Senior Product Manager, Mobile

  • Full-time

Company Description

Refinery29, the largest independent fashion and style website in the United States, delivers nonstop inspiration for smart, stylish and creative women everywhere.  For three years running, Refinery29 has been featured in Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 fastest growing companies, and in 2013 it was rated the #1 fastest growing media company in the US.  In 2014, Refinery29 was chosen as one of Fast Company’s World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Style, and won three Webby Awards including Best in Fashion & Beauty. For more information and to browse content, visit www.Refinery29.com

Job Description

Refinery29 is a rapidly-growing digital media company that delivers non-stop inspiration for living a more stylish and creative life.  From fashion to beauty to products and shopping, Refinery29 takes its users on a constant journey of style discovery.

The Mobile team mission is to help people find and enjoy R29 content as quickly and easily as possible. As we pursue this mission, we aspire to create a world class product that users, advertisers and content creators prize.

 

Our team:

The mobile team is first and foremost collaborative. Our developers have a deep understanding of the business goals and user experience. We support and challenge each other daily. We focus on real XP / Agile. Working with us means that you get better at what you already do. We do retrospectives on a regular basis to increase communication, contextualize initiatives with the team and take action on anything that isn't working for us. We don't pick our battles. The team is charged with finding the root cause of any issue and fixing it at the source. No band-aids.

 

What we're looking for: 

A deeply engaged, confident product manager that can own the room when negotiating with stakeholders. You use logic and knowledge of our users both qualitative and quantitative to inform your prioritization. 

You're open to new tools and methodologies.

 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

  • Work closely with senior management and the product team to translate the product vision into an actionable Product Strategy, Roadmap and opportunity backlog;
  • Work hands-on with the development team to prioritize, plan, and deliver features and enhancements to the product;
  • Ensure the product meets the needs of Refinery29's readers by soliciting frequent feedback and interacting with the community;
  • Foster cooperation and collaboration with the extended team; including Editorial, Marketing, and Revenue;
  • Find new opportunities and champion them regardless of platform;
  • Champion the importance of mobile within the business

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5+ years of product management experience, especially with web-based products (mobile knowledge huge plus);
  • Skilled at defining and prioritizing product ideas;
  • Strong leadership and communication skills;
  • Ability to collaborate well with engineering and marketing teams;
  • Interest in the changing landscape of publishing and new platforms;
  • Previous success working with a true agile development team;
  • Experience tagging and analyzing data via Google Analytics a plus;
  • Background in ux, design or software development essentially required

Additional Information

Refinery29 is firmly committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or veteran status, or physical or mental disability.

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