Associate Product Manager, Platform - Southampton - MediaKind

Description

Who we are

At MediaKind, we're reshaping the future of streaming video—and we're moving at incredible speed. Our cloud-native, agile technology enables customers to rapidly build, deploy, and scale premium streaming experiences, removing traditional barriers to innovation and growth.

We're on a mission to transform how the world watches video: making every moment extraordinary, personalized and valuable for content owners and their consumers.

Here, you'll be part of a dynamic team that's redefining how media experiences come to life. Our award winning products simplify complex operations, enabling customers—from iconic sports brands to innovative broadcasters and content owners—to focus purely on storytelling, and growth. By replacing legacy complexity with cloud-connected solutions, we ensure speed, simplicity, and commercial transparency. You'll be joining a team that values practical thinking over buzzwords, and velocity over bureaucracy.

Beyond technology, our true strength lies in our people. We are committed to fostering a passionate community of creators, developers, and artists who love what they do. Together, we'll redefine the art of streaming.

If you're ready to build what's next in streaming—and do it with a team that moves fast, thinks boldly, and builds with intent—come make it happen with us.

Position Overview

We are looking for an Associate Product Manager to support MK.IO Platform. This is an early career role for someone who enjoys solving problems, learning complex systems, and working with engineering and design to bring features to life. You will help shape both platform capabilities and client application experiences, contributing to work across backend services, operator-facing management tools, and consumer-facing applications for web, mobile and connected TV devices.

This role is ideal for someone who is curious about streaming technology, comfortable digging into details, and eager to build the foundational skills of product management. You will work closely with product leadership and cross functional teams to ensure requirements are clear, solutions are intuitive, and features move smoothly from definition through delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Write clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Work with design on user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to reflect real user needs
• Maintain and refine product backlogs in partnership with engineering teams
• Track development progress, clarify scope, and help unblock teams during sprints
• Test new features and validate that solutions behave as expected in real world workflows
• Synthesize insights from user feedback, internal stakeholders, platform data, and industry trends to inform product decisions
• Document decisions, trade-offs, and expected outcomes for cross functional visibility
• Assist in defining success criteria and reviewing feature performance after release
• Contribute to client app strategy and participate in the development of new app features
• Build a strong understanding of MK.IO Platform architecture, tools, and customer use cases

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Communications, Business, or equivalent practical experience
• 0 - 4 years of experience in product management, technical writing, operations, or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
• Detail oriented mindset with solid analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Enthusiasm for learning streaming technologies, platform capabilities, and client applications
• Familiarity with agile development processes and modern software delivery
• Curiosity, empathy, and comfort working with both technical and non-technical teams
• Proficiency with modern AI tools for analysis, research, documentation, and productivity
• Strong sense of ownership with a self-motivated approach to learning and improvement
• Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK on a long-term basis. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Desired Experience

• Exposure to SaaS platforms, SDKs, APIs, or developer tools
• Understanding of video workflows or experience with streaming or media applications
• Experience contributing to user research or usability testing
• Background in creating documentation or internal knowledge resources
• Comfort working with basic data analysis to support product decisions
• Experience in media, entertainment, or sports industries is a plus
• Exposure to mobile, web, or connected TV app development processes
• Genuine curiosity about streaming applications and how products work behind the scenes

Location

Southampton UK, Rennes, France - Hybrid (2-3 days a week office based)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Comprehensive benefits package
• MediaKindness Wellbeing Program
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options

Here at MediaKind, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where we appreciate the unique skills, capabilities and perspectives that our people bring. We believe that diverse teams are better for our employees, customers and our business. Everyone's identity, background and life experiences add to the MediaKind story, and we welcome all.

Our goal is to help increase diversity across the Media Broadcast industry, so we aim to make the recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you're excited about this position and think you could add value to MediaKind, please apply even if you believe your skills are not a perfect fit for the role. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment process please reach out to the Recruiter to discuss how we can support you.