Product Manager - Ott

Job Title : Product Manager - IPTV Video Platform & AI Initiatives

Location : Gurgaon / Bengaluru

Experience : 3-5 Years

Team : Airtel Entertainment Ecosystem – Airtel Xstream Play, IPTV & DTH

Airtel is seeking a passionate and technically-minded Product Manager to join our core

IPTV platform team. In this role, you will support and drive key strategic initiatives

across Platform Observability, IP-Based Broadcasting, and Advertising Technology

(SSAI). You will have a direct opportunity to integrate AI and Machine Learning

solutions to make our systems smarter, more efficient, and truly predictive.

You’ll be responsible for executing the product strategy for these critical platform

capabilities, working closely with dedicated engineering teams to deliver robust,

scalable, and impactful solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Support the development and execution of the product roadmap for

Observability, IP Broadcasting, and Ad Tech (SSAI), ensuring alignment with

overall platform objectives and reliability goals.

initiatives, from concept and requirements gathering to development, launch,

and post-launch performance analysis.

requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.

encoding providers, ad tech vendors) to evaluate capabilities, negotiate

features, and drive integration priorities.

their needs, pain points, and use cases, translating them into actionable

platform requirements.

business teams to ensure seamless product delivery and adoption.

reporting on their impact and identifying areas for improvement.

predictive analytics, automation, and intelligent decision-making.

collaborate on AI / ML models for predictive

alerting and root cause analysis.

gather requirements fornew video formats and

support AI initiatives for encoding optimization.

support AI / ML initiatives for ad targeting

and yield optimization.

What You'll Bring

technical role with product-related responsibilities.

technologies (OTT / IPTV), advertising technology (SSAI, VAST, VMAP), or

large-scale distributed system observability.

(H.264 / HEVC), packaging (HLS, DASH), CDNs, and media players (e.G.,

ExoPlayer, AVPlayer, VideoJS).

discussions with clients, partners, or vendors.

applied to solve real-world product challenges.

ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical

audiences.

environment.

systems work.

Join us in building the future of television, leveraging AI to create unparalleled reliability

and experiences for millions of users across India