Senior Product Manager (CMS & Content Services)

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Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company (“Versant”) comprising most of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks—including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Golf Channel—along with digital assets such as Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The spin-off is expected to be completed in 2025.

The Senior Product Manager, CMS & Content Services serves as the Product Owner for newsroom publishing and content distribution across CNBC, MSNBC, and E! News. You’ll lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of tools that power editorial creation, efficient workflows, and the packaging and syndication of content to internal properties and external partners.

Acting as the voice of the newsroom and distribution stakeholders, you’ll translate business priorities into a clear product plan that improves speed to publish, partner delivery quality, and overall editorial effectiveness. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Design, Engineering, Editorial, Audience/Growth, Business Development, and Legal to ensure our publishing and distribution ecosystem scales with our brands.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for CMS and content distribution/syndication, balancing immediate newsroom needs with long-term platform goals.
• Engage directly with editorial and distribution stakeholders to gather feedback, prioritize features, and ensure tools reflect real newsroom and partner use cases.
• Define packaging and governance for distribution (what we send, to whom, when, and how it’s represented), including policies for branding, attribution, embargoes, and usage guidelines.
• Manage the partner lifecycle in collaboration with BD/Legal—evaluate opportunities, set expectations, guide onboarding/offboarding, and ensure obligations are met.
• Drive change management and release readiness for publishing and distribution updates; coordinate training, comms, and smooth adoption across teams.
• Champion editorial and partner experience—reduce friction in workflows, improve reliability of outbound content, and enhance downstream findability and presentation.
• Establish and track success metrics for publishing and distribution (e.g., time-to-publish, delivery success rate, partner satisfaction, referral impact, content reach).
• Collaborate with Audience/Growth & Analytics to ensure tools support SEO, performance measurement, and insights that inform roadmap decisions.
• Maintain a clear catalog of distribution endpoints and partnerships (internal products, apps, sites; external partners), ensuring ownership and documentation are up to date.
• Foster continuous improvement via user feedback loops, best-practice playbooks, and training materials for editors and partner-facing teams.
• Contribute to the multi-brand vision for unified content management, distribution, and syndication across Versant News Group.

Required

• 5+ years as a Product Owner/Manager in digital publishing, media, or content operations.
• Deep understanding of newsroom workflows and the end-to-end publishing lifecycle.
• Experience prioritizing roadmaps that serve both editorial users and distribution/partner outcomes.
• Strong cross-functional communicator with a track record of aligning Editorial, Product, Design, Engineering, and Business stakeholders.
• Proven ability to deliver user-centric improvements that drive measurable efficiency, reach, or satisfaction.
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills in a fast-moving, multi-brand environment.

Preferred

• Experience overseeing content syndication or distribution partnerships (news, entertainment, or sports).
• Familiarity with audience growth, SEO, and content performance KPIs.
• Comfort working with SLAs, partner requirements, and basic contract terms in partnership with Business Development and Legal.
• Exposure to agile product practices and iterative releases.
• Passion for journalism, storytelling, and enabling newsroom innovation.

Why Join Us

Help shape how Versant News Group creates, packages, and delivers content across platforms and partners. As the Product Owner for CMS & Content Services, you’ll empower editors to work faster and smarter—and ensure our stories travel farther with consistent quality and impact.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Salary range: $160,000 - $175,000 (bonus eligible).

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.