Location: 100% Remote (Working hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST).
Position Type: 1-Year W2 Contract (Full-Time Hours) with potential for full-time employee conversion based on performance, budget, and business needs.
Compensation Range: $70.00 - $76.00 / hour (max)
Are you a Product Manager who lives at the intersection of UX and media services? Cella is hiring a Product Manager, Playback Experience to lead experience-led playback innovations for a premier, industry-leading media and entertainment network. In this high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between front-end design and backend data pipelines-designing intuitive Connected TV (CTV) and mobile playback features (like picture-in-picture, emerging vertical formats, and interactive overlays) that delight millions of viewers.
Conversion Location Eligibility: Candidates must permanently reside in one of the following eligible states for future conversion consideration: CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OR, SC, SD, TX, WV, WI, or WY.
Responsibilities:
- Owning the Viewing Experience End-to-End: Drive product innovation for front-end video player features, strategically placing UI elements to create an intuitive, engaging playback experience.
- Audience-Centric Feature Design: Build CTV and mobile playback experiences tailored to evolving audience habits, ensuring seamless streaming for viewers transitioning from traditional linear cable.
- Exploring Emerging Formats: Integrate novel viewing modes beyond standard VOD, including picture-in-picture (PiP), vertical video formats, multi-angle feeds, and interactive overlays.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with backend engineering teams to ensure data flows correctly into dynamic UI features without needing to manage low-level streaming infrastructure.
- Protecting the User Experience: Maintain high-level context of commercial break patterns and ad delivery to safeguard the viewer experience alongside monetization goals.
Qualifications:
- Product & UX Mindset: 4+ years of Product Management experience driving customer-facing digital streaming or media video products.
- Feature Innovation: Demonstrated success introducing front-end player UI/UX innovations that boost user engagement and feature discovery.
- Working Technical Depth: Fluent understanding of how video player tools and data feeds drive UI features (no coding required, but must be comfortable bridging engineering and business teams).
- Multi-Platform & CTV Expertise: Strong grasp of Connected TV (CTV), mobile, and web user behaviors and viewer psychology.
- Ad Context (Bonus): Conceptual familiarity with ad delivery, commercial break structures, and in-player ad integrations.
JOBID: 062026-135946
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Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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