Manager, Product Management (Broadcast Team, WhatsApp)

www.grapevinejobs.co.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company seeks a Manager for the Product Management team for its Broadcast division. You will oversee product managers, driving strategic execution and innovation while collaborating across various teams to adapt to fast-paced requirements. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in product management and team leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management.
• Experience hiring, managing, and developing team members.
• Experience driving change and improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Broadcast Product Management Team at WhatsApp.
• Manage multiple products and priorities, ensuring effective team goals.
• Support innovative product ideation and development.

Skills

Product Management

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Presentation Skills

Leadership

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Job description

Manager, Product Management (Broadcast Team, WhatsApp)

In this role, you'll be responsible for leading the Broadcast Product Management Team at WhatsApp. You'll be supporting the Broadcast Team, leading a talented group of PMs who are responsible for all broadcast products across WhatsApp.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of product managers and operate as “site manager” for the Growth & Broadcast Pillar in London

• Support team through the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative products

• Establish shared vision across the company by building consensus on strategies and priorities leading to product execution

• Supports and motivates a team of product managers, engineers and other cross-functional representatives, and maintains team health.

• Frequently identifies significant product, organizational, and process opportunities and drives them to fruition often without explicit direction and resourcing

• Understand WhatsApp’s strategic and competitive position and deliver products that are recognized as best in the industry

• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm

• Manage multiple products and priorities, scale teams, and ensure the org is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurable goals

• Move fast to drive alignment and execution – Turn high volumes of different actions into repeatable processes and playbooks, and get alignment within and across teams through both influence and framing clear escalations when team priorities conflict

• Manage multiple products and priorities, scale teams, and ensure org is effective, healthy and set up for success by establishing clear and measurable goals – Collaborate, navigate and influence product teams across WhatsApp Consumer, Business, Privacy, Growth and GenAI and broader Meta organization (Instagram, Facebook)

• Drive operational and analytical rigor – Drive internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions to reduce operational overhead, streamline decision-making and accelerate overall execution

• Manage business reviews (e.g., weekly/monthly business reviews, functional reviews, and other key meetings, staff meetings, and all hands meetings.

Minimum Qualification:

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management

• 8+ years of experience working collaboratively with engineering, design and user research teams

• 5+ years of experience hiring, managing, and developing both individual contributors and leaders

• Willingness to execute on projects and drive individual work-streams/projects but also zoom out for team leaders to focus on the key decisions and sequence of deliverables

• Experience driving change and improving end-to-end processes

• Experience flourishing in an environment of fast growth and ambiguity

• Experience influencing and building alignment with leadership through problem-solving, analytical skills and presentation skills

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience

• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking and thought leadership

• Experience defining what resourcing is needed to achieve those goals and effectively advocate for that.

Preferred Qualification:

• 8+ years of experience developing social products, technologies and platforms.

Next Step:

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