SUMMARY:

• Group Senior Manager / Head of Content, Confidential: content strategy, content acquisition, content partnerships, and content ventures, for multi - screen live TV and VOD at Confidential Group.
• Founding member Confidential Qatar Confidential and Head of Content.
• Exclusive Content Investments and Partnerships.
• Confidential Strategy. Content and CPE Strategy.
• IPTV Middleware enhancement and headend expansion project.
• Qatar TV content censorship project.
• Qatar Broadband Strategy.

SPECIALTY:

• CXO Level Strategic Multi Screen TV Initiatives Lead and Execution.
• Multiscreen OTT TV Content Strategy, Partnerships, Acquisition, Content Propositions, Bundling and Marketing.
• 10 Years of Confidential TV Product Management and Product Marketing.
• RFP management, and execution.

SKILL:

• 10+ Years of Multi Screen IPTV / OTT TV Content, End to end delivery, Exclusive Partnerships, Investments, Business Development.
• Multiscreen TV Product Management, Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Service delivery and Operations.
• Customer Experience Management.
• OTT / IPTV Headend, Middleware, Video Servers, DRM/Encryption, Censoring, Set Top Box, Multiscreen Apps.
• New Product Introduction, Project Management. Multi-Play Rollout.

EXPERIENCE:

Group Senior Manager, Head of Content

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Content Development — extend, enhance or develop new content relationships on behalf of the Group / Opcos and the quality of the relationships.
• Create Multiscreen OTT Live and On Demand TV Line Up: 200 plus live TV channels with Catch-up TV and 4000 hours of SVOD content.
• Internal Partnership with Opcos — build a positive working relationship, provide content business planning and content business development support and motivate the OpCos to conceive and develop actionable TV propositions.
• External Strategic Partnership Development & Investment — actively identify, cultivate & secure strategic content partnership and investment opportunities in the Confidential space.
• To facilitate the development of the Media Lab by securing and leveraging strategic content industry relationships and strategic partnerships, for the Media Lab technology / vendor / capability (i.e. content discovery, advertising) showcase.
• Secured Confidential as the only telecom partner with additional first rights of first refusal STARZ premium SVOD Service for Tunisia and Algeria.
• Secured rights for Exclusive Ramadan thematic Arabic SVOD series for Confidential Qatar.
• JV and exclusive partnership initiative with beIN Sports, covering Confidential Opco territories.
• Exclusive partnership with Rotana for their premium Pay TV channels.

Head of Content

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Overall Content Strategy, Acquisition, Distribution and Content Joint Ventures, within a Confidential business that is expected to open up and deliver a profitable new stream of connectivity, content and advertising revenues for Confidential Group.
• Provide Content services to Operating Companies (OpCos) in Asia and MENA which incorporated
• Advisory Service Design - provide information and advice on content line up and relationship portfolio to OpCos for them to act on;
• Development and Promotion of New Content Opportunities - identify and build new relationships with new content providers and then procure and supply commercial terms to the OpCos for them to take up; and
• Manage content acquisition for Confidential Qatar, and manage existing portfolio 300+ live TV channels, 100+ catch Up TV channels, 3500+ hours of VOD, 300+
• Currents on TVOD.
• Manage content proposition, bundling, pricing.
• Manage IPTV Product, and Service Delivery.
• Execution of Carriage Agreements - where mandated by the OpCos, responsibility extends to the Group negotiation, execution and management of content carriage agreements on their behalf.
• Provide Opportunities in TV/Video Space to OpCos. actively seek out and provide information on opportunities in the TV / Video space, evaluate and advise OpCos on possible routes to market.
• Deployment of Media Lab — Acquire multiscreen content rights for live and on demand content.
• Secure commercial terms for 2014 FIFA World Cup OTT multiscreen rights from relevant rights holders for Confidential Opcos, identify viable route/s for Opcos to take content to market and, subject to suitable requests for and approval of budget, supporting the OpCo launch of the service offering.
• Launch of Multiscreen OTT TV services pilot at Confidential Qatar.

Manager Consumer Multimedia

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• TV Product Strategy and Management
• Confidential TV Product pricing and proposition, new product launches and marcom campaigns.
• Confidential TV Product service, management TV service operations
• Manage content acquisition for Confidential Qatar, and existing portfolio 120+ live TV channels, Launch 3500+ hours of VOD, 300+ Currents on TVOD.
• MRD / PRD ownership for current and next generation products.
• Marketing Collaterals.
• P&L responsibility for the Confidential Triple Play Service.
• Multi-Vendor management
• IPTV Middleware Enhancement, IPTV Headend Expansion, Broadband Strategy, Content and CPE Strategy: Complete Ownership end to end.

Section Head

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Triple Play, Product Management, Product Marketing, Team Management & Business Dev. And included:
• Confidential TV Product Management, Product Marketing, Pricing, Marcom campaigns.
• Confidential TV Business Plan
• MRD / PRD for current and next products.
• Marketing Collaterals.
• P&L responsibility for the triple Play Service.
• Confidential TV Customer service and customer journey Vendor relationship management Confidential TV Operations

Product Management Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Triple Play Product Management, Business Planning and Commercial Rollout of the Triple Play TV services.
• Biz Dev & Product Lifecycle of the Qtel Triple Play Product Mozaic TV+.
• Content Contract Negotiations, Business Planning & Business Development, Sales Proposals, RFPs, Program Management of Product Schedules, Design and Development. Marketing Collaterals.
• MRD / PRD for current and next generation products.
• 3rd Party contract negotiations. Marketing Collaterals, Product Pricing, Product Roadmap, Cross Functional Product Launch Training.
• Working in a cross functional team which includes, Product Marketing, IT, Communications Centers, Call Centers, Sales, Biz Dev, Product Development, and Integration.

Confidential

Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Included the Product Management, Biz Dev & Product Lifecycle of the ATSC and DVB Digital Broadcast TV product plus the ASI Server. Business Planning & Development, Sales Proposals, Trade Shows, Program Management of Product Schedules, Design and Development.
• MRD / PRD for current and next generation products.
• 3rd Party contract negotiations. Sales Support bulletins, Marketing Collaterals, Product Pricing, Roadmap, and Sales Training.
• Working in a cross functional team which includes, Product Marketing, Sales, Biz Dev, and Development.