Senior Technical Product Manager- M2

Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Product Manager you will own the roadmap for ingestion, enrichment, and distribution pipelines—driving initiatives that boost data quality, shrink latency, and open new revenue or cost-efficiency opportunities for Nielsen and its clients.

What You’ll Do

• Define & Evolve a Multi-Product Strategy

  • Articulate and continuously refine a long-term vision that spans multiple products or business units, ensuring each product adds value to the broader ecosystem.

  • Review and adapt product strategy based on market feedback, emerging technologies, and organizational performance metrics.

• Thought Leadership & Strategic Influence

  • Set the tone for technical product direction, championing both near-term priorities and big-picture innovations within leadership forums and cross-functional teams.

  • Present compelling, data-backed recommendations on product and market trends to drive consensus at the executive level.

• Collaborative Architectural & Tech Decisions

  • Partner with senior engineering leaders to assess high-level architectural choices, ensuring they meet scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness standards.

  • Champion the adoption of new technologies or product patterns that can significantly improve performance, user experience, or operational efficiency (e.g., reduced cost, decreased latency, increased reliability).

• Deep Tech Research & Application

  • Regularly investigate emerging tech trends (AI/ML, microservices, data analytics, etc.) to identify potential applications in the existing product portfolio.

  • Provide comprehensive risk-benefit analyses for adopting these technologies, including integration timelines, cost projections, and success metrics.

• Strategic Partnerships & Integrations

  • Identify high-value partnership or integration opportunities that can expand market reach, solve large-scale customer issues, or create new revenue streams.

  • Develop well-founded business cases outlining potential ROI, resource requirements, and implementation feasibility.

• Orchestrate Cross-Functional, Large-Scale Initiatives

  • Coordinate multi-team programs—spanning engineering, sales, marketing, operations, finance—to ensure shared understanding of goals, timelines, and success metrics.

  • Resolve conflicting priorities or escalations swiftly, keeping overarching strategic objectives front and center.

• Multi-Quarter Roadmaps & Impact Tracking

  • Define clear, data-driven roadmaps for high-impact initiatives, focusing on solving major customer challenges or opening significant revenue opportunities.

  • Quantify expected outcomes (e.g., revenue growth, NPS improvements, cost reductions) and track real-world results, adjusting course as necessary.

• Foster a Culture of Experimentation & Continuous Improvement

  • Encourage teams to “fail fast” while maintaining a laser focus on user value and measurable results.

  • Establish metrics and guidelines for pilot projects, ensuring learnings are captured and shared widely.

• Mentor & Raise the Product Bar

  • Coach product managers on advanced topics (e.g., complex stakeholder management, large-scale product discovery, multi-year strategy).

  • Act as a bar-raiser in the hiring process, setting and maintaining high standards for technical depth and strategic thinking in product roles.

• Champion Organization-Wide Product Best Practices

• Create and evangelize frameworks (e.g., product discovery, design thinking, lean experimentation) that raise execution quality and speed across the organization.

• Maintain an environment of ongoing learning, where teams feel confident challenging assumptions with evidence and regularly sharing success stories and failures.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications (Must-Have)

• 8+ years of product-management experience delivering internal and client-facing tools (workflow automation, scheduling , monitoring, or similar).

• Proven record of simplifying complex Ops workflows end-to-end and translating client pain points into product wins—from mapping “as-is” processes to launching intuitive UIs/automations that slash manual effort, error rate, or turnaround time.

• Demonstrated success in client interfacing—running discovery sessions, gathering requirements, and communicating roadmap trade-offs to external stakeholders or enterprise customers.

• Comfortable reading architecture diagrams, REST specs, and debating build-vs-buy or technical trade-offs with senior engineers.

• Expert in structured prioritization and root-cause analysis (RICE, WSJF, 5 Whys, post-mortems) to keep backlogs laser-focused on both Ops and client ROI.

• Stellar communicator—able to switch effortlessly between translating operator feedback into wireframes, detailing acceptance criteria in stand-ups, and presenting impact metrics to clients or executives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.

Additional Information

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