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Samsung Ads · 1 month ago

Sr. Strategist, Art

One Pennsylvania Plaza, 26th Floor, New York, NY, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$180K/yr - $215K/yr

5+ years exp

Samsung Ads is part of Samsung Electronics America, focusing on developing services across mobile, digital, and TV ecosystems. The Senior Strategist for Art will own product strategy and lead cross-functional teams to drive execution on strategic proposals aimed at enhancing user engagement and business growth.

Marketing & Advertising

Responsibilities

Establish/support-the-build-of a foundation strategy for the Art, anchoring on core human truths to establish timeless pillars that will serve as lasting cornerstones of product decision making

Identify strategic gaps/needs across Art product/business world and identify prioritized list of areas to address

Build perspectives around critical needs that root in first principles and are meant to align multiple stakeholders across the organization to drive forward the change proposed

Own the business model for the product, tracking and updating actuals while forecasting in detail in the short term and in less detail the long term to do scenario planning

Conduct deep dive analysis across different priority needs of the product and business of Art, focused on developing key insights and ultimately implications to the product/business

Utilize a variety of high quality and credible sources to pull insights and use them to support proposals (e.g. expert interviews, user research, desk research, research reports)

Utilize experience with service product management and strategy development within large corporations to ensure value delivery to user and execution through the organization

Maintain and manage a prioritized project backlog based on business goals, market needs, and user feedback

Foster a culture of experimentation to enhance recommendation algorithms and user experiences

Stay informed about the latest trends in content recommendation technologies and machine learning within the streaming industry

Own the revenue projections and opportunities for the Art business/opportunity

Determine product/business growth opportunities, whether that be new features or entirely new product lines, or new distribution channels, or new business models

Collaborate with all cross-functions to grow the service to bring a new product or features to life on time and on budget – from concept through launch, by:

Working with our global teams in Korea to drive alignment in HQ and bring proposals into execution with critical teams such as HQ Engineering, UX, etc

Working with Partnerships team for partner-dependent opportunities

Working with Operations for back-end product improvement initiatives

Work closely with Curations to embed their perspective into project proposals

Work closely with Marketing to embed their perspective into project proposals

Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and competition in Art services, user preferences and market developments. Understand and articulate user needs, build associated business cases and prioritize proposals

Drive communications with exec stakeholders for buy-in

Manage project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout the life of the project

Manage stakeholder communications and progress reporting throughout

Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matching or exceeding expectations

Manage multiple concurrent projects with multiple teams around the world

Drive the evolution of the product and service

Qualification

Business ModelingStrategic FrameworksContent StrategyMobile ServicesDigital ServicesTV ServicesA/B TestingAnalytical SkillsProject ManagementSoftware Development Life CycleAgile MethodologyDevOpsAWSKorean LanguageLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationNegotiationProblem Solving

Required

A self-starter with excellent verbal and written communications skills

Autonomous in driving responsibilities forward, and embracing ownership in the product and business

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, computer science, business, or related field AND 10+ years of relevant experience with proven record around delivery OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, or related field AND 5+ years

Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills – with experience managing, directing, and monitoring cross-functional teams to achieve an outcome

Specialized in Business Modeling, Strategic Frameworks

Proven experience working with content strategy and recommendation strategy

Proven experience with Mobile, Digital and TV services

Experience with A/B Testing systems and deploying user tests

Ability to operate seamlessly between highly detailed and technical situations as well as strategic business situations

Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to make data-driven decisions and back up product decisions

Be able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep on issues

The ability to manage chaos, ambiguity and complexity, in a detailed, organized way

Ability to have challenging conversations at all seniority levels internally and externally

Ability to negotiate with multiple stakeholders, be able to defend work, and also know when to accept direction

Ability to navigate heavily matrixed organizations and thrive within a fast-paced environment

Experience with working with global teams a must

Experience working closely with strategic partners, helping them implement Samsung services and third-party SDKs

Experience developing various PoC (proof of concept) applications using Java/ANDROID/BLE technologies, including Core Java, Android, Eclipse, and Android Studio

Skilled in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile methodology, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Source Tree

Experience with the devops approach, continuous integration, continuous deployment, monitoring and maintenance of deployments in the AWS

Passionate about delivering a beautiful product experience to users globally

Passionate about driving organizational transformation to mature and evolve the company into a more powerful services player

Combines analytical rigor with marketing creativity

Can build and execute simultaneously

Understands healthcare user behavior

Organized, detailed, goal driven, achievement oriented with a problem solving mindset

Exceptional communication skills with ability to 'read the room' in new and unfamiliar environments

Able to identify opportunities, take ownership and drive to completion

Able to function independently while coordinating closely with larger team

Able to think strategically and tactically