Product Manager, Streaming Platform: Player & Advertising Technology

The global Red Bull Digital Products & Services technology team is responsible for building, launching, and maintaining cutting edge technology solutions to support all global consumer-facing digital products such as streaming platforms like Red Bull TV, Mobile Apps & Games, RedBull.com as well as pushing the brand forward by staying on the cutting edge of Emerging Technologies. We are looking for a Product Manager to own the video player for the Red Bull Streaming Platform, which powers Red Bull TV, ServusTV On and Rally.TV on mobile, web, connected TV and game console apps.

Responsibilities

Lead the Player Squad: set priorities, run planning and refinement, and act as the single product owner for the player engineers; Own the vision, strategy and roadmap for the video player and player SDKs on every platform the Red Bull Streaming Platform ships on; Own the playback experience end to end: live, linear and video on demand over HLS and DASH; DRM; adaptive bitrate; multi-audio and subtitle tracks; player controls; and interactive features; Own advertising within the player: define and prioritize the ad insertion roadmap and own how ads render, track and are measured in the player; Collaborate with the encoding team on how ads are signaled and inserted, and on the AWS Elemental Media Services stack; Collaborate with the Google Ad Manager and Ad Operations teams on ad decisioning, configuration and reporting; Take in and triage feature requests from the Red Bull TV, ServusTV On and Rally.TV tenants and client product teams, and consolidate them into one prioritized player backlog; Set and hold a high bar for quality and user experience, including the player test strategy with QA; Define success metrics before launch and review them after; Own the product side of the shared video player SDKs, including integration guidelines, versioning and release cadence; Manage player and advertising vendor relationships, including SDK licensing, ad server and measurement partners; Lead player incident triage during live events and for playback or advertising escalations; Ensure player certification, accessibility, privacy and platform store requirements are met on every device family; Champion collaboration between design, the Player Squad and client engineering teams; Lead research into emerging player and advertising capabilities; Build and deliver presentations and player demos; write and review Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and technical specifications

Requirements

Fluent in English; 3+ years of experience in Product Management owning a video player, streaming playback or video advertising product; Deep working knowledge of HLS and DASH streaming protocols, including manifests, adaptive bitrate, low latency and DRM (FairPlay, Widevine, PlayReady); Hands-on experience with video advertising: client-side, server-side and server-guided ad insertion; SCTE-35 markers and HLS date range tags; VAST and VMAP; and Google Ad Manager for video; Experience with the AWS Elemental Media Services suite (MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaTailor) or equivalent live streaming infrastructure; Familiarity with interactive player features such as multi-view, live timeline events, in-player overlays and shoppable or data-driven formats; Experience leading a squad of engineers and setting the quality bar for what ships, including test strategy and release readiness; Experience with quality of experience and ad performance tooling such as Datadog, Datazoom, Conviva or ad server reporting, and a track record of using data to make product decisions; Experience managing player and advertising vendors, including SDK licensing and build versus buy decisions; Comfortable working directly with engineers on technical topics: reading manifests, logs and ad responses, and reproducing playback issues on device; Experience leading the agile development process, including conducting sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives; Ability to influence and lead high performing, cross-functional teams; Strong project management skills, exhibiting excellent teamwork, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills; Outstanding written and oral communication

Nice to have

Experience with player frameworks on connected TV, game console and web platforms such as AVPlayer, ExoPlayer and Media3, Roku, Shaka Player or Bitmovin (preferred); Experience with live sports or event streaming at scale, including FAST and linear channels (preferred); Fluency in German (advantageous)

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans; 401k Match; Family Leave; PTO & Paid Holiday Schedule; Pet, Legal, and Life Insurance; Tuition Reimbursement; Cash incentives