Senior Manager, Product at Nielsen

United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Media, Advertising, Ad TechIndustries

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years in product management, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or senior management role
  • Strong knowledge in building and management of mature, big data ecosystems (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka), with a focus on optimizing existing systems
  • Expertise in data pipelines, data transformation, metadata management, and integration within a mature technology stack
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams in an agile environment
  • Deep understanding of data flows, data transformations, big data ecosystems
  • Strong business acumen to drive value for clients and partners

Responsibilities

  • Refine and drive the roadmap for our Data Management Platform, ensuring alignment with long-term company goals and customer needs
  • Identify opportunities for product enhancements that improve data ingestion, transformation, and real-time data processing to enable precise audience segmentation, targeting and digital activation in the ad tech space
  • Lead and mentor a team of 4-5 senior product managers and technical product leads, ensuring alignment with the company’s broader strategic goals and industry needs
  • Provide guidance on prioritization and problem-solving, and execution to help the team stay focused on delivering high-impact solutions tied to data integration and activation pipelines
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and high performance
  • Ensure the platform efficiently handles the ingestion, transformation, and integration of data from a variety of external data sources across a mature data ecosystem
  • Work closely with engineering teams to ensure ongoing optimization, scalability, and reliability of existing data solutions
  • Oversee the evolution of our data platform, ensuring seamless data ingestion, processing, and delivery
  • Serve as a Scrum Master when necessary, guiding agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and retrospectives for continuous delivery
  • Drive the evolution of our product development lifecycle (PDLC), ensuring efficient and effective execution across teams
  • Provide leadership in managing the lifecycle of the platform, balancing ongoing maintenance, and optimization for existing and new integrations as well as the development of new features that meet evolving in the digital space
  • Collaborate with internal engineering, architecture, data science, marketing, and sales teams to ensure alignment and execution of the product vision
  • Communicate product updates, insights and strategic direction to leadership and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment around product goals

Skills

Product Strategy
Data Management
Big Data
Data Ingestion
Data Transformation
Real-time Data Processing
Audience Segmentation
Targeting
Digital Activation
Ad Tech

Nielsen

Global measurement and data analytics provider

About Nielsen

Nielsen provides measurement and data analytics services to help businesses understand consumers and markets globally. The company operates through two main divisions: Nielsen Global Media, which offers reliable metrics for the media and advertising industries, and Nielsen Global Connect, which supplies consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers with actionable insights about the marketplace. Nielsen combines its proprietary data with other sources to give clients a comprehensive view of current trends and future opportunities. With a presence in over 100 countries, Nielsen aims to support companies in making informed decisions to drive innovation and growth.

Town of Clarkstown, New YorkHeadquarters
1963Year Founded
$45.1MTotal Funding
ACQUISITIONCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, ConsultingIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Unlimited Paid Time Off

Risks

Competition from digital-native analytics firms threatens Nielsen's market share.
Privacy regulations may impact Nielsen's data collection capabilities.
Private equity acquisition could lead to strategic shifts misaligned with client needs.

Differentiation

Nielsen offers comprehensive cross-platform measurement solutions, including mobile media markets.
The Diverse Media Equity program elevates diverse-owned media companies' visibility.
Nielsen Impact Score evaluates marketing value of university athletic programs.

Upsides

Acquisition of Telephia enhances Nielsen's mobile media measurement capabilities.
Partnerships with P&G and NMSDC support diverse media representation.
Collaboration with TikTok improves digital audience measurement services.

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