Job Description

Are you creative, dynamic and passionate? Do you like to think outside of the box and find new ways to achieve your goals? Corus Entertainment has an exciting opportunity for you. If you have a passion for excellence, and would like to work for Corus Entertainment, we encourage you to apply.

Division: Data and Product Development

Work Status:Full-Time

Location:Toronto, ON. Option to work from home/remote with onsite attendance for meeting and events.

About the Role:

This exciting new role is a unique blend of strategy setting, people and practice development and product/feature shipping.

Strategy and Product Development:

In partnership with subject matter experts from sales, research, and technology you will help reimagine everything from how advertising clients buy, optimize and track campaigns across broadcast and digital platforms to how data, process automation, and predictive analytics can improve how Corus sales team members' work.

People and Practice Development:

Corus has a growing product development practice, and we're looking for someone who can actively support the development of excellent product leaders. In this role, you will help cultivate an environment of knowledge and best practice sharing, actively support training and growth plans for team members, and continue to evolve the product management practice at Corus.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and champion the strategy, objectives, and roadmap for our sales technology (Ad Tech) products
• Engage our customers and stakeholders to identify new capabilities, define product features, and work with cross-functional teams to get those features in the hands of our customers
• Develop multi-year goals and help teams link feature delivery with long-term positive objectives and results
• Implement products and features that balance between customer needs, technical constraints, and business priorities
• Prioritize features and resources across a combination of internal and customer facing products
• Build trust and foster communication amongst teams and customers
• Mentor and manage product managers providing feedback and guidance to support their growth
• Unblock obstacles, collaborate with partners and empower teams to do their best work
• Build upon Corus' product manager toolkit and best practices
• Manage vendor relationships, negotiate business terms that deliver lasting value to Corus
• Seek out innovation opportunities and partnerships
• Conduct customer and industry research to assess new opportunities
• Build business cases for new product and feature development

About You

What We Need From You:

• 5+ years in the technology or media industry with experience owning products from inception to launch
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including active listening and the ability to ensure that both technical and non-technical audiences clearly understand complex ideas
• A honed ability to identify customer and business problems and translate them into a product vision with clear/concise requirements and a consideration for the end-to-end experience
• Experience leading and collaborating with geographically distributed teams
• Ability to drive a budget process to including assessment of: impact, risk analysis, and prioritization
• You demonstrate integrity and approach business, decision-making, and responsibilities honestly and openly.

If You Have the Following....We Want to Hear From You!

• Experience in the media industry
• Passion for solving challenging business problems
• Ability to prioritize and juggle with competing priorities and make decisions in ambiguous situations
• Proactive, positive team member with strong interpersonal skills and keen ability to "make it happen"

Why Corus?

Corus is a driving force in the media industry with a diverse portfolio of strong brands that entertain and inform audiences through great storytelling and compelling content, reaching millions of people around the world every day.

We have a passionate drive to connect with the world around us: to express, to share, to be part of people's lives. Walk around our offices, our stations, our studios across the country and you'll feel it. You'll see it in action.

You'll see it in the open communication and the approachability of our people. You'll see it in our care for quality work and the interest in new, creative solutions. You'll see it in how we work with external partners, and how we care about our communities. These are all core to the values we commit to living each and every day - Win Together, Think Beyond, Make It Happen, Learn Every Day, Show We Care. Our values describe what makes us, and our workplace pretty unique - and amazing.

At Corus we value and actively involve the full range of what makes people unique in order to create a strong and innovative company where amazing people thrive. A company where people have the full opportunity to show their unique value and develop their potential. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people of colour, people with disabilities, people from all gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

Corus is also committed to providing accommodations throughout the interview and employment process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

How to Apply

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now'.

*No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.