POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC. Director Digital Products National Post and Financial Post Job Vacancy in Canada

Director, Digital
Products National Post and Financial Post

National Post and
Financial Post

Postmedia Digital, a
division of Postmedia Network Inc., is seeking a seasoned digital media
professional to guide the National Post and Financial Post through their next
phase of growth. The position reports to the VP Digital Businesses and is
based in Toronto.

The Director,
Digital Products National Post and Financial Post is the champion for the
digital products for both National Post and Financial Post throughout the
organization. He or she is responsible for rollin
g up their sleeves and
using data driven decision making to manage the day to day management of the
web sites, Tablet and Mobile Apps. Additionally, The Director will be a key
contributor identifying and implementing successful strategies to grow audience
and revenue across the National Post, Financial Post, and the Postmedia Network
of digital properties.

The ideal candidate
will have a proven track-record of managing digital media products through all
facets of the product lifecycle and be able to identify opportunities to
increase revenue. He or she will have deep analytical skills in order to
identify and grow audience and revenue for the organization. Experience
developing business cases and business requirements to deliver successful
products that align with organizational objectives and meet market demands are
an essential requirement. He/she will be detail-oriented, organized,
efficient and excel at communicating with cross-functional teams throughout all
levels of the organization. The Director will cultivate strong working
relationships with internal and external groups, including content, sales, marketing
and technical teams, as well as with vendors, to drive collaboration and to
ensure deliverables are launched on time and to specification and budget.

Vision, business
acumen, leadership, interpersonal skills and a record of achieving results are
mandatory. A passion for technology, marketing and media is essential.

Specific
Responsibilities:

•Develop strategies to deliver a product of high value to our audience, our
advertisers, and our sales teams;
•Achieve audience and revenue targets;
•Develop opportunity assessments, bench marks and business cases to be
presented to the product steering committee and champion initiatives from
concept to implementations ;
•Building and maintenance of successful relationships with stakeholders,
external customers, and key vendors;
•Champion product opportunities with key Sales stakeholders;
•Management of day to day business and product operations;
•Develop product roadmap in collaboration with the VP of Digital Businesses and
other key stakeholders;
•Overall responsibility for product roadmap execution;
•Drive product development process with key stakeholders ensuring successful
implementation of well-received product features;
•Identification, measurement, and management of key performance indicators;
•Lead the sourcing of analytics for to gain key business insights, develop
strategic plans, and report on progress to senior management team;
•Participate in overall strategic planning;
•Continually innovate to ensure that the products are relevant, valuable
leaders in their categories;
•Ensure best-in-class Search Engine Optimization for each product suite;
•Remain abreast of the competitive landscape and digital media trends;
•Own the relationship with sales – providing them with the products, pricing
models and materials to be successful;
•Identify opportunities and risks through reporting and analyzing data,
implementing solutions, measuring actions and tracking results;
•Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

•6+ years experience in digital product management;
•Proven experience building strong online brands and user experiences;
•Past experience with media, e-commerce, software development and technology
roles;
•Experience building traffic through SEO and SEM;
•Excellent communication, both orally and in writing, and relationship building
skills with all levels within the organization;
•Outstanding presentation & speaking skills; positive customer service
experience, including negotiation skills;
•Outstanding attention to detail and organizational abilities, ability to
troubleshoot and provide guidance and solutions for product development plans;
•Analytically savvy, with a solid understanding of Google Analytics, comScore
and Omniture;
•Fluent in fundamental web technologies, with an understanding of HTML, Java,
CSS, responsive design and user experience;
•Strong project management skills, working with cross-functional teams;
•Strong time management and project management skills, above average ability to
multi-task proactively and prioritize in response to issues as they arise;
adept at problem solving;
•Media industry experience strongly desired;
•Creative and innovative with strong attention to detail;
•Ability to think creatively and strategically about customer, market and
business issues.