Product Manager, OTT and Streaming

Job Title: Product Manager, OTT and Streaming

Location: Doha, Qatar

Working Pattern: Full-time, on-site

Employment Type: Permanent

Industry: Media, Entertainment and Streaming

Contact: [email protected]

About the Opportunity

Forsyth Barnes is partnering with a leading international media organisation to appoint a Product Manager for one of the Gulf region’s premier OTT and streaming platforms.

The organisation operates at the intersection of sport, entertainment, technology and audience insight, delivering premium content experiences across mobile, web and connected devices.

This is an opportunity to join an established product team in Doha and help shape how audiences across the region discover, watch and engage with live sport and entertainment content.

The successful candidate will take ownership of key areas of the digital product experience, with an initial focus likely to include video consumption, content discovery, navigation and front-end customer journeys.

The Role

The Product Manager will work within a cross-functional product squad, partnering closely with design, engineering, analytics, commercial and content teams.

You will be responsible for identifying customer needs, translating insight into product opportunities and guiding ideas from initial discovery through prototyping, testing, prioritisation and delivery.

This is a hands-on product role. The organisation is looking for someone who can combine analytical thinking with genuine product judgement, creativity and an understanding of what makes a strong streaming experience.

You should be equally comfortable reviewing performance data, speaking with engineers, testing a prototype and presenting a clear product recommendation to senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and develop product initiatives across the OTT platform, with a particular focus on video experience, content discovery, navigation and customer engagement.
• Translate customer behaviour, user feedback, commercial objectives and market insight into clear product priorities and roadmaps.
• Create product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, customer journeys and supporting documentation.
• Lead product discovery activities, including customer research, competitor analysis, rapid prototyping, usability testing and concept validation.
• Work closely with UX and UI designers to improve front-end usability, journey sequencing, information architecture and overall product consistency.
• Partner with engineering teams to assess feasibility, understand technical dependencies and support the delivery of reliable, scalable product solutions.
• Use data and analytics to evaluate customer behaviour, identify friction points and measure the impact of product changes.
• Develop a strong understanding of regional streaming audiences, including how customers discover and consume live sport, highlights, films, series and children’s content.
• Benchmark the platform against leading global and regional OTT services, identifying best practices across video delivery, search, recommendations, personalisation, pricing, packaging and content presentation.
• Monitor competitor developments and changes across the OTT market to identify emerging opportunities and potential risks.
• Support product delivery across iOS, Android, web, connected television and cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborate with commercial, marketing, customer service, content and operational teams to ensure product decisions support wider business objectives.
• Improve product processes, documentation and delivery practices to help the team move from idea to customer value more efficiently.

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• Present product recommendations, performance updates and roadmap decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Explore how AI-enabled tools can improve product discovery, competitive intelligence, prototyping, analysis and day-to-day product workflows.

Experience Required

• Approximately 3 to 5 years of experience in digital product management, product ownership or a closely related role.
• Experience working within OTT, streaming, digital media, sports technology, entertainment, consumer technology or another high-traffic digital platform would be strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of the full product lifecycle, including discovery, prioritisation, roadmapping, prototyping, delivery and post-launch optimisation.
• Demonstrable experience translating customer insight and performance data into improved digital experiences.
• Experience working closely with UX, design, engineering and analytics teams.
• Strong understanding of front-end customer journeys, usability, navigation and information architecture.
• Experience delivering products across mobile applications and web platforms.
• A practical understanding of how modern digital products are built, including the development lifecycle for iOS, Android, web and cloud-based applications.
• Experience creating or testing prototypes using modern product and design tools.
• Comfortable interpreting customer data, product analytics, conversion metrics and engagement trends.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working within an agile or fast-moving product environment.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be a commercially aware and customer-focused product professional who is comfortable operating as a hands-on individual contributor within a wider product squad.

You will bring a balance of analytical capability and creative product thinking. Data will inform your decisions, but you will also have the judgement and confidence to turn that data into engaging customer experiences.

You should have genuine curiosity about digital products and be able to discuss the platforms and experiences you admire, what you believe they do well and where they could be improved.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have strong product instincts and a clear point of view on customer experience.
• Be comfortable moving quickly from an initial idea to a testable prototype.
• Take ownership and work with a strong bias towards action.
• Be confident challenging assumptions and presenting evidence-based recommendations.
• Understand enough about technology to work credibly with engineers and identify unrealistic estimates, risks or dependencies.
• Be genuinely interested in sport, media, entertainment or streaming.
• Understand fundamental sports concepts such as fixtures, results, standings, live events and highlights.
• Be curious about changing customer behaviours and emerging OTT trends.
• Be comfortable experimenting with AI tools to improve productivity, research and product decision-making.
• Thrive in a collaborative, ambitious and fast-evolving environment.

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What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will be demonstrated through:

• Improved video consumption and customer engagement.
• More intuitive navigation and content discovery journeys.
• Stronger conversion, retention and repeat usage across the platform.
• Faster and more effective product discovery and validation.
• Clear, evidence-based product prioritisation.
• Reliable delivery of customer-focused improvements.
• Strong collaboration between product, design, engineering, data and commercial teams.
• A deeper understanding of regional audience behaviour and streaming preferences.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to contribute to one of the region’s most distinctive streaming propositions, combining premium live sport with entertainment and family content.

You will join a modernising product organisation with the opportunity to influence meaningful customer experiences across a large and diverse regional audience.

The position offers:

• A market-competitive salary and benefits package.
• Performance-related incentives.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Visa and relocation support where applicable.
• End-of-service benefits in line with local employment regulations.
• Structured onboarding and ongoing professional development.
• Access to leading OTT technology and premium sports and entertainment content.
• The opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals across product, technology, media and commercial functions.
• A collaborative, energetic and innovation-focused working environment in Doha.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, office-based position in Doha. Candidates relocating from outside Qatar must be comfortable working on-site and becoming part of the local product and media organisation.

The role sits within a rapidly evolving media and technology ecosystem and offers the successful candidate a meaningful opportunity to influence how audiences across the Gulf region experience sport and entertainment online.