Video Platforms Product Manager - Contractor

We currently have a contract opportunity for a Video Platforms Product Manager to lend specific subject matter knowledge to a client engagement.

• Lead product roadmap development, defining vision, priorities, and progress over time using Transcoding technologies
• Media pipeline creation of the architecture that generates or processes media data
• Develop a hierarchical agile backlog with Epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria meeting business objectives
• Confirm new features' functionality post-UAT and prior to deployment in production and address identified issues in the system agile backlog
• Maintain a data dictionary detailing field-level information for applicable systems, emphasizing how users categorize fields into business data objects
• Remote contract (LA area preferred) with 6 month duration with possible contract extension

Skills

Video platforms

Product management

Transcoding

Media pipelines

Qualifications

• Nuanced understanding of the different encoding technologies (Transcoding)
• Familiar with FFMPEG (open-source software project for video, audio and multimedia files and streams); Understanding software technologies like CLIPSTER 5, CLIPSTER 6
• Experience with digital compression requirements; cloud native platform experience
• Robust understanding of video formats, specifications, and emerging filmmaking/postproduction technologies
• Strong product background especially with writing user stories and defining robust acceptance criteria

The expected pay rate range for this contract is $95 to $115 per hour. Exact pay rate will vary based on skills, experience, and location.