About the position
NBCUniversal's Data & Legal Solutions team operates as a central program operations group embedded across Ad Sales, Distribution, Marketing, Research, Technology, Legal, and HR as trusted partners working together to implement strategic programs throughout the enterprise in order to effectively close gaps between central business and technology groups across a variety of projects. We work to provide relevant insights & structure across our diverse portfolio to power intelligent business decisions required in order to compete within today's highly complex multi-platform & fragmented media landscape. The Product Owner, Data & Legal Solutions will support legal and compliance functions including the NBCU Legal Operations, Litigation & Compliance, Employment & Labor Law, Rights IP, Legal Affairs groups. The Product Owner will be expected to understand best practices in Product Management with a focus on Legal Operations & Tools to assist in the delivery of the Legal Operations applications roadmap. The legal technology marketplace is going through significant change, and this candidate is expected to maintain pulse on industry and technology trends to deliver tool adoption, improved user experience, simplified architecture, while ensuring a compliant and secure technology solution. The Product Owner will be a partner to multiple Business, Legal and Engineering teams building strong relations to meet on-time delivery of the roadmap while building and delivering on internal KPIs. The Product Owner will also own the delivery of new technology which includes discovery, scope, defining project phases and budget for initial build & on-going support, vendor selection and working with Product, Engineering and Architecture peer groups. This role is also responsible to establish & own the support team for on-going post go-live support & solution improvements. All other duties as needed.
Responsibilities
- Support legal and compliance functions including NBCU Legal Operations, Litigation & Compliance, Employment & Labor Law, Rights IP, Legal Affairs groups.
- Understand best practices in Product Management with a focus on Legal Operations & Tools.
- Assist in the delivery of the Legal Operations applications roadmap.
- Maintain pulse on industry and technology trends to deliver tool adoption and improved user experience.
- Build strong relations with multiple Business, Legal and Engineering teams.
- Own the delivery of new technology including discovery, scope, defining project phases and budget.
- Select vendors and work with Product, Engineering and Architecture peer groups.
- Establish and own the support team for ongoing post go-live support and solution improvements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Product Management experience implementing On-Prem and/or SaaS solutions.
- Experience in working with Legal Operations/Technology.
- Expertise in the SDLC process, with a focus on scoping, iteration planning, user story and acceptance criteria writing, rollout management, testing and defect management, and issue resolution.
- Expertise in translating business needs into clear technical requirements.
- Strong interpersonal skills exhibiting excellent written and oral communications.
- Deep technical understanding to manage and solve complex technical issues.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Product Management from an accredited institution or equivalent.
- Demonstrate best practice knowledge for Global Corporate Legal applications in a multi-country environment.
- Self-starter to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Exhibit collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Strong organization skills and detail-oriented.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience within the Media / Advertising industry.
- Scrum Certification.
- Familiarity and comfort in working with outsourced offshore resources.
- Ability to influence internal and external team members without direct reporting authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to relate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Proven record of demonstrating self-initiative and working independently with little supervision.
- Excellent project management & leadership skills with demonstrated planning & organization capabilities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Paid leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Variety of other discounts and perks.
