Senior Technical Product Manager

Job Description

Paramount is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, its portfolio includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the US television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, Paramount provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions for partners on five continents.
Overview & Responsibilities:

The Applied Machine Learning Group is looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to drive the evolution of personalization and recommendation services for Paramount+ and Pluto TV! We are looking for someone to partner closely with data scientists, machine learning engineers, product partners, and cross-functional teams to build intelligent, data-driven products and experiences that improve content discovery and engagement.

You will be responsible for defining and driving our personalization roadmap, leading experimentation strategies, and ensuring that our recommendations driven by AI deliver value across a global user base. We are searching for someone who is passionate about machine learning, A/B testing, and streaming UX to build the future of how millions of users discover content!

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate on product vision and roadmaps for personalization, focusing on recommendation models, ranking systems and tailored user experiences
• Collaborate with ML engineers and data scientists to improve recommendation quality and optimize content discovery
• Collaborate with other engineering and product partners to ensure that personalization features are intuitive, scalable, and drive engagement
• Define and track key personalization metrics
• Drive experimentation at scale, implementing A/B testing frameworks to measure the impact of personalization changes
• Work with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, business, content) to identify and complete opportunities that improve the streaming experience
• Conduct competitive research and stay on top of industry trends in recommendations motivated by AI, user behavior modeling and content personalization

Required Areas of Expertise:

Machine Learning Fundamentals
• Proven understanding of personalization and recommender systems, including collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, and deep learning models
• Knowledge of evaluation metrics and personalized engagement metrics
• Awareness of bias mitigation and AI fairness in personalization models

AI/ML Infrastructure & Engineering
• Familiarity with ML model development lifecycles, including training, deployment, and monitoring
• Experience with real-time vs. batch personalization trade-offs (bandits, reinforcement learning, batch model retraining)
• Understanding MLOps, data pipelines, and APIs for AI-powered applications

Data & Experimentation
• Strong background in A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and statistical significance
• Experience analyzing data using SQL, Python, or visualization tools
• Understanding of multi-armed bandits, reinforcement learning, and exploration/exploitation strategies

Product Strategy & Business Impact
• Ability to prioritize AI/ML initiatives based on business impact and technical feasibility
• Experience defining key performance indicators for AI informed personalization, balancing engagement, and retention

Communication & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Strong ability to translate technical ML concepts into business-friendly insights
• Ability to collaborate with machine learning, data engineering, measurement ops, UX, and marketing teams to implement AI centric features
• Skilled in executive storytelling to advocate for personalization initiatives

Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years working on AI focused personalization or ML-based products
• Deep understanding of A/B testing, experimentation platforms, and statistical analysis

Additional Qualifications:
• Knowledge of streaming services and content discovery challenges in SVOD, AVOD, and hybrid models
• Strong analytical mentality, with experience in SQL, data visualization tools, or experimentation platforms

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Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the US in addition to the ability to stream Paramount Streaming's other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $110,000.00 - 160,000.00.

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible.

https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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