Head of Live Program Management

Head of Live Program Management

Location: San Francisco, CA

What you’ll do:

Influence Product Strategy

• Trusted partner to video product leadership representing GCP point-of-view/ Liaison between video product and GCP organization
• Collect, evaluate, and prioritize product requests from GCP organization
• Streamline communications with product team
• Ensure GCP business and product requirements are understood and prioritized by product/engineering leadership

Own and Manage Global Live Brand Studio Business

• Live Brand Studio works directly with advertisers to produce and publish their own content on Twitter
• Develop business strategy, develop and manage pipeline, and work with GCP PMs and sales organizations to support pitches
• Work with regional leaders to secure live brand studio deals that support their greater regional strategy
• Drive and meet global revenue targets

Be GCP Live Video Expert

• Ensure that Product features are broadly understood across the global Partnerships team and incorporated into any go-to-market plans
• Educate GCP organization (and clients as PMs see fit) on upcoming product changes and how they are expected to affect our business
• Research and build ROI analysis regarding GCP product asks
• Utilize data driven analysis to optimize program scheduling for new and existing content deals
• Act as the GCP Live video industry expert to ensure we stay abreast of new/emerging trends in the space 

Drive Global Operations for Live Business

• Lead live ops cross-functional collaboration with Periscope editorial team, Curation team, publisher tools team, etc. to execute on content initiatives
• Own and lead partnership with the Technical Program Management team to ensure all livestreams are scheduled and executed as planned
• Lead the creation of go-to-market strategy, marketing collateral, and media plans specific to the live business
• Own reporting and measurement of livestreams
• Own infrastructure, processes, and procedures for Live Video executions -- including insights and key learnings around Live Video efficacy on Twitter
• Point of contact for cross-functional teams to ensure live deals are executed properly (i.e. legal, finance, communications, marketing, technical program management, others)
• Partner with the GCP Operation team to ensure Live Video Program manage is supported by the global operations team

Who you are:

• Roll up your sleeves, “get it done” attitude
• Excited by ambiguity, ambitious, reliable, and comfortable working across multiple external partners and internal teams to build strong and successful relationships
• Passion and knowledge of Twitter, the media industry and the changing content landscape
• Proven ability to lead as the hub of the wheel on intensive cross functional coordination in both deal processes and more significant executing priorities and plans
• Creative thinker that can solve complex problems
• Critical thinker and extremely analytical with a love of data analysis

Skills and Experience:

• BS or BA, with MBA/JD or equivalent preferred
• 8-10+ years experience in media, content, and/or sales partnerships with experience in (a) new media / web products and (b) television strongly preferred
• Exceptional understanding of Twitter and social media’s impact on brands
• A mix of sales and operations experience
• Experience developing working relationships at all levels of management -- externally and internally
• Experience in content creation, programming or development
• Ability to translate complexity into action plan and communications
• Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, in person and in writing, to many different audiences, ranging from executives to talent
• Knowledge of online video market and industry preferred
• Knowledge of Tableau preferred
• Advanced Excel and Keynote required

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.