VP, Product Engagement

New York, NY

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At BBC Global Digital News & Streaming, (a team situated within BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC) we aim to help people understand the world around them, make informed choices, and take an active part in society and democracy. As we expand our footprint to meet increasing demand for our style of quality and impartial journalism and unscripted content in North America, we are seeking motivated, passionate, high performing individuals across a variety of skillsets to join our global team. Our primary locations are New York, Washington DC, and London, though as a distributed workforce we are open to applicants in any location where the BBC has a commercial presence.

Join us and be an essential part of one of the world’s most recognized brands and trusted news organizations.

BBC News is the world’s most trusted source for impartial news. At BBC Studios, our Global News Team delivers and commercializes BBC’s news and fact-based content across digital platforms (Web, App, Streaming and off-platform) to audiences outside the UK.

The Vice President of Product Engagement plays a central role in both the strategy and execution BBC Studios Digital News and Streaming ambition. As a part of the Consumer Growth & Monetization team, this global role will oversee the optimization of the customer's journey products to drive core KPIs and product growth. This executive will partner closely with the Editorial, Marketing and Data and Engineering teams, along with business and global leadership to drive a holistic view of the customer journey and proactively optimize to achieve the company's ambitious goals. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to build and mentor a world-class team of product professionals.

Reporting to the SVP of Consumer Growth & Monetization this is a full-time hybrid working position.

Role Responsibility

Lead the development of audience-centric engagement plans across owned channels using the full scope of data-driven capabilities
Define and build the roadmap for success across each product touchpoint
Partner with analytics to determine the set of North Star metric(s) and KPIs to assess the impact of user engagement and adoption

Scope & Impact

Drive engagement through the promotion of new content and personalization
Drive content engagement, new feature adoption functionalities or services to drive repeat usage and affinity for our brand
Develop the product funnel metrics, analyze performance, and drop off, using insights to drive meaningful updates into the product experience
Bring and test new, big ideas for how to grow engagement, including scale and automation

Relationships

Collaborate with partners across design, engineering, editorial, and data science to deliver outstanding products to our customers
Build collaboration and partnership across the organization, globally
Establish workflows, communications, and prioritization for a center of excellence supporting a global organization

The Ideal Candidate

As a global business, diversity, equity, and inclusion among team members is essential to our success. We therefore encourage highly skilled candidates from traditionally under-represented groups to submit their applications, even if they don’t check absolutely every box on our list of desired work experience.

Knowledge & Skills

Advanced knowledge of product automation best practices for consumer-facing businesses
Knowledgeable of all the latest industry developments and trends
Strong Influencer of roadmaps and decisions through data-based recommendations
Excellent communication skills including presenting to senior executives
Autonomous and problem-solving oriented
Detail focused whilst being able to maintain a view of the bigger picture
Keen to challenge the status quo and take initiatives to drive positive changes
Able to navigate in a matrixed organization
Self-starter with a natural inclination for building new products

Professional Experience

8+ years of experience in leading customer engagement or lifecycle marketing operations for a direct-to-consumer brand
Prior experience in driving customer engagement and subscriptions

Behaviors

A hybrid between being a strategic thinker and driver of operational excellence
Takes proactive ownership of projects and has a bias for action
People leader who acquires, develops, coaches & retains