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The Sr. Director, Ad Product Strategy will report into the VP of Ad Experience & Ad Product Strategy. This strategic product role will be responsible for managing the full lifecycle
of ad products for the new direct-to-consumer streaming service by creating exceptional value for consumers and advertisers, generating long-term competitive advantage and delivering year-after-year profitability for NBCUniversal Ad Sales.
The position will interface with business leaders across multiple functions, both inside and outside of Ad Sales. We are looking for a passionate, analytical and highly-effective individual with a strong product background to bring innovative thinking to our team.
Specific Responsibilities
- Support the overall ad product strategy for the new direct-to-consumer streaming service, including: ideation, competitive analysis, market overview, business planning and positioning that enables NBCU to maintain a competitive advantage.
- Holistically understand core problems and requirements from clients/agencies, consumers, sales and support.
- Manage and explore partnership opportunities with relevant industry players to improve business driven product KPIs.
- Identify new ad product opportunities from industry trends/challenges and perform market/competitive analysis to inform product decisions and roadmap.
- Building business cases for new ad products and features and prioritizing needs based on company objectives.
- Partner with various functions within the direct-to-consumer product team and within the company including technology, sales, marketing, insights, strategy and operations to successfully position products and features for optimal client use and growth.
- Serve as product expert in internal strategic discussions with product and ad sales leadership.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of ad product management experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience managing a team in a matrixed organization
Desired Characteristics
- Excellent communication skills, confident in managing, influencing and growing relationships with senior stakeholders internally and externally
- Experience developing new ad products and solutions driving incremental advertising performance
- Deep knowledge of the ad technology and OTT landscape
- Passion for creative innovation, backed by demonstrated ability to execute and deliver
- Analytical skills, with the ability to build business cases, analyze data, and debate financial models with senior stakeholders
- Commercial, strategic and technical mind-set with strong attention to detail
- Understanding of customer journeys and experience of driving conversion to sale
- Comfortable with regularly meeting the challenges of tight deadlines and juggling multiple projects at once
- Organized and structured, ability to reliably deliver on plans and forecasts is critical
- Highly motivated and independent
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
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About Us
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Growing consumer lending, through winning share from our customers and the development of new lending products, are top priorities as American Express mobilizes to capitalize on key growth opportunities over the moderate term. The US Customer Management team within Global Consumer Lending & Cobrand (GLC) is focused on profitably increasing the share of our cardmembers’ wallets in a customer-first way.
This leadership position in the Personal Loan (off-card Installment Lending) business within US Customer Management team will lead a team of product managers focused on increasing penetration of personal loans within our existing card members & selective expansion into adjacent customer segments. The position is responsible for driving short & long term strategic road map, managing the capability backlog & ongoing analytics needs for the product. This role will also partner heavily with other functional teams, including risk, finance, pricing, technology, compliance, legal & many more to responsibly & profitably grow US Personal Loan portfolio.
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Conceptualize future strategic growth opportunities to build a winning and differentiated value proposition
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Define and maintain robust capabilities roadmap for the product based on business needs & growth targets
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Create new insights to inform strategy and solve business problems leveraging data analytics
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Effectively engage multiple stakeholders & key business partners to drive responsible product growth & deliver financial results
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Maintain an understanding of the current & evolving industry trends and customer needs to identify & act upon key opportunities in a timely fashion
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Ability to think big picture coupled with an execution mindset
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Strong communicator with an ability to establish good working relationships with partners of all levels and with competing priorities
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Previous experience leading teams & driving strong colleague engagement
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Strong understanding of loans portfolio dynamics and drivers
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Knowledge of Agile Lean Startup and New Product Development processes
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Proven ability to manage and deliver against multiple priorities in a fast-paced, start-up environment
About Gap
Gap has always been about optimistic American style. Starting with our very first store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco, opened almost 50 years ago by Doris and Don Fisher. The thread that’s run through those five decades is the phenomenal people that make up our brand – our employees and our customers. People who are rooted in the legacy that makes Gap what it is, but who are also focused on the future. People who want to leave the world better than they found it.
We’ve built our brand on staying true to our roots while always being out in front of what’s next. If you want to be part of an iconic American brand, and help lead the way for where we’re headed, we’d love to have you join us.
About the role
What you’ll do
- Develop consumer, marketplace and trend understanding for the division + categories.
- Leverage divisional + product insights (e.g. market share analysis, data recaps, consumer insights, weather data) to support strategic divisional questions
- Partner closely with Director + Merchandising team to evolve the Divisional LRP based on changes in the business + market
- Analyze business opportunities and build informed recommendations
- Support the Director in management of divisional project plans against key initiatives
- Partner with Merchandising team on questions related to assortment planning
- Participate in special projects related to company initiatives
- Understand product calendar and how to integrate insights into milestones + decision making
Who you are
- Strong interest in/passion for apparel retail
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 2-4 years’ work experience, preferable in Retail +/or product function
- MBA a plus
Benefits at Gap
- Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy, 30% off at Outlet and 25% off at Athleta for all employees.
- One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
- Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
- Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
- Employee stock purchase plan.*
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
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- For eligible employees
The Manager, Product Strategy and Analytics will be responsible for surfacing actionable data-driven insights to drive strategy for flagship consumer lending program and other financial products offered by Jackson Hewitt, partneringclosely with the Senior Director of Product Management, Strategy and Analytics and the Director of Product Management. This is a highly visible role that will require close collaboration with Chief Product Officer and is instrumental to overall business success.
This position is ideal for someone who is ambitious, hardworking, enjoys problem-solving, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get into the details. Most importantly, you will see your insights have an immediate, tangible impact every day.
Our lean organizational structure allows unparalleled opportunities to work on critical strategic issues, drive meaningful change, and
create an impact from the start. Fast moving industry dynamics ensure the ability to develop multiple skillsets on varied projects.
Successful candidates will see strong opportunities for advancement within the organization and highly competitive compensation
that reflects Jackson Hewitt’s commitment to growing talent.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Key responsibilities of the position are listed below:
- Lead analysis for strategic initiatives and present findings and recommendations to executive leadership.This requires a deep
aptitude for numbers and the ability to distill complex business problems and product strategies.
- Analyze consumer and financial performance data to identify trends and opportunities; use these insights to develop actionable strategies to drive business outcomes.
- Develop analytical frameworks and financial models to optimize profitability for financial products offered by Jackson Hewitt.
- Drive product strategy for flagship consumer lending program and identify opportunities to attract clients and optimize performance. Collaborate with Bank partner to effectively structure program to drive positive client selection and reduce losses.
- Develop and manage financial product forecasts. Measure performance and profitability against plans. Track performance indicators, monitor trends, and maintain reporting.
- Develop and maintain Competitive Insights tracking.
- Collaborate with multiple departments (Marketing, Technology, Finance, and Legal).
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in quantitative field (e.g., math, statistics, economics or engineering)
- 3-5 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or analytics in financial services organization preferred
- High degree of comfort with modeling (preferably financial modeling), scenario analysis, working with large volumes of data, and building analyses from the ground up
- Working knowledge of SQL and QlikView/QlikSense is preferred. Programming experience in other languages (e.g. SAS, R, Python, Stata, etc.) is a plus.
- Experience working with executive leadership and internal/external partners
We appreciate your interest in Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Jackson Hewitt Tax Service’s policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.