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Product Mgr V
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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We are looking for a Sr. Product Manager to help manage the Yahoo Mail Platform, services and technologies that enable the various Yahoo Mail experiences. You will assist with the development, management and deployment of next-generation services, mail platform, capabilities and further building upon the Yahoo Mail experience.
You will work closely with our product, engineering, and leadership teams to own, propose, develop, and launch experiences for our Yahoo mail users. We’re looking for candidates with a proven ability to work effectively with all levels within the organization, strong aptitude for technical services, life-cycle management, idea generation, and the ability to work with the subtleties of platform, services design and required needs for user facing features and functionality.
As such, the ideal candidate will exhibit an understanding of platforms, architecture, web services, API’s and overall foundational technologies.
In this role, you will:
• Use key metrics, data-driven decisions and product integration approaches to improve the overall Yahoo Mail product platform.
• Execute on the roadmap and priorities for the Yahoo Mail platforms and enable additional consumer products and services.
• Align and energize key stakeholders and team members responsible for the product and platform lifecycle.
• Think through every aspect of the platform across multiple screens, product features, capabilities assist in clear definition of service and platform requirements.
• Lead the full product & platform lifecycle – from ideation, design, requirements definition, through to delivery – collaborating with teams across the organization. Communicate a clear set of needs at all times to drive key trade-offs.
• Evangelize objectives and requirements across Yahoo! to position your product for success and garner any support required to successfully execute on your product.
• Work on a daily basis with the product, platform and front-end engineering teams as well as convey the overall Yahoo Mail platform needs & functionality.
• Work across various internal customers, groups and needs, whilst balancing product priorities and strategic alignment
Preferable Job Qualifications:
• Experience managing platform products, services or programs from the concept stage to launch
• A track record of managing, developing and launching products and services.
• Preferable technical experience, and experience driving and working with engineering teams
• Strong familiarity with platform and communication product paradigms, technology and trends
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with both business and technical teams
• 5+ years of experience in platform software product management
• Technical, Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to prioritize competing opportunities, balance market needs with business priorities, drive detailed trade-offs over the product lifecycle, manage conflict, and articulate the rationale behind decisions.
• Success leading complex projects/features across a global, cross-functional organization and demonstrated ability as a thought leader for key issues in that environment.
• Experience building mobile products is helpful.