Consumer Reports · 5 days ago
Brand Licensing Product Operations Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$125K/yr - $135K/yr
5+ years expConsumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all. As the Brand Licensing Product Operations Manager, you will lead operations related to product development, pilot testing, and commercialization efforts to ensure that multiple licensed products are assessed and evaluated efficiently.
Consumer ElectronicsConsumer ResearchInformation ServicesPublishing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Execute the product innovation strategy and pipeline: Partner with the Brand Licensing team to help move concepts from idea to pilot to market launch using a stage-gate process -at a greater pace- in order to achieve longer-range growth goals
Streamline experimentation: Implement repeatable product development frameworks that enable CRBL to test more ideas, faster, with less manual overhead
Coordinate cross-functional teams (Content, testing, research, marketing, YGS) to help bring new concepts and ideas to life efficiently and on schedule
Track performance of experiments, pilots and collect insights to inform iteration, go/no go and scaling decisions. Analyze pilot outcomes and post-launch performance to identify patterns, insights, and opportunities for optimization
Maintain product roadmaps, development plans, and performance reports to ensure accountability and transparency
Act as the operational “bridge” between Product, Sales, B2b Marketing (and external partners to ensure product innovation efforts are well coordinated across functions, and move smoothly through the stage gate process
Support GM, Brand Licensing with resource allocation and prioritization to keep innovation efforts are aligned with CRBL’s growth roadmap
Continuously evaluate and improve workflows to enhance speed, scalability, and cross-team clarity
Support forecasting and pipeline management by preparing actionable reports and data visualizations
Collaborate with Sales to streamline deal flow, renewals, and creative reviews to help close more deals, faster and meet CR’s licensing guidelines
Partner with Sales and Marketing to ensure licensed products are launch-ready, with clear value propositions, positioning, and enablement materials
Help align product delivery schedules with marketing campaigns, events, and trade shows to maximize impact
Qualification
Required
5-7 years in product development/operations, innovation management, or business operations
Experience building scalable systems for new product development or innovation programs
Strong process design and operations management skills and are an expert in documentation
Understanding of how to build and optimize cross-functional processes
Analytical thinker with experience in dashboarding, KPI tracking, and data-driven decision-making
Proficient with collaboration and project tools (e.g., Asana, Smartsheet, Salesforce, Monday.com)
Analytical and data-savvy, able to translate numbers into actionable insights
Preferred
You have had experience working within licensing, media, or digital product environments
You are an excellent communicator
You are highly organized
You thrive in a highly collaborative innovation environment
Benefits
Medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage, family planning and a generous 401K match
Company
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is a nonprofit publishing and printing firm that focuses on magazines and periodicals about consumer appliances.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$8.15MKey Investors
Alfred P. Sloan FoundationCraig Newmark Philanthropies
2022-01-01Grant· $1.15M
2019-06-06Grant· $6M
2019-01-01Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Phil Radford
President and Chief Executive Officer
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