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Consumer Reports · 14 hours ago

Brand Licensing Product Operations Manager

Yonkers, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $135K/yr

5+ years exp

Consumer 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 while ensuring efficient assessment and evaluation of licensed products.

Consumer ElectronicsConsumer ResearchInformation ServicesPublishing

Comp. & Benefits

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

Product developmentInnovation managementOperations managementData-driven decision-makingCross-functional processesCollaboration toolsHighly organizedCommunication