Director of Product

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3Play Media is seeking an experienced Director of Product. As Director of Product, you will be responsible for leading our product team, driving the product roadmap, and prioritizing initiatives across the 3Play product suite. You will liaise with customers and internal stakeholders to translate business needs and incorporate into product plans. Successful candidates will be passionate about product strategy, able to craft a vision, and thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment.

The Director of Product will have ownership over initiatives that enhance the 3Play product suite and contribute directly to the company’s growth and success. The Director of Product reports to the CEO.

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term product strategy and associated roadmap for the 3Play product suite
  • Build business cases and report on key issues to drive new initiatives
  • Translate business and customer needs into requirements and work with the Development team to deliver solutions that improve our tools, systems, infrastructure and user experience
  • Develop scalable processes in a high-volume environment
  • Define success metrics for new projects and track them on a regular basis to ensure all projects and existing functionality are moving toward our defined goals
  • Hire, lead, and manage a growing product team
  • Influence decision-making at the highest levels of the company
  • Balance competing resources and priorities and the associated trade-offs
  • Collaborate cross-functionally across business units
  • Monitor the competitive landscape to understand how our product offering stacks up against our direct competitors

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred
  • 5+ years of product management experience in a SaaS environment
  • 2+ years successfully managing and mentoring a team of direct reports
  • Consistent track record of executing cross-functional initiatives, ensuring multiple projects are completed in an appropriate and timely manner
  • Strong analytical skills to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and recommend effective action plans to resolve issues
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively articulate both strategic vision and specific details to various stakeholders, from senior leadership to individual contributors
  • Ability to write and/or guide clear and concise product requirements, status updates and product results
  • Strong teamwork and collaboration skills

About the Company

3Play Media is a rapidly growing, profitable technology company with a startup culture making a huge impact on the way people consume online media. We provide premium captioning, transcription, audio description, and translation solutions to over 2,500 higher ed, enterprise, media, and government customers. Our goal is to simplify the workflow through flexible APIs, a secure online account system, and integrations with a multitude of players, platforms, and lecture capture systems. We got our start in 2008 out of MIT Sloan and we are based in Boston, MA.

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • RubyLanguages
    • BashLanguages
    • jQueryLibraries
    • jQuery UILibraries
    • ReactLibraries
    • Twitter BootstrapLibraries
    • CircleCIFrameworks
    • KubernetesFrameworks
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    • TerraformFrameworks
    • HelmFrameworks
    • MongoDBDatabases
    • MySQLDatabases
    • RedisDatabases
    • AWS (Amazon Web Services)Services
    • GitHubServices
    • AtmosServices
    • Google AnalyticsAnalytics
    • CanvaDesign
    • MiroDesign
    • PhotoshopDesign
    • Google DriveManagement
    • Google DocsManagement
    • Google SlidesManagement
    • JIRAManagement
    • TrelloManagement
    • WordpressCMS
    • DocuSignCRM
    • HubSpotCRM
    • MarketoCRM
    • MarketoLead Gen
    • ZoomInfoLead Gen

Location

Within walking distance of T stops at North Station & Haymarket, we're located in the historic North End. Good eats abound at local lunch spots, coffee shops, and after-work bars – including Boston's best slice right down the street.

An Insider's view of 3Play Media

What’s the vibe like in the office?

I love that I'm constantly learning and being challenged. No matter what, I love how my ideas are valued and heard – at 3Play, you really feel like you're part of the company & you can directly see how your efforts are leading to the company's success.

Sofia

Senior Growth Enablement Manager

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

What my team is trying to solve isn't necessarily a problem... the company keeps on growing, and we're just trying to keep up!

Amanda

Office Manager

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

My experience at 3Play has been a whirlwind – I was hired for content production in 2014, and now I'm the VP of Marketing! I currently manage our marketing team, strategy, & operations.

My background is a testament to how the company feels about promoting internally, and I'm grateful I was given the chance to prove I could make an impact.

Lily

Senior Vice President of Marketing

What is your vision for the company?

We're at the forefront of making video the ultimate tool for learning, communication, and entertainment. One day, nearly every video will be accessible.

This presents exciting (and daunting) operational challenges, which we're taking on full steam ahead to be the unequivocal leader in the space.

Josh

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

The culture is generally quite open, and people are very friendly – they're just a ping away, always ready to help!

We also have an event called "3Play Palooza," that encourages company collaboration across teams to collectively understand & tackle various challenges we face.

Neel

Senior Software Engineer

What are 3Play Media Perks + Benefits

3Play Media Benefits Overview

At 3Play Media we know that a company is only as good as its people, which is why we want ours to have everything they need to feel great. We offer a comprehensive perks and benefits package.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee-led culture committees
Day off for your birthday
Hybrid work model
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
We provide up to 8 weeks of parental leave. For employees with the company 6 months or more, the first 6 weeks are paid at 100% of base salary.
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
We have an annual summer outing for our employees and their families.
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Floating holidays
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Meditation space
Mother's room
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Customized development tracks

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