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Technical Product Manager

KQED · Arts, Culture & Humanities · $108.9M budget · 577 staff · Since 1954

Why KQED

FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filed

Broadcasts news, public affairs, and cultural programs via radio and other platforms to inform and inspire Bay Area communities.

  • Multiplatform content - news, arts and science: see schedule okqed's content teams develop news and programming that complements distributed content from our national media partners, including NPR and PBS. Focusing on regional news, arts & culture, education and science, KQED…$32.2M spent in FY2024
  • Television: see schedule okqed 9 and KQED plus are among the nation's most-watched public television stations with an average of approximately 470,000 weekly viewers in the san francisco-oakland-san jose market. KQED owns and operates public television stations KQED-tv/dt channel 9…$18.8M spent in FY2024
  • Fm radio: see schedule okqed public radio is among the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation, with an average of nearly 700,000 weekly radio listeners in the san francisco metro survey area.KQED owns and operates KQED public radio 88.5…$10.2M spent in FY2024

Before you apply

FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Pays its leaders
$248K–$542K
12 officers reported
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Budget
$113.0M
spent in FY2023
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 18
Staff
577
employees
982 volunteers
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 5–6
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Surplus or deficit
−4%
of revenue, FY2023
Concern: revenue was below expenses in the latest filing.
Pt I · Ln 19
Cash reserves
35 mo
of spending, in cash and securities
Looks good: 35.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Latest return
FY2023
latest Form 990
Fine: the latest return is for FY2023, 3 tax years back; within 3 tax years.
IRS e-file
IRS status
501(c)(3)
tax-exempt since 1955
Looks good: listed by the IRS.
IRS BMF
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernTap a box for the reason.

About the role

The org's own posting, as written

Title: Technical Product Manager Schedule Format - Location: Hybrid - San Francisco Pay Information: $122,808 - $153,510 This role is onsite at KQED's newly renovated headquarters located in San Francisco, CA. Applicants must currently reside in San Francisco Bay Area or be willing to relocate. KQED is redefining public media to be more inclusive, participatory, and community-powered. In a time when misinformation and distrust in media are growing, we are committed to being the trusted journalistic source serving the needs of the Bay Area. Within this scope, our Digital Product Team develops experiences to serve the needs of our diverse audiences.

This includes partnering with editorial teams on essential content, developing new content formats, and building the infrastructure to power personalized experiences. To support these efforts our team is looking for a Technical Product Manager , to sit at the intersection of business strategy and deep engineering execution. This role will be responsible for prioritization and translating complex requirements into actionable technical roadmaps. Working closely with engineering and business stakeholders, you will ensure our systems are architecturally scalable, technically feasible, and directly aligned with system needs and business goals.

We are looking for talented individuals to help our team build and maintain our digital systems, which power kqed.org and our mobile apps. We are a media organization and we look for talent who can bring a strong knowledge of functional design to our digital properties and our community. KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply. KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics The mission that drives us: KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories.

We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

Key Responsibilities

Establish prioritization frameworks to balance feature development, infrastructure upgrades, and technical debt reduction. Partner with engineering teams to evaluate system constraints, review API designs, and translate complex technical requirements into stories and sprint backlogs. Define key product metrics and analyze…

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About KQED

From its Form 990
  • Budget $108.9M · Arts, Culture & Humanities
  • Staff 577 · founded 1954
  • Pays its leaders $248K–$542K (12 reported)
  • Open jobs 25 · Jobs at KQED · Full 990 report

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