Senior Product Manager, Roku TV

About the Team

The Devices team at Roku is responsible for driving growth of the Roku Platform.  We accomplish that by building and selling a variety of streaming players and Roku Branded TVs, as well as partnering with dozens of other TV brands to embed Roku OS into their devices.  Combined, Roku will ship more than 1000 different TV + Player SKUs this year alone from 15 factories into 17+ countries.  More than 1 in 3 TVs sold in the US is from Roku or one of our partners.  Needless to say,  we’ve built a large and fast-growing business! 

About the Role

As a Sr. Product Manager within the Roku Devices organization, you will be responsible for developing the next generation of Roku Branded TV hardware. This business is the newest and fastest growing segment of the Roku organization. Only two years old, the team has already had amazing success:  

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/roku-pro-series-review 

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/roku-pro-series-tv-review-184717365.html 

https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/roku-plus-series-4k-qled-tv 

…and we’re expanding. Together with your team, your job will be to craft and execute a roadmap that continues to expand our TV market share. To do this, you will assess market opportunities, understand the needs of our customers, and partner with Roku engineering leaders to craft and ship high quality product.  

All the while, you will be deeply embedded with a tight team of hard working, fun, and talented professionals working to deliver the simplest, most accessible, and best performing home entertainment experience on the planet. Sound exciting? Great! We thought so too. 

The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced product leader with a track record of shipping consumer electronics hardware. They are strategic thinkers who are independent, self-sufficient, and technical leaders.   If they are not already familiar with the TV industry, they quickly learn it. They leverage their professional networks to develop strategic innovations and are adept at influencing without direct authority.  They quickly establish credibility up and down the leadership chain and influence decision making that drives success for their programs.   

Successful candidates don’t get roadblocked. They are tenacious and action-oriented leaders who are comfortable working with global companies in borderless environments. They build consensus, make decisions, and solve problems.   Most importantly, successful candidates set a high standard for quality, advocate for customers, and take ownership of their programs. For the successful candidate, anything less would be failure. 

What you’ll be doing

• Develop PRDs, feature guides, and product concepts. Write specs, prototype experiences, drive consumer research. Ship award winning products
• Cultivate supplier relationship and maintain a pulse on emerging technologies that shape the TV industry 
• Work across multiple development teams within Roku to unify product narratives and align priorities, schedules, and resourcing 
• Assess market dynamics and build financial models to locate business opportunities  
• Guide technology roadmaps to serve the needs of your customers 
• Know the customer and relentlessly advocate in their best interest.  
• Understand Roku’s business and successfully apply that knowledge to extend our competitive advantage   
• Track program risks, help drive mitigations, and represent status to the broader leadership team.    
• Be tenacious. Do whatever it takes to keep your team of engineers and designers moving.  
• Deliver thoughtful and well-designed products on a timely pace 
• Occasionally travel (~15%) to the US or China  for customer/partner meetings,  research, or just to learn. 

We’re excited if you have 

• Obsess over the customer experience.  
• Drive what matters.  You never lose sight of the critical path and can inspire others to follow it.  
• See around corners.  You are proactive, not reactive. You recognize long-range risks and know how to mitigate them. You may even be part psychic.    
• Foster collaboration.  A great team can do anything. You know how build trust and deliver on your objectives working across independent teams with independent priorities  
• Bias for Action.  You're not afraid to make decisions and then act on them, even when you face uncertainty. 
• Are Curious.  You get excited about things you don’t know. You ask lots of questions and go searching for answers. Geeking out is part of what makes it fun to come to work.  
• Have experience shipping product for the US market
• Experience:
  • 4-8 years of Product Management experience  
  • Experience leading the delivery of hardware and/or software consumer products  
  • Experience shipping compelling and delightful user experiences which showcase your attention to detail.  
  • BS or equivalent.  MS/MBA preferred 

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