Senior Product Manager, Platform
The Smule mission is to connect people all over the world through the joy of making music at massive social scale. Music is much more than just listening… It's about creating, sharing, discovering, participating, and connecting with people. It is a social network with the power to break down barriers, touch souls and bring people together from all over the world.
Smule today has 40 million monthly active users and is still growing at a fast pace. We’re looking for a seasoned product leader who can work directly with our teams to lead and develop a vision to scale our platform and deliver the most relevant content to our global users.
The Ideal Candidate
- Is an expert in consumer facing mobile products
- Has experience in launching products that deliver audio/video content
- Has been battle tested in a high intensity start-up environment
- Has a strong quantitative orientation
- Is passionate about connecting the world through music
- Has experience navigating ambiguity and change with enthusiasm and a positive attitude
Role / Responsibilities
- Own the Platform roadmap, driving our strategy to scale our content curation and delivery infrastructure
- Coordinate with marketing, engineering, and design teams to deliver new features
- Work with our community team to engage with and solicit feedback from our passionate user base
- Collaborate with leadership on a long term platform strategy and how it translates into tactical initiatives
- Plan, execute and analyze multivariate tests. Manage and report on key performance indicators that measure product capabilities against business goals
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience
- 3+ years of product management experience building consumer facing products
- Strong quantitative orientation a must; uses data and metrics to make sound product decisions but also understands how to collect and leverage qualitative feedback
- Excellent oral and written communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively with business and technical people
- Relentlessly positive attitude, ability to inspire and motivate even during difficult times
Preferred
- Mathematics, Economics, or CS/Engineering BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
- Entrepreneurial / start-up experience (founder/co-founder a plus)
- Experience with platform solutions with a global user base
What We Do
We believe that music is much more than just listening— it's about creating, sharing, discovering, participating, and connecting with people. It is the original social network with the power to break down barriers, touch souls and bring people together from all over the world.