Senior Product Owner, Media Asset Management

Virtasant is a leading cloud consulting services provider. We heavily focus on lift & shift, cloud-native development, cloud cost optimization, and migration services. As a consulting company, we are often faced with the challenge to create an engineering team in a matter of a week or two. To do that, we have created a secondary support business that runs an engineering talent network and provides staffing services.

Our client is one of the world’s leading media companies, with a 24-hour English-language news channel, and they are looking for a Senior Product Owner to join their team.

The Senior Product Owner will play a pivotal role for our client, focusing on the strategic and operational management of their Media Asset Management (MAM) systems. This role requires a customer-centric individual with a deep understanding of media workflows and asset management technologies and the ability to oversee the development and enhancement of their media management tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Develop and maintain a strategic vision for managing and enhancing media assets that align with company goals.
• Product Development: Lead the design and implementation of MAM solutions, ensuring they meet industry standards and business requirements.
• Backlog Management: Effectively prioritize the product backlog, ensuring clear documentation and alignment with product strategy.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear and impactful
• communication across all levels of the organization.
• Change Management: Drive change initiatives through a customer-centric approach, facilitating smooth adoption and maximizing user satisfaction.
• Performance Metrics: Define and track key performance indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of media asset management strategies and tools.

Qualifications

• Media Asset Management Expertise: Extensive experience with MAM systems, including implementation, migration, and optimization.
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  Design Systems Thinking: Strong capability in systems thinking, understanding, and improving the interaction between various components within digital and media ecosystems.
• Technical Proficiency: Solid technical background with an understanding of software development practices and web technologies.

Required Skills

• Fluent in Arabic and English, as well as verbal and written skills.
• Written Documentation: Ability to produce clear and detailed documentation that captures complex processes and systems.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional skill in engaging and communicating with stakeholders at all levels to gather requirements, provide updates, and foster strong relationships.
• Emphasis on clarity and consistency in messaging to ensure alignment and support for project goals.
• Epic and Story Authorship: Expertise in crafting well-defined epics and user stories that effectively guide development teams.
• Backlog Management: Skilled in prioritizing and refining the product backlog to ensure focus on high-impact tasks.
• Change Management: Proven ability to manage change by integrating feedback from users and stakeholders into product development, emphasizing a customer-centric approach to encourage adoption and satisfaction.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and promote teamwork and collaboration within a dynamic working environment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Digital Media, or related field; Master’s
• preferred.

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  At least six years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in a digital media-related industry, with demonstrated success in managing large-scale MAM systems.
• Experience building cloud solutions (GCP, Azure, AWS) is a must.
• Experience with Arvato/Vidispine or other cloud-based MAM solutions is expected.

Our Recruitment Process

• Recruiter Interview (30 min)
• Screening interview with the clients hiring manager (30 min)
• Interview with a Engineering Leader / Quality Leader / Product Owner & peers (30 min)
• Final interview (30 min)
• There might be an additional interview with the CTO if needed
• We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What We Offer

• Remote, full-time (40h/week). Proximity to Doha (Qatar) is ideal.
• No-end-date, independent contractor agreement
• Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice