Director, Product Management - Content Lifecycle

## Company Description At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future. ## Job Description PRISM is Nielsen's flagship content intelligence platform. It is redefining how studios, financiers, distributors, and leagues value, transact around, and invest in content globally. The Director, Content Lifecycle Product is the architect of PRISM's commercial intelligence engine for film, TV, and streaming. This is one of the most consequential product leadership roles in Nielsen's content division — responsible for building, from scratch, the platform layer that banks, private equity firms, major studios, and global distributors will use to make multi-million dollar funding and distribution decisions. This is not a feature roadmap role. It requires full architectural ownership of a B2B intelligence platform with direct integration into financial institutions' loan approval systems, studio rights databases, and proprietary greenlighting tools. The Director will define the predictive models, enterprise workflow integrations, and persona-specific UX governance that make PRISM the authoritative commercial intelligence layer for the content industry. **Responsibilities** Platform Architecture • Architect PRISM's commercial intelligence engine for the film, TV, and streaming lifecycle — from development and financing through theatrical release, streaming distribution, and catalog monetization • Design and own proprietary ROI and Greenlight Simulation models that banks, studios, and financiers will use as the primary basis for multi-million dollar funding decisions • Build the composite market view architecture, unifying social sentiment, theatrical performance, and streaming consumption data into a single authoritative content valuation model Enterprise Integration Strategy • Own the enterprise workflow integration strategy across financial institutions, major studios, and distributors — including mandatory embedding into underwriting software, rights management systems, and greenlighting tools • Define API architecture and integration standards for institutional partners, with full accountability for compliance, data governance, and security requirements in high-stakes financial contexts • Drive systemic integration depth: volume and quality of proprietary API integrations across institutional systems is a primary performance metric UX Governance & Persona Design • Lead governed, persona-specific interface design across distinct stakeholder groups: High-Fidelity Risk View for bank compliance committees, Creative Performance View for studio development teams, and Distribution Intelligence View for global distributors • Establish UX standards and design governance for the content lifecycle module, ensuring interface consistency and data fidelity across all user personas Client Engagement • Represent PRISM at the C-suite level with studio, banking, and investment firm clients — credibility and authority in these relationships is a commercial prerequisite for enterprise retention • Partner with Sales and Account Management on enterprise contract negotiations, renewal strategy, and platform expansion within key accounts Roadmap & Cross-Functional Leadership • Own the full product roadmap for the content lifecycle module, setting priorities and tradeoffs across engineering, data science, design, and go-to-market teams • Operate with independence — making…