Saskia H.

Experience

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  Shutt Velo Rapide Limited

  Aug 2011 - Apr 2015

  Team Rider and Brand Ambassador

  Signed as a team rider at the age of 16 and became the female face of the UK clothing brand.

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  BT

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2021

  Role: Manage the in-life and development of TV Outside Broadcast (TVOB) products and services to maintain and grow market leadership in the live broadcast market of sports, news and entertainment.Responsibilities: E2E product lifecycle, product and PoC development, P&L ownership, roadmap, business casing, pricing, GTM, partnership development, governance, and bids.Achievements:• Rebuilt TVOB roadmap and commercial structure through post-COVID major portfolio change, to protect P&L and quality live viewer experience (e.g. the restart of the Premier League Football and Rugby).• Launched JPEG-XS capability and lower tier solution (TVOB Flight Case) to enable targeting of more diverse events.• Rolled out industry leading BISS-CA encryption across the TVOB fleet.• Collaboration with 5G teams to develop 5G Proof of Concept. • Built first cost stacks and cost transformation for all products across the entire Media and Broadcast Portfolio, resulting in an annual saving of c.£xxxk• Major sport bid work from football and rugby to snooker and netball.Skills:• Stakeholder management – Customer, vendor and internal stakeholder management includes bid and presentation work, quoting, PoCs and innovation for large broadcasters such as Sky, BBC, ITV and Amazon as well as newer broadcast players to help them grow viewing figures.• Presenting – Roadmap, innovation, industry event and bid presentation experience.• Broadcast network knowledge – Key understanding of broadcast networks and technologies.• Organisation – The broad nature of product roles requires strict prioritisation as well as flexibility. This needs forward planning and organisation through agile methodologies, to ensure the business is both proactive and reactive in the market. Show less Role: Manage the development of Indoor Small Cells and Virtualisation for all 4 major mobile operators.Responsibilities: Product development, business casing, roadmap, GTM and partnerships. Achievements:• Owned and built the c.£700m business case for virtualized neutral host in-building solution (NHIB).• Showcased virtualized RAN stand and demo at various industry events to grow customer buy-in.Skills:• Business Casing – Built complex commercial and strategic business case in for new wholesale market.• Mobile Network Knowledge – Gained understanding of mobile networks (4G and 5G), competitors and commercials.• Product Management – Completed Product Management course by Product Focus. Show less Role: Manage the trading of BT SME products across the portfolio.Responsibilities: Analysis and development of SME product performance for both acquisition and retention. Achievements:• Cross portfolio interventions through product and channel trading development, data analysis and implementation of marketing, price changes and sales channel change.• Built VAS intervention cased at c.£250k GM through set up and management of working group.Skills:• Telecoms Knowledge – Gained commercial understanding of BT’s core products and SME market.• Team Work – Collaboration and management of working groups across product, commercial and finance. • Independence – Able to work and make decisions for the good of the business and the customer through independent analysis Show less

  • Product Manager - TV Outside Broadcast

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Product Manager - Indoor Small Cells

    May 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Commercial Trading Manager - SME

    Sept 2018 - May 2019
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  Discovery Inc

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

  Product Manager - Sports Video

  Responsible for the sports video experience across Eurosport and Discovery+ Sports, with a key focus on the Olympics and next generation video experience.Working across CTV, mobile and web platforms

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  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Apr 2022 - now

  Lead on interactive sports experiences and stats.Working across WBD Sport brands and devices types.Focus on platinum rights such as Champions League, Olympics and Grand Slams Lead on the digital interactive sports video experience for WBD Sports Working across all platforms types

  • Senior Product Manager - Sports

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Product Manager - Sports

    Apr 2022 - Nov 2023