Principal Product Manager

Overview

In this Senior, hands-on role you will own the Audio & Video product strategy for The Economist Group. You’ll define the end-to-end roadmap for podcasts, audio narration, and Insider long-form video, collaborating with Design, Editorial, Marketing, Engineering and Analytics. Your work will drive engagement, retention and value for Premium subscribers, by launching new formats and optimizing the subscriber journey. This is a high-visibility opportunity to shape a distinctive, multi-platform audio and video experience that supports the group’s mission and scale. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact and growth.

Pay / Benefits

• pension or 401(k) plan
• private health insurance
• 24/7 counseling and wellbeing resources
• Work From Anywhere program (up to 25 days/year)
• generous annual and parental leave
• free access to The Economist content and apps

Responsibilities

• Own the Audio & Video roadmap end to end, guided by data, user research and experimentation
• Own the brand new Play proposition to diversify audience and enhance Premium experience
• Increase engagement and retention across audio and video formats
• Collaborate with Engineering on streaming performance, content delivery and integrations with Acast, Spotify and Apple Podcasts
• Work with Editorial to design product experiences and journeys that land with subscribers

Key requirements

• Shipped audio or video product features in a consumer app or digital platform
• Experience moving a lean, cross-functional team from idea to launch
• Strategic mindset with roadmap planning for a product area
• Understanding how listening and viewing habits drive long-term subscriber value
• Comfortable defining success metrics, running experiments and making data-driven decisions
• Experience collaborating with editorial teams and aligning priorities

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Data-informed decision making
• Stakeholder management
• Audio in-app and web players
• Podcast hosting and distribution (Acast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
• Video product experience (VOD, live events, cross-device playback, casting)

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