Product Management with Mindspark, a division of IAC - (US-NY-White Plains - 10610)

Minimum Education: Tech School
Job Type: Full Time
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Brief Description

Are you one of those people that jumps on the latest 'web trend' before anyone else? Have you made a Wikipedia entry? First on your block to tweet? Abandon myspace long before it stopped being cool? Have a favorite "dead" website? If so, Mindspark is looking for you to join our Product Management team.


A Bit About Us:
Simply put, Mindspark products make the web better. Home to some of the most popular and engaging brands on the Web like Zwinky®, IWON®, Retrogamer™, MyWebFace™, Webfetti™, My Fun Cards™, SmileyCentral®, Smiley Creator™, Cursor Mania™, DailyBurn, Popular Screensavers™ and Excite®, Mindspark builds success by continuously enhancing and improving our sites and products while identifying new, strategic opportunities that we are quickly able to deliver to market. Our team works in a fun, collaborative environment where creativity is encouraged, talent is respected, teamwork is embraced, and achievements are recognized and celebrated.

A Bit About the Role:
As Product Manager, you'll be responsible for scoping and defining the product roadmap, prioritizing features and spearheading the development of those features. You'll stay abreast of competitive changes and industry issues, incorporating as appropriate into your products. You'll look for every opportunity to improve our deliverables and you'll be equally comfortable talking with our engineers as you are presenting to clients. Strong organizational, project management and communication skills are essential to success in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage the entire product life cycle from planning to tactical activities including: ideation, execution, launch planning and metrics reporting
Define the market opportunity and business services to enhance existing products via utilization of addressability.
Obtain legal and editorial clearances including the coordination of contracts and contract amendments.
Create and maintain development schedules and budgets.
Work with Senior Management on development of the vision and strategy including obtaining management approvals.
Track and analyze property usage and develop optimization systems.
Track competition; act as a subject matter expert, influencing design and direction based on industry knowledge and market research.

REQUIREMENTS:
Extensive experience identifying and researching customer needs, developing experience and business requirements, and working with a development team.
Keeping assigned projects on time, on track, and on budget by blending creativity with a strong ability to manage project goals
A forward-looking individual who has their finger on the pulse of technology, and the ability to identify emerging trends and business opportunities
Ability to make confident and intelligent decisions that reflect a solid understanding of the business goals and strategies
Product management experience (exact amount depends on level)
Tremendous attention to detail, strong analytical mindset and the ability to follow-through and deliver on a wide range of concurrent projects/activities
Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
Passion for developing innovative products & delivering on the needs of the market and our clients
Outstanding written and oral communication skills
BS/BA, Technical background a plus