Manager, Product Management (Broadcast Team, WhatsApp)

WhatsApp; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WhatsApp is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead the Broadcast Product Management Team in London. The role focuses on enhancing user engagement by managing innovative products that empower users to share and connect creatively. A successful candidate will possess deep expertise in product management and a robust technical background, with a focus on collaboration and leadership to drive exceptional results.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunity to work with a leading tech company

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Product Management.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Experience collaborating with engineering, design, and user research.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Broadcast Product Management Team.
• Drive growth and engagement for WhatsApp's broadcast products.
• Establish shared vision across teams and ensure successful product execution.

Skills

Product Management

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Leadership

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The way people share and communicate with each other continues to evolve, and we are looking for an experienced PM to manage our efforts to shape the future of how people share, connect, and discover the information on WhatsApp outside of messaging. WhatsApp will always be the place for your most important conversations but a growing part of private messaging is people sharing and communicating about content, whether it’s responding to a story, sharing a funny short form video with a friend, or sharing interesting public content from a channel. And we are looking for a product manager to lead this effort.This person will be responsible for leading the Broadcast Product Management Team at WhatsApp. In this role, this person will be supporting the Broadcast Team, leading a talented group of PMs who are responsible for all broadcast products across WhatsApp. This includes driving growth and engagement for both Channels (largest broadcast messaging feature in the world), Status (largest stories product in the world) and Updates Tab (most visited surface in the app besides Chat), while also developing new broadcast features and experiences. If successful, this person will make WhatsApp not just the best place for private conversations, but also the best place for people to share, connect and keep up-to-date with the people, information and businesses they care about most. This is a top-company priority, and we are looking for someone with a proven track record of building 0-1 features at scale. As a Product Manager at WhatsApp, you will be involved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next product innovation to working directly with designers and engineers to implement features. You will use your start-up mindset and your full range of product development skills to produce elegantly simple features. You’ll be expected to push the boundaries of what’s possible in a mobile app, while sharing in our healthy obsession for quality and attention to detail.

Manager, Product Management (Broadcast Team, 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 Qualifications:

• 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 Qualifications:

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

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.