Associate Product Manager - Kantar - New York, World Trade Center

The Associate Product Manager (APM) is an early‑career product role responsible for supporting and, over time, owning delivery of features, epics, and projects across the Global Media Product portfolio. The role blends product execution, analytical problem‑solving, and hands‑on troubleshooting—working closely with senior Product Managers, Product Operations, Engineering, Research, and Commercial teams. This role is designed for candidates with 0–3 years of experience who are excited by complex products, real customer problems, and the opportunity to grow into greater product ownership. Support senior product leaders in executing against defined roadmaps and priorities. Take ownership of discrete features, epics or delivery projects as appropriate. Help translate high‑level product intent into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Track progress, manage dependencies, and proactively surface risks or blockers. Grow responsibility over time from execution support to independent ownership of defined scope. Support analytical investigation of product performance, client issues, or unexpected results. Assist with troubleshooting data, integration, or workflow issues in partnership with Engineering and Research teams. Help diagnose root causes of issues affecting delivery, outputs, or customer experience. Contribute to solution design, validation, and documentation for fixes or enhancements. Gain exposure to solutions‑engineering‑style problem solving in a real product environment. Participate actively in PI planning, sprint rituals, backlog refinement, and readiness reviews. Help maintain timelines, milestones, and delivery commitments for owned areas of work. Partner with Product Operations to support planning hygiene, execution readiness, and tooling. Ensure decisions made during planning cycles are clearly documented and followed through. Work closely with Engineering, Research, and adjacent teams to support delivery outcomes. Prepare materials for roadmap reviews, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates. Collaborates with business development and client service to train on new product launches. Help ensure alignment between product intent, technical implementation, and delivery timelines. Engage with clients and internal teams to validate solutions and incorporate feedback into feature delivery. Develop foundational product skills including: Problem definition and requirements writing. Analytical thinking and troubleshooting. Delivery tracking and stakeholder communication. Learn how complex media, measurement, and analytics products are built and integrated. Progressively take on more ownership and decision‑making responsibility with coaching and support. Successfully owns and delivers defined features, epics, or projects. Produces clear, high‑quality requirements and analytical insights. Demonstrates strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills. Earns trust as a reliable, proactive product contributor. Shows progression toward increased product ownership and autonomy.