Staff Product Manager, Plex
$112-200k
+ Stock options
Movie & TV streaming platform
Job no longer available
Movie & TV streaming platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$112-200k
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create a global community for streaming content that people can depend on to easily discover, experience, and share all of the entertainment that matters to them.
Role
Who you are
- You have a minimum of 8 years of Product Management experience in consumer facing apps / technology, preferably in the entertainment space
- You have a Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
- The best candidates will have previous experience leading growth on revenue generating products or social networking features
- You demonstrate initiative, and work well providing clarity in ambiguous areas with unclear ownership
- You have solid experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions
- You are highly analytical and leverage both quantitative and qualitative data to inform decisions
- You are kind, humble, helpful and enjoy getting stuff done
- You are intrinsically motivated, able to manage your time, and enjoy working with a distributed team across the globe
- You believe in asking for help and helping others when they ask, never throwing a problem over the wall
- You are hungry to have an impact, continuously working to improve our product, process and push the team to be its best
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly technical Staff Product Manager with demonstrated excellence in product strategy and execution to join our Product team
- This person will report to and partner closely with the VP of Product to lead end-to-end product development for core consumer-facing products at Plex
- Oversee end-to-end product development, including developing business cases, drafting product roadmaps and requirements, running experiments, shipping features, and measuring performance of key initiatives
- Effectively communicate vision, strategy, and statuses of projects to leadership and internal stakeholders
- Work collaboratively with designers, engineers, and data analysts to ensure maximum efficiency when building and iterating features
- Develop successful relationships with internal teams, including Content Operations, Growth, Marketing, and Business Development, as well as with external partners to deliver meaningful business outcomes
- Stay on top of the competitive landscape and maintain a deep understanding of our customers’ evolving needs
Our take
As well as offering its own deep library of movies, series, and live TV channels, Plex has stepped up its product by turning into a single interface for all paid subscription services. If a user subscribes to Netflix, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire for example, they can search and access all these in one place.
Given the competition in the subscription streaming services market, as well as the common user pain points such as time waste while searching, this so-called “Discover” feature is seeing the company’s popularity soar. The fact that Plex is the first streaming company to do this serves as quite an advantage, but it may not be long until others follow suit.
Plex has been profitable since 2014, five years after the company’s launch, and has invested more recent funding into mass scaling. The rollout hasn’t been without its UX complaints, but if the company can smooth out these issues as it scales, it could enjoy a period of even more significant growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
49% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2024
$40m
SERIES C
Feb 2022
$20m
LATE VC
Total funding: $86m
Company benefits
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Hardware stipend
- Flextime, work from anywhere
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical/dental/vision) (US employees)
- Stock options
- 401k (US employees)
- Plex for the Planet community service opportunities
Company HQ
Los Gatos, CA
Leadership
Scott Olechowski
(CPO & Co-founder)Was a co-founding advisor at plex before becoming Chief Product Officer in 2013. Served as a Manager of Business Development at both Cisco and PostX prior to this.
Keith Valory
(President & CEO)Has been in their position since 2013. Prior experience includes COO with the founding team of Bracket Computing, and 4 years in Security at CISCO.
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