Product Manager, Syndication

The Product & Technology group at Conde Nast is looking for a Product Manager to join the Publishing Platform product team. This role is pivotal in defining the future of content sharing, rights management, and syndication between Conde Nast markets, media brands, and licensed brands. This is a CMS product role focused on collaborative workflows that touch multiple editorial teams. You will partner closely with editorial, engineering, and design to develop, maintain, and execute the digital strategy and product roadmap for Encore, Conde Nast's proprietary content syndication system. What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, user researchers, and data analysts to translate organizational objectives into tactical projects and functional requirements.
• Support weekly agile rituals for an internal engineering team.
• Serve as the face of the Encore product by communicating feature launches, triaging support issues, and presenting the roadmap to internal stakeholders.
• Establish quarterly objectives and track performance against key results that map to the Content Platform's overall goals.
• Create and manage all product and project documentation, including product support documentation for our editorial staff.
• Create and implement all Encore training curricula including new user onboarding, new feature training, and ongoing training for editorial teams.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the Encore team and the Product Support group-you will be in charge of the support process for Encore.
• Partner with research and design to conduct needs assessments, competitive research, user research, and user testing.
• Consistently represent the editorial user in all discussions with colleagues from engineering, design, SEO, and business operations.
  
  Experience working with engineering and design teams using agile software development.
• Experience using Atlassian planning tools including Jira and Confluence Wiki.
• Must be a proven relationship builder with strong verbal and written abilities who can diplomatically and effectively work across departmental and national boundaries.
• Self-driven, motivated, and able to see projects and initiatives through to completion.
• Experience supporting a distributed team and working across global time zones.
• Familiarity with common digital editorial workflow concepts including content management, asset management, and rights attribution.
• Familiarity with SEO concepts including hreflang tags, canonicals, and multi-language domains.
• Nice to have: Ability to speak multiple languages. Encore is a global tool with users operating in 9 languages and 11 markets.
  
  Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.
Job Description Location: London, GB Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month. We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

What benefits do we offer?
• Condé Nast Learning Hub where you'll find you'll find all Condé Nast-developed learning courses and trainings, and over 16,000+ courses in seven local languages
• 25 days holiday and extra days of annual leave life events like moving house or wanting to volunteer with a charity
• Hybrid working and core hours
• Competitive pension scheme
• Bupa Private Healthcare
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work
• Employee Assistance programme
• Bring your dog to work
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including gym discounts
• Discounts and Magazine Subscriptions
• Employee Resource Groups to provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce
What happens next? If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile. Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.