Senior Video Product Manager

You worked for 5+ y in media encoding/OTT/broadcast engineering, and 2+ y as product manager for this area? If you're fluent in English and Arabic and live in Europe or the Middle East, apply now!

About Virtasant

Virtasant is a global technology services company with a network of over 4,000 technology professionals across 130+ countries. We specialize in cloud architecture, infrastructure, migration, and optimization, helping enterprises scale efficiently while maintaining cost control.

Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing startups, relying on us to build high-performance infrastructure, optimize cloud environments, and enable continuous delivery at scale.

About the role

Our client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior Video Product Manager fluent in English and Arabic to work on Video Workflows (Digital, Broadcast & OTT Platforms) within their Digital Division.

As a Senior Video Product Manager, you will bring together the best of both worlds - deep technical expertise in video workflows and codecs , and strong product ownership skills in fast-moving broadcast, digital, and OTT environments.

You’ll bridge engineering, editorial, and design teams to define, document, and deliver scalable, data-driven video workflows. This role demands someone who can speak fluently about bitrate ladders, codecs, and APIs , but also prioritize backlogs, create BPMN diagrams , and turn technical opportunities into clear product outcomes .

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end video workflow roadmap , spanning ingest, transcoding, metadata, storage, and delivery.
• Translate technical requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and Jira tickets for Agile development teams.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate and optimize video and data APIs across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Design and document complex media workflows using BPMN 2.0 , making processes visible, measurable, and automatable.
• Define video encoding and delivery specifications , including codec choices , container formats , HDR profiles , and streaming parameters , to ensure consistent quality across platforms.
• Drive efficiency improvements and consistency in editorial publishing workflows.
• Partner with Quality teams to build quality check automations and monitor video quality, performance, and playback reliability.
• Evaluate and apply emerging trends in adaptive streaming, CMAF, AI-assisted encoding, and emerging codecs .
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and cross-team reviews , ensuring business priorities align with technical delivery.

What We’re Looking For

• Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory.
• You must live either in the Middle East or Europe .

Must-Have Experience - Core Technical Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in media encoding, codec optimization, or OTT/broadcast delivery engineering.
• Expert knowledge of video and audio codecs (H.264, HEVC, AV1, AAC, AC-3), container formats (MP4, MXF, TS, MOV), and streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, RTMP, SRT).
• Experience integrating 3rd-party video APIs or OTT delivery services.
• Proven experience with FFmpeg, Vantage, AWS Media Services, GCP Transcoder, or equivalent transcoding frameworks.
• Strong understanding of workflow orchestration, media QC , and cloud-based video processing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with metadata standards (EBUCore, IMF, JSON, XML) and automated quality control systems (BATON, Vidcheck, Aurora)

Must-Have Experience - Core Product Management

• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in media or technology organizations.
• Proficiency in BPMN diagramming (Bizagi, Lucidchart, Miro, or equivalent).
• Skilled in Agile methodologies and Jira for managing sprints and tracking progress.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear documentation and business requirements.
• Strong communicator and collaborator, comfortable working across engineering, product, and editorial teams.
• Proven experience building and communicating product roadmaps using tools such as Productboard.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AI/ML video quality assessment or intelligent encoding .
• Familiarity with APIs and supporting frameworks for media platforms .
• Understanding CDN performance optimization and playback analytics.
• Experience with AI development IDEs and models.

Our recruitment process

• Client's resume review
• Interview w/Client
• Interview w/Client II
• Interview w/Client III

We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What we offer

• Totally remote, full-time (40h/week)
• Long-term, no-end-date, independent contractor agreement
• Work hours: overlap with 10 am-6 pm, Qatar time.
• Payment in USD, biweekly or monthly - your choice