Senior Product Manager, Smule Styles

Job Description

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 Styles is the most recent step on our mission to connect the world through music. Styles harness the musical knowledge and creativity of our user base to allow an everyday music lover to create incredibly expressive content, with just one tap. We’re looking for a seasoned product manager to own our Styles feature and companion Style Studio app.

The Ideal Candidate

• Is an expert in consumer facing mobile products
• 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

• Work daily with global team spread between San Francisco and Sofia, Bulgaria
• Own the Smule Styles roadmap, driving end-to-end development of features from ideation to launch
• Work directly with our UI/UX team to improve the usability of Styles and the Style Studio app
• Coordinate with technical design and creative teams to develop new audio and visual Styles
• Work with our community team to engage with and solicit feedback from our passionate user base
• Partner with marketing and CRM teams to develop feature launch plans
• Collaborate with leadership on a long term Styles 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 or CS Degree
• Entrepreneurial / start-up experience (founder/co-founder a plus)
• Experience with audio/visual technologies