Product Manager

VERSANT Media is a leading force in news, sports, and entertainment, known for its iconic brands. As a Product Manager at SportsEngine, you will translate customer feedback into technical requirements and define the product roadmap, ensuring successful delivery of product initiatives aligned with company goals.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product backlog for a key area of our platform
• Define clear problems to solve and desired outcomes, not just features to ship
• Continuously refine priorities by validating customer value while balancing feasibility, viability, and usability
• Break large initiatives into incremental releases that enable continuous delivery
• Engage in ongoing discovery with your team to ensure we are solving the right problems
• Engage directly with customers, stakeholders, and partners to understand unmet needs
• Validate assumptions before committing significant engineering investment
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions
• Write clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate closely with engineers to refine solutions and reduce ambiguity
• Participate in and lead team ceremonies (refinement, planning, demos, retros)
• Manage scope thoughtfully while protecting long-term product integrity
• Support smooth release enablement and internal communication
• Act as the connective tissue between engineering, design, stakeholders, and go-to-market teams
• Communicate product strategy, trade-offs, and progress clearly
• Maintain organized documentation in Confluence
• Use Jira effectively to manage workflow and transparency

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Sport Management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a technology-driven organization
• Strong presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Highly detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Strong judgment in managing priorities, resources, and risk
• Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Proven experience delivering SaaS projects on time and within budget
• High proficiency in JIRA (boards, filters, reporting, backlog management)
• Skilled in Confluence for product documentation and internal communication
• Comfortable working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience collaborating with engineering, QA, and design teams
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with JIRA
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver results under pressure
• Strong ability to investigate and learn unfamiliar systems quickly
• Familiarity or background in the sports management industry
• Experience in software engineering, technical support, or systems analysis
• Exposure to customer discovery practices or product analytics tools