Sr. Product Manager Gaia and TF Platform
- Role
- Product
- Experience
- Senior
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Senior product manager to own the vision and roadmap for the Gaia GPS mapping platform. Needs 7+ years in consumer product management, P&L ownership, and the ability to work in the US (no visa sponsorship).
Optional skills
At Outside, we are dedicated to becoming the home for active lifestyle participants. We create innovative, motivating services that make people more aware of the possibilities with their activities, training, and nutrition, and aim to motivate them with more knowledge and inspiration everyday.
At Outside, employees live our mission. We are passionate about what we do for the active lifestyle participant and we practice what we preach. Outside has an infectious and lively culture and we recognize our successes at our frequent all-hands meetings. We stand behind our mission and are committed to becoming the home for active lifestyle participants.
What you'll do
- Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Gaia GPS’ mapping properties and ensure that it aligns with the overall product and company vision of inspiring people to get outside.
- Help guide the vision of our mapping platform so that we can build amazing social, planning, and scalable services that bring Outside Mapping into the future.
- Partner with the Trailforks founder and product leadership as we build the world’s best mapping platform.
- Build relationships with the goal of developing re-usable architecture and features that will help Gaia, Trailforks, and MapMy continue to grow but that also allows re-use across the various teams.
- Deeply understand customer needs, and be the champion and voice of Outside’s users.
- Write product briefs and user stories, and collaborate with your partners in marketing, engineering, and design to ship features that we are proud of and that our members love.
- Make tough tactical prioritization decisions, balancing short-term needs with long-term product direction for our brands.
- Define and own the metrics of success. Evangelize those metrics throughout the company, and use them to drive insights and new product hypotheses.
- Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to effectively build, launch, and communicate new product features.
- Discover and validate new product opportunities for Outside.
- Help us achieve our vision and execute our strategy by uncovering and developing new ideas for our brands.
- Provide strong mentorship, guidance, and leadership to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development while ensuring a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
What they require
- You have 7+ years of product management experience, working on consumer applications where you’ve demonstrated your ability to discover, define, and deliver products.
- You have a strong background in user-facing applications with a significant portion of your career dedicated to taking products from inception to deployment and measuring their impact.
- You have experience in owning the P&L for specific business units.
- You can work with highly passionate people, including co-founders who are still managing their businesses to help them understand your vision and approach and get buy-in.
- You can establish rapport with a variety of people and get buy-in from stakeholders at all levels and areas of experience.
- You have experience with customer research and know how to get feedback at the right time from the right customers to help inform your product decisions.
- You have demonstrated experience collaborating closely with product designers and engineers to ship high-quality products that delight users.
- Your strong commitment to user experience shines through in your work, as you genuinely care about creating exceptional mobile and web experiences.
- You have a keen eye for detail and appreciate the significance of the 'little things' that contribute to making the experience delightful for users.
- You have excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
- You have experience with modern software development and testing approaches.
- You are entrepreneurial-minded and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You handle uncertainty with confidence. You are execution-focused and driven to ship great products to customers.
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Vision
- Dental
- Retirement
- Flexible Time Away
- Sick leave
- Potential bonus or commission (as additional compensation)
Outside Interactive, Inc., the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offers best-in-class content and experiences to more than 70 million of the world’s most passionate outdoor, wellness, and endurance enthusiasts every month.