Product Manager, Merchandising (International) at Paramount Skydance

Job description

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance. Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled. Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day. If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO! Product Management, Merchandising (International) Job Summary Paramount+ is seeking a Product Manager, Merchandising (International) to own how audiences across international markets discover and engage with content on our streaming platform. This role is responsible for defining and spearheading the international merchandising strategy and execution model, ensuring content is positioned effectively across regions while scaling through data‑driven workflows and automation. Operating at the intersection of Product, Programming, Applied Machine Learning, Marketing, Design, and Operations, this role translates global and regional content priorities into clear merchandising strategies, measurable outcomes, and repeatable operating mechanisms. The Product Manager will balance global consistency with local relevance, ensuring international discovery experiences are intuitive, compliant, and optimized for engagement and retention. Key Responsibilities ● Define and drive the international on‑platform merchandising operations, including content positioning, prioritization, and lifecycle management across markets. ● Establish consistent merchandising principles for international markets while enabling regional flexibility where audience needs or regulatory requirements differ. ● Partner with Product and Engineering teams to inform platform capabilities, tooling improvements, and roadmap decisions that enable scalable merchandising execution. ● Ensure merchandising workflows are designed to support global scale while minimizing manual intervention through automation and data-driven decision making. ● Partner closely with Programming teams to align on content intent, timing, and regional considerations. ● Collaborate with Applied Machine Learning (AMLG) teams to define rules, constraints, and success metrics that guide personalization and automation in international markets. ● Work with Marketing and Design partners to ensure on‑platform experience aligns with campaign objectives and brand standards, while retaining merchandising accountability. ● Partner with Legal, Privacy, and regional stakeholders to ensure international merchandising experiences meet regulatory and compliance requirements. ● Champion experimentation across international markets, ensuring merchandising strategies are testable and supported by solid metadata, creative, and operational foundations. ● Oversee monitoring and reporting to evaluate merchandising performance and surface insights that drive continuous optimization across markets. Basic Qualifications ● 3+ years in product management, content merchandising, or content discovery for consumer facing digital products at scale. ● Proven track record owning complex, cross‑functional initiatives in a global environment, with accountability for measurable outcomes. ● Bachelor’s degree required; technical or quantitative discipline preferred. ● Strong applied knowledge of data-driven methodologies, including behavioral analytics and segmentation, to inform merchandising decisions and drive subscriber level outcomes. ● Experience defining content architecture and curation strategy across platforms, with working knowledge of how platform dependencies and metadata quality affect the consumer experience. ● Demonstrated ability to partner substantively with ML and engineering teams on personalization and recommendation systems, including evaluating outputs and defining constraints that reflect merchandising intent. ● Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across product, technical, and creative teams. Preferred Qualifications ● Experience supporting international or regional discovery strategies for a global streaming or media platform. ● Proficiency with analytics and data science tooling (such as Adobe Analytics, Looker, Tableau, Python, or SQL) ● Working knowledge of how personalization and ranking systems are built, with experience contributing to the signals and inputs that shape content recommendations. ● Proven track record designing and interpreting experimentation programs, including A/B and multivariate testing, to drive merchandising optimization. ● Experience working across multiple time zones and cultural contexts. Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world’s biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream Paramount Streaming’s other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Hiring Salary Range: $100,000.00 - 147,000.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible. What We Offer : • Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here . • Generous paid time off. • Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products. • Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more. Skydance is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation during the job application and/or recruitment process. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to paramountaccommodations@paramount.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.

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Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.
If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!
Product Management, Merchandising (International)
Define and drive the international on‑platform merchandising operations, including content positioning, prioritization, and lifecycle management across markets.
Establish consistent merchandising principles for international markets while enabling regional flexibility where audience needs or regulatory requirements differ.
Partner with Product and Engineering teams to inform platform capabilities, tooling improvements, and roadmap decisions that enable scalable merchandising execution.
Ensure merchandising workflows are designed to support global scale while minimizing manual intervention through automation and data-driven decision making.
Partner closely with Programming teams to align on content intent, timing, and regional considerations.
Collaborate with Applied Machine Learning (AMLG) teams to define rules, constraints, and success metrics that guide personalization and automation in international markets.
Work with Marketing and Design partners to ensure on‑platform experience aligns with campaign objectives and brand standards, while retaining merchandising accountability.
Partner with Legal, Privacy, and regional stakeholders to ensure international merchandising experiences meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
Champion experimentation across international markets, ensuring merchandising strategies are testable and supported by solid metadata, creative, and operational foundations.
Oversee monitoring and reporting to evaluate merchandising performance and surface insights that drive continuous optimization across markets.
3+ years in product management, content merchandising, or content discovery for consumer facing digital products at scale.
Proven track record owning complex, cross‑functional initiatives in a global environment, with accountability for measurable outcomes.
Strong applied knowledge of data-driven methodologies, including behavioral analytics and segmentation, to inform merchandising decisions and drive subscriber level outcomes.
Experience defining content architecture and curation strategy across platforms, with working knowledge of how platform dependencies and metadata quality affect the consumer experience.
Demonstrated ability to partner substantively with ML and engineering teams on personalization and recommendation systems, including evaluating outputs and defining constraints that reflect merchandising intent.

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Bachelor’s degree required; technical or quantitative discipline preferred.
Experience supporting international or regional discovery strategies for a global streaming or media platform.
Proficiency with analytics and data science tooling (such as Adobe Analytics, Looker, Tableau, Python, or SQL)
Working knowledge of how personalization and ranking systems are built, with experience contributing to the signals and inputs that shape content recommendations.
Proven track record designing and interpreting experimentation programs, including A/B and multivariate testing, to drive merchandising optimization.
Experience working across multiple time zones and cultural contexts.

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