Senior Manager, Product Innovation

Wasserman powers the business of sports, music, entertainment and culture. Founded in 2002, Wasserman represents many of the world’s most iconic sports and entertainment figures, music artists, brands and properties, empowering them to shape culture and captivate audiences worldwide. 

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman operates globally across 27 countries and more than 62 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

Wasserman is looking for a motivated individual to join the Global Insights and Innovation team as Sr. Manager of Product Innovation. Wasserman’s Global Insights and Innovation team sits at the center of all we do, supporting the brands, properties, and talent businesses with actionable insights and proprietary products & capabilities. The team leads Wasserman’s efforts in audience intelligence, performance measurement, and custom research and analytics. This team also develops and deploys the products and capabilities enabling these efforts. This role will sit at the center of our product development team focused on expanding and evolving the agency’s offerings.

The ideal candidate must have a dynamic foundation with the ability to understand and craft data-driven storytelling to inspire action…while also taking the learnings and applying them the build of leading software-based products. This is an opportunity to be a leader within the organization, and this candidate should possess the skills to communicate new concepts and ideas to team members and stakeholders. This candidate should be comfortable in a test and learn environment with experience building or developing new products and/or capabilities.

In addition to the above characteristics, we are looking for someone who will proudly represent Wasserman as a critical part of our client service efforts, offering expertise as needed across business development efforts and in supporting the growth of existing clients. We seek curious thought leaders who possess the skills required to assess client opportunities, and design and deploy the optimal research and consulting protocol to meet their objectives. Our ideal candidate must also have demonstrated coaching skills, unshakable accountability, and a team-first attitude. For those who meet these criteria and have a passion for the business of sports, music, entertainment and culture, this is an ideal opportunity to be a part of a team that is designing the future of partnerships and performance in the industry.

Duties:

• Manage product roadmap to align organizational priorities with development timelines and necessary stakeholder feedback
• Serve as primary point of contact for the product team with internal colleagues using our products to better understand their needs and pain points, and how we can best serve the agency at scale
• Lead and support Power of Wasserman projects initially focused on creating strategies to recruit, retain, and grow talent across sports, music and entertainment.
• Collaborate with software engineers, design and data methodology teams internally or through contractor support
• Evaluate external partners to potentially evolve or enhance our product offerings
• Consultation support for priority cross-functional projects to provide a Global Insights & Innovation perspective

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in marketing, brand/product management, or innovation/insights functions
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must possess an innate sense of curiosity and a commitment to finding the answer
• Must be extremely agile – the ability to work up and down or across the organization with willingness and ease
• Possess exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Must have baseline of current knowledge of the sports and entertainment industries.
• Must be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills particularly required for PowerPoint and Excel

Benefits

Base salary range: $60K-$90K, plus bonus potential if applicable for role.

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role