Business Optimization Manager, Roku
$164.5-201.6k
+ Equity awards
More information about location
Office located in Santa Monica, CA
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Open for applications
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$164.5-201.6k
+ Equity awards
More information about location
Office located in Santa Monica, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- MBA preferred or minimum Bachelor's of Business, Science, Finance, etc
- 5-7 years of experience in Consulting, Business Operations, or Product
- A curious mindset and a collaborative approach to working
- Proven communication skills across a variety of stakeholders, including engineering, sales, product, and senior executives
- Competent judgement and the ability to influence decision-making across a variety of functions
- Experience developing new businesses and running existing ones
- Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc
What the job involves
- We design, build, and optimize everything they see—from the Roku OS home screen, Live TV Guide, and Sports Zone to the Roku Channel app on and off-platform—and power it all with our Consumer-Al personalization engine, which is also used for these experiences, as well as for the billions of searches performed
- This role reports to the Director of Business Optimization and will support P&L growth and business operations for Roku’s Product groups, including the following Key Product Areas: Home Screen, Browse/Destinations, Sports, Live, Search, Content on Home, Themed Experiences, and TRC
- This role will entail working across Roku’s Business teams, Planning and Analysis, Finance, Analytics, and Ad Product to develop business reporting and actionable insights that enable PMs to optimize both short and long-term business outcomes
- You'll be organizing and running Monthly Business Reviews for Key Product Areas
- Identifying and proposing tactics that optimize Gross Profit across Key Product Areas and developing and managing processes that improve operational efficiency across Roku Orgs and feed into the Product Roadmap
- Opportunity Sizing for Feature Guides tied to Key Product Areas
- Collaborating with PMs and Business Leads to optimize Monetization strategy for Key Product Areas with the goal of ensuring Roku is Maximizing Platform Monetization while balancing against key Engagement and Viewer Sentiment Metrics
- Operational and strategic support for major cross-functional initiatives and decisions
- Developing and optimizing operational policy development and enforcement for The Roku Home Screen
Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users.
Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library. Then, after successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released. In 2026, it was announced that media giant FOX would acquire Roku, which the companies say will create the third largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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