Monday, June 2, 2008

Sr Prod Mgr, ideally media/video , Herb Deitz, San Francisco, CA, USA, relo=no

Sr Prod Mgr, ideally media/video , Herb Deitz
San Francisco, CA, USA
relo=no

Reports To: VP Product Mgmt


Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:LLNW) is a leading provider of high-performance content delivery network services with a focus on delivering rich media content (video, music, software, games and social media) over the Internet.  More than 1300 Internet, entertainment, software, and technology brands trust Limelight's robust, scalable platform to monetize their digital assets by delivering a brilliant online experience to their global audience. Limelight's advanced global CDN is built to store and deliver entire content libraries by leveraging an architecture that consists of thousands of high-performance content servers distributed worldwide, connected directly to over 800 leading broadband access networks, and interconnected via a high-speed, dedicated optical network.  This global footprint reduces network latency and ensures that every title in every content library - whether the most popular title or the least popular - will be consistently available to every user, on demand. 
 
Sr. Product Manager
 
Description:
A  Product Manager must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. Limelight Networks' Product Managers are responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.
 
 
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
" Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
" Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
" Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products/services
" Work closely with sales engineering to ensure successful initial adoption of new products/services and to capture best practices for broader use within the sales organization
" Perform product demos to customers
" Develop pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
" Develop sales tools and collateral content
" Capture requirements for use as input into future product planning
 
Qualifications:
" 5+ years related product management experience
" Technical background, with experience in Content Delivery preferred
" Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, to include presentation skills.
" Demonstrated ability to develop product requirements documents, technical and sales presentations, and programs that enable sales teams to be successful.
" Demonstrated leadership skills, to include influence and persuasion.
" Proven ability to work effectively with multiple levels of management.
" Ability to work across organizations/functions in a team environment
" Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers.
" Proven ability to multi-task
" Must be able to travel 25% of the time
 
Education:
" Bachelor's degree required (MBA preferred)
 
Limelight Networks is a leader in the CDN industry.  We offer an attractive compensation package with competitive salary and benefits. Please send your information to Herbnj@gmail.com
 



If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Herb Deitz
Staffing
Limelight Networks
herbnj@gmail.com


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