Product Manager

APM Music team

Description

Everyone who has ever experienced music synchronized to picture knows the undeniable impact that it plays. APM Music has been a crucial part of that experience for over 35 years with everything from the smallest of indie films to the largest blockbuster studio releases; television sit-coms to commercials and sports broadcasting; video games to film trailers; and, even user-generated content to being sampled in some of your favorite songs.
Founded in 1983 as a joint venture between Sony/ATV and Universal, APM Music is the recognized leader in the production music industry. Offering a comprehensive collection of original music, the TV, Film and Trailers team at APM Music helps music supervisors, filmmakers, studios, distributors, production companies, editors and producers find/license/create music for their productions from our ever-expanding collection of 1M tracks.
The Role The Product Manager is focused on the tactics necessary to deliver incremental product improvements in the role of Product Owner on multiple Scrum teams.
Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with Product Director and other Stakeholders to understand product requirements
  • Collaborate with Designers on user interface requirements
  • Collaborate with Engineers and Scrum masters on development plan
  • Develop and maintain product documentation as necessary to capture all requirements
  • Develop and maintain clear user stories
  • Establish acceptance criteria
  • Prioritize product backlog
  • Attend stand-ups, sprint planning, and other Scrum ceremonies
  • Assess and prioritize defect reports
  • Prepare and maintain release notes

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the role of Agile Scrum Product Owner responsible for multiple Scrum teams delivering responsive web applications
  • Demonstrated ability to make informed scope trade-off decisions while maintaining focus on meeting overall business priorities
  • Ability to solve problems creatively and present multiple viable solutions for a given problem
  • Ability to think critically about software dependencies and how changes in one area may impact another
  • Working knowledge of modern web technologies and architecture, as well as user-centered design
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent teamwork skills
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Exceptional Jira skills
  • Experience interacting with UI/UX and graphic designers
  • Experience managing requirements from multiple stakeholders
  • Experience interacting with UI/UX and graphic designers
  • Bonus: Experience with Figma
  • Bonus: Experience with music search applications
  • Bonus: Knowledge and experience of the production music business

Benefits & Perks

  • The opportunity to work with a dynamic and well-regarded team on many of your favorite TV series, films and productions.
  • A challenging opportunity in an ever-changing (and rapidly growing!) industry
  • Health benefits, 401k, life and disability benefits and a generous time-off policy
  • Team building and attendance to industry events

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APM Music

Everyone who has ever experienced music synchronized to picture knows the undeniable impact that it plays. APM Music has been a crucial part of that experience for over 35 years with everything from the smallest of indie films to the largest blockbuster studio releases; television sit-coms to commercials and sports broadcasting; video games to mobile handheld games; and, even musical greeting cards to online user-generated content. Founded in New York in 1983 as a joint venture between Sony Music Publishing and Universal, APM Music is the recognized leader in the production music industry. Offering the largest production music library in the world, with the most comprehensive collection of high-quality music for media APM Music provides the music that brings media together. Highlights: -780k+Tracks from over 150+ libraries located across the globe -5k New tracks added every 6-8 weeks -10k+ Authentic archival recordings dating back to the early 1900s -185+ Music representing over 185 different countries across the globe -100% Full indemnification and simple licensing for every track

Job Details

Posted on Oct 1

West Hollywood, CA, USA

Full time

Mid