Senior Product Manager, Music Tools

Who We Are

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, Stitcher, SXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM’s vision to life every day.

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM’s platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company’s advertising sales organization, which operates as SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How You’ll Make An Impact

As a Senior Product Manager on our Music Tools team, you will envision and build systems and tools that enable creators of all kinds to publish innovative, industry leading music and audio experiences that millions of people enjoy every day. The tools and capabilities you are responsible for are powerful, easy to use, highly flexible, performant and extremely stable.

The end-to-end tools and systems you manage will measurably impact both listeners and our team of curation programmers who rely on your products to curate high quality, engaging listener experiences. In this role you will partner closely with a diverse collection of people across the organization; From senior leadership to individual contributors from content programming, product, design, legal/licensing, marketing, science and engineering.

What You’ll Do

• Develop SiriusXM and Pandora’s next generation of audio and music programming tools, from user interfaces to the systems that power listener facing experiences
• Consolidate legacy features and capabilities from various internal tools into a platform that supports the next generation tools, systems, and services
• Manage the transition of legacy features and capabilities into our next generation programming tools, including technical content data migration
• Partner with product operations, creator services, and design teams to ensure internal creators have instructional resources and support for the tools and systems they use
• Align constituents and teams to business goals & product strategy
• Formulate detailed requirements for product concepts through careful collaboration with business and technical partners
• Utilize feedback and data driven insights to improve the quality and performance of the music and audio programming tools and systems
• Distills requests and business needs into inventive product features and capabilities
• Collaborates effectively with Curation & Programming Tools Product Team, to define a roadmap, make key decisions, prioritize features, and manage trade-offs
• Communicates clearly to build strong relationships with content programming and technical partners
• Thrives in an extremely fast-paced environment where the UIs and tools you are responsible for are critical to achieving business goals and delivering on key content partnerships
• Is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about music, and is excited to empower the creation of audio experiences that are not bound by pre-existing conventions
• Is obsessed with measuring performance and practices continuous iteration and improvement or their products
• Sees the opportunity to blend human curatorial expertise with algorithms and science that underpin personalization and scale
• Is driven to understand and optimize how complex, interdependent systems work

What You’ll Need

• 3+ years’ experience in one of the following areas: product management, product analytics, software engineering, tools UI design, technical operations and/or support services
• 3+ years’ experience or equivalent in media programming, editorial and/or digital content curation
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with creators, designers, and technical professionals
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to partner and drive change with people at all levels in the organization
• Established track record of managing and driving multiple, long term, complex projects concurrently
• Ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative feedback and insights to prioritize features, and influence decision making
• Thorough understanding and experience working in Agile, iterative practices
• Experience working with engineering and design teams to create high quality UI/UX experiences
• Highly detailed and organized in documenting informational resources and product requirements
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $106,600 to $170,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.

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