Head of Digital Product & Technology

Antenna Group is a leading international content, media and entertainment organization, owning and operating a diverse portfolio of global media assets across a variety of platforms: Television, Pay TV, OTT, Radio, Cinema Exhibition, Digital, Music, Publishing and Education, throughout Europe, North America and Australia. Antenna Group is currently seeking, to cover the following position:

Head of Digital Product & Technology

About the Role

The Digital Product & Technology Manager is a senior, hands-on role responsible for the technical performance, reliability and continuous evolution of ANTENNA Group’s digital products.

The role goes beyond technical operations and platform stability. It combines strong technical expertise with a product-oriented mindset, translating business and product requirements into practical technical solutions and ensuring their successful implementation.

Working closely with Product, Editorial, Audience & Growth, SEO, Development and external technology partners, the role will help deliver new digital capabilities, integrations and user-facing products across ANTENNA’s digital ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable troubleshooting a critical platform issue, evaluating a third-party technology, designing the technical approach for a new digital feature and working with Product teams to bring a new idea into production.

Job Description

Digital Product Implementation & Development

• Work closely with the Product Manager to translate product requirements into technical specifications, implementation plans and production-ready solutions.

• Lead or coordinate the technical implementation of new digital products, features and services across ANTENNA’s digital properties.

• Support the implementation of products and features such as newsletters, registration and login systems, commenting platforms, web push notifications, personalization, recommendation engines, gamification mechanics, live scores and other interactive services.

• Design the technical approach for new features, identifying required APIs, integrations, CMS capabilities, data flows and third-party services.

• Assess whether solutions should be developed internally, implemented through existing platform capabilities or delivered through external technology providers.

• Manage technical testing, QA, deployment and post-launch monitoring of new products and features.

• Identify dependencies, technical risks and scalability requirements early in the product development process. Technology Scouting & Product Innovation

• Continuously research emerging technologies, tools and digital product solutions relevant to media and publishing.

• Monitor international publishers and digital platforms to identify new features, technologies and implementation approaches that could be relevant to ANTENNA.

• Proactively propose technology-driven product improvements and new capabilities.

• Research and evaluate potential technology providers for services such as AI-powered audio/text-to-speech, personalization, commenting, live data, sports data, recommendation systems and audience engagement tools.

• Run technical evaluations and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) before recommending new technologies or vendors.

• Maintain awareness of developments in AI and automation that could improve editorial workflows, content distribution and user experience. SEO, Performance & Growth Technology

• Work closely with SEO, Performance and Audience & Growth teams to ensure that technical implementation supports audience and business objectives.

• Conduct technical reviews related to site speed, Core Web Vitals, crawlability, indexation, structured data and overall technical SEO.

• Support the implementation and technical validation of analytics, attribution, consent, audience measurement and experimentation tools.

• Identify technical improvements that can increase discoverability, engagement, retention and conversion.

• Ensure new features and third-party integrations do not negatively affect site performance, SEO, privacy or user experience. Platform & Technical Operations

• Own the availability, performance and stability of ANTENNA’s digital properties.

• Coordinate incident management, rapid resolution and post-incident analysis.

• Ensure platforms can scale effectively during major news events, live broadcasts and traffic spikes.

• Oversee technical monitoring, alerting and performance measurement across digital services.

• Coordinate deployments, platform updates and technical changes with internal and external development teams.

• Ensure appropriate disaster recovery, security and business continuity processes are in place. Streaming & Content Delivery

• Manage and continuously improve live-streaming and video delivery operations for ANTENNA digital properties.

• Collaborate with broadcast engineering and technology teams to integrate digital and traditional broadcast workflows.

• Monitor video quality and delivery performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Evaluate streaming technologies, CDN solutions and video-related technology partners. Vendor & Technology Partner Management

• Act as a key technical point of contact for technology vendors, development partners and third-party platforms.

• Translate business and product needs into clear technical requirements for external providers.

• Evaluate vendor solutions from a technical, operational, performance and integration perspective.

• Challenge vendor proposals and validate recommended architectures and implementation approaches.

• Coordinate technical onboarding and integration of new services.

• Work with Product, Procurement and Legal teams on vendor selection, contracts, SLAs and renewals.

• Monitor vendor performance and manage technical escalations when required. Security, Compliance & Data

• Ensure digital implementations comply with GDPR and relevant data protection requirements.

• Work with relevant teams on consent management, security, access control and data governance.

• Ensure third-party integrations meet ANTENNA’s security, privacy and performance standards.

• Support vulnerability management, security patching and disaster recovery planning. Reporting & Cost Governance

• Monitor technical KPIs, platform performance and service availability.

• Provide clear reporting on technical performance, risks, incidents and development priorities.

• Evaluate infrastructure, SaaS, API and third-party technology costs and identify opportunities for optimization.

• Support technical and commercial assessment of new technology investments.

Requirements

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in digital technology, web development, technical product management, technical operations or similar roles.

• Strong experience working with high-traffic digital products, ideally within digital media, publishing, broadcasting, OTT or another consumer-facing digital environment.

• Proven experience delivering digital products and features from requirement definition through technical implementation and launch.

• Demonstrated experience working with Product Managers, developers, UX/UI teams, SEO, analytics and business stakeholders.

• Experience evaluating and integrating third-party platforms, APIs and SaaS solutions.

• Experience managing external development teams and technology vendors.

• Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of modern web architectures, APIs, integrations and headless CMS environments.

• Good understanding of front-end and back-end development principles, sufficient to define technical requirements and challenge implementation decisions.

• Strong understanding of REST APIs, GraphQL and third-party service integrations.

• Experience with CMS platforms and content publishing architectures.

• Good understanding of cloud infrastructure and CDN technologies.

• Familiarity with video streaming technologies and digital media delivery.

• Understanding of technical SEO, Core Web Vitals and web performance optimization.

• Familiarity with analytics, tag management, consent management and audience measurement technologies.

• Ability to assess technical architecture, integration complexity, scalability and security implications of new products.

• Working knowledge of modern development and deployment processes, including Git, CI/CD and QA environments.

• Nice to Have

• Hands-on development experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Python or comparable technologies.

• Experience with personalization or recommendation engines.

• Experience integrating AI-powered services and APIs.

• Experience with newsletter platforms, commenting systems, authentication/registration platforms, web push or gamification products.

• Experience with sports data feeds, live-data providers or other real-time content integrations.

• Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation platforms.

• Experience within a newsroom or digital publishing environment.

• Soft Skills

• Strong product mindset combined with technical depth.

• Ability to translate business and editorial requirements into technical solutions.

• Curiosity about emerging technologies and digital product innovation.

• Strong research and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to independently investigate solutions and recommend the most appropriate technical approach.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Comfortable communicating with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong project management and prioritization skills.

• Ability to manage multiple vendors, integrations and projects simultaneously.

• Fluency in Greek and English, both written and spoken.

• High ethical standards, fitting with the Values of Antenna Group

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package

• Health and Life Insurance Plan

• Friendly and challenging working environment

• After the screening of the CVs, we will contact the candidates who meet the profile’s requirements to arrange an interview.

• The selected candidates will be invited to attend an initial interview and be informed about further steps. Please note that obtaining references might be part of the selection process.

• All applications are considered as strictly confidential.