Streaming Director, IMG Arena London, England
IMG Arena
Full Time
London, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Job Description
Contract Summary
IMG is the premium provider of official sports content services to the betting and digital media industries. They have close partnerships with a diverse range of international sports federations and associations including the ATP, MLS, PGA and DP World Tour. A key component of this role will be the ability to develop and lead a product strategy designed to support significant continued business growth. The successful candidate will have experience working as a product leader for prominent digital sports betting properties.
Position Requirements:
This role requires a passionate and experienced Product Director to lead our Video Streaming Development.
The candidate will have a proven track record in delivering OTT Streaming Products and will be highly comfortable working with Development teams to produce cutting-edge products for our customers, particularly in the sports betting space.
This is a diverse and challenging role that will see the successful candidate collaborating with a number of different stakeholders – ranging from Senior Management to some of the world’s leading betting operators and Sports Federations.
This role is key to the evolution of the business and reflects the modern-day challenges IMG faces as a market leader in the digital technology and betting space:
- Lead and enrich the development of the master product roadmap for our proprietary live streaming platform
- Possess a solid technical understanding of how streaming platforms work and be able to help with improving and problem solving alongside the development teams
- Assist the commercial sales teams to formulate customer acquisition and retention strategies underpinned by a product roadmap that prioritises customer and market requirements
- Be an integral part of the customer feedback loop in being able to transform customer needs into product solutions and enhancements with a high commercial return
- Understand current technology trends and the ‘art of the possible’ to ensure our Product is ready for the Future industry requirements
- Maintain a close working relationship with the technology division to shape and manage the timelines, budgets and commercial outcomes related to all products within the Division
- Comprehensively capture all business requirements and provide detailed product specifications to ensure the successful delivery
- Maintain strong working relationships with internal sales, business operations and technology teams
- Produce timely and accurate reporting and documentation as required
Candidate Profile:
- Extensive years of experience as a product lead or director for a reputable OTT/streaming platform, including demonstrable experience conceptualising and building streaming solutions for sports betting companies
- Proven experience in designing new streaming features capable of increasing engagement and revenue
- Strong analytical skills to help validate and support your decision making
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including having the ability to deliver the product vision to high level stakeholders including betting operators and sports leagues
- Experience working with sportsbook and media publisher video platforms desirable
- Able to solve both simple and complex problems in a measured and creative way
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across multiple teams and at varying levels throughout the business
- Ability to lead a skilled product team, influence cross-functional teams and motivate others
- Excellent oral communication, presentation and networking skills
- Passion for Sport
At IMG ARENA the job is yours. We want you to be yourself.
We are focused on building an inclusive and empowering environment that’s welcoming for everyone, where you are trusted and empowered to do what you’re good at. It’s your arena and your opportunity to shape it and your career.
You’ll have the opportunity to pick up the latest technology, develop your own ideas and run with them. There’s loads of room for improvement and innovation. You get to prove and own the process from start to finish.
Diversity Statement for Endeavor
Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we harness the entirety of our company and lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. It means that we engage in anti-racism and allyship the way we do anything. Fiercely and Fearlessly. As a global company that drives culture we endeavor to reflect the world’s diverse voices both internally and externally to ensure success in our mission.
IMG Arena
http://www.imgarena.com
London, United Kingdom
Freddie Longe
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Public
Broadcast Media
2012
