Principal Product Manager

Principal Product ManagerFox News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the newly announced platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 20 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month.Fox News Media is looking for a Principal Product Manager to own the video product experience across FOX News digital properties. This is a senior individual contributor role for a video product leader who combines deep technical fluency in player technology and content delivery infrastructure with the product instincts to translate that knowledge into exceptional audience experiences.This role reports directly to the head of product and partners closely with editorial video leadership, ensuring that content strategy and product strategy remain tightly aligned. You will be the product authority on everything related to how FOX News digital audiences find, start, and experience video; from the player to the pipeline that feeds it.The right candidate has done this before at a meaningful scale. You understand how live streaming infrastructure works end-to-end, you can engage engineering teams on player architecture and delivery pipeline decisions with credibility, and you know how to build video product experiences that perform under the pressure of breaking news and peak traffic moments. This is a high-visibility role with executive exposure and you will be expected to communicate strategy and performance clearly at the senior leadership level.A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIESVideo Product Strategy & RoadmapOwn the end-to-end video product strategy for FOX News digital: live streaming, VOD, vertical video, and the destinations and surfaces that serve video audiences across web and mobileDefine and maintain a roadmap that reflects audience needs, editorial priorities, technical constraints, and business objectives, sequenced against the broader content and engagement roadmapIdentify opportunities to differentiate the FOX News digital video experience and build toward a best-in-class product standard for a live news environmentCoordinate with adjacent PMs where video creates dependencies, in particularly around tentpole events, content discovery surfaces, and personalizationPlayer Technology & Pipeline PartnershipServe as the product authority on video player technology, understanding playback behavior, player SDK capabilities and constraints, adaptive bitrate streaming, and the performance metrics that define a quality video experienceDevelop and maintain deep fluency in the content delivery workflows and pipelines that feed the player: encoding and transcoding, packaging, CDN delivery, metadata management, and video asset workflowsPartner directly with engineering teams responsible for player development and delivery infrastructure. You'll need to write requirements, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and make informed product decisions that account for pipeline realitiesDefine the performance standards for the video experience from startup time, buffering rate, quality adaptation, and error handling, and work with engineering to instrument, monitor, and continually improve against themIdentify pipeline gaps or constraints that limit the product experience and escalate with clear requirements and business impact framingLive & Breaking News VideoOwn the product readiness standard for live video during breaking news and major events, including load testing, failover planning, and real-time monitoring protocolsPartner with the Tentpoles to ensure the video experience is ready for and differentiated during FNM's highest-traffic momentsDefine the product experience for live news streaming across all access states whether authenticated, unauthenticated, metered, and fully open, and ensure the experience serves both business and audience goalsEditorial Video PartnershipMaintain a strong working relationship with editorial video leadership, ensuring product decisions reflect content strategy priorities and that editorial teams have the product surfaces they need to deliver video effectivelyTranslate editorial video priorities into product requirements, bridging the gap between what editorial wants to publish and what the product can reliably deliver at scaleManage the dotted-line stakeholder relationship with editorial video leadership with professionalism and clarity, keeping alignment high without allowing content strategy to direct product architecture decisionsCross-Functional ExecutionWrite clear, detailed PRDs and technical requirements that give engineering teams what they need to build confidentlyOwn sprint ceremonies at the pod level, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and sprint reviewsDrive delivery across multiple workstreams simultaneously, maintaining momentum without dedicated delivery supportData & MeasurementDefine and own the video performance dashboard: player metrics, engagement depth, video start rate, completion rate, and audience retentionPartner with data and analytics teams to instrument the video experience end-to-end, ensuring visibility from content ingestion through playback completionUse performance data to identify the highest-leverage improvements and communicate impact to senior leadership clearlyAI-Powered Ways of WorkingActively uses AI agents as a core part of daily product workflows, not as an occasional tool but as a practiced, default approach to getting work doneApplies AI to research, synthesis, and analysis, including competitive research, user behavior pattern recognition, and data summarizationLeverages AI for PRD drafting, user story creation, and sprint preparationWHAT YOU WILL NEEDRequired10+ years of product management experience, with meaningful ownership of video product surfaces at scaleDeep technical fluency in video player technology: you understand how players work, what SDK capabilities and constraints look like in practice, and how adaptive bitrate streaming, DRM, and playback error handling affect the user experienceHands-on familiarity with content delivery pipelines: encoding and transcoding workflows, CDN delivery, HLS/DASH packaging, metadata management, and how the pipeline architecture affects what the product can and cannot doProven experience owning live streaming product experiences. You have shipped through breaking news or live event moments and understand what it takes to keep a live video product stable under peak loadAbility to write product requirements that engineering teams can act on directly and are technically specific enough to be unambiguous, audience-focused enough to keep the experience goals clearStrong stakeholder management skills: you can hold productive working relationships with editorial and executive partners while maintaining clear product authority over architecture and roadmap decisionsExcellent written and verbal communication: you can present video strategy and performance to senior leadership with confidence and clarityAbility to operate independently as a senior IC across multiple workstreams without close supervisionActive, practiced use of AI agents across research, synthesis, PRD drafting, stakeholder communications, and sprint preparationRegular, on-site attendance in the New York office a minimum of 3 days per week is an essential function of this positionNICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKERExperience at a digital news, broadcast, or live streaming media companyFamiliarity with video ad delivery: server-side ad insertion (SSAI), client-side ad insertion (CSAI), and how ad tech integrations interact with the player and pipelineExperience with video player platforms such as JW Player, Video.js, Brightcove, or comparable technologiesBackground working alongside or embedded with video engineering teams responsible for streaming infrastructureTrack record improving video engagement metrics — start rate, completion rate, watch time — through product iterationWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $179,000.00-225,000.00 annually. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.