Description :
Job Title: Program Manager
Job Category: Software Development
Product: Zune
Date Posted: 07/01/2008
Job Code: 235222
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
Help shape the future of media on the internet! We're a small but growing team delivering on the promise of ad funded internet streaming video, subscription and download to own video, delivering content to clients on the Web, Xbox, Zune, mobile and more. Help create an incredible on demand video experience for millions of consumers around the globe.
Design, build and integrate existing solutions for media asset management and publishing of video, editorial and other content into our service workflow for the overall video pipeline. This is a wonderful opportunity to be instrumental in shaping Zune and XBox Video into a world class video publishing pipeline.
We are looking for a Program Manager whose responsibilities will include:
* Working with Dev, Test and partner teams to improve and evolve our asset management infrastructure to streamline the video ingestion processes.
* Improve existing and implement new publishing tools to increase capacity and throughput of the video workflow.
* Work closely with internal partner teams to provide publishing and editorial tools for the overall Zune content publishing and service infrastructure.
* Investigate existing third party and internal asset management and content publishing tools and make recommendations on adoption, integration and implement as needed.
Qualifications include a minimum of 3+ years of Program Management experience working with both internal & external partners. Familiarity with asset management on web properties using ASP.NET is preferred. Experience or familiarity with C#, XML, XSLT and related technologies is required. Bonus: SQL Server experience, and strong familiarity with media formats/technology. A BS/MS degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related technical disciplines is preferred. The applicant should have demonstrated work experience in the full ship cycle of commercial software products, and the ability to work in an agile environment & effectively communicate at an engineering level with internal teams & at experience focused with external partners.
