
• Excellent sense of humor and positive attitude is a big plus
• BA/BS required, MBA a plus but not required. 4-6 years of consumer Internet experience is also a big plus but not required. Candidates who have previously demonstrated a knowledge of and passion for the industry and are hungry to make an impact will be considered


Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

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