Senior Product Manager - Goodnotes Text Editor

Goodnotes; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital note-taking company in London is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the evolution of the typing experience. The role involves defining vision, strategy, and roadmaps to enhance user interactions. Candidates should have over 5 years of product management experience, especially in consumer or productivity products, with a strong focus on UX principles and data-informed decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management, ideally within consumer or productivity products.
• Demonstrated experience in improving or building typing, text, or input systems.
• Proven ability to own complex product areas end‑to‑end.
• Deep understanding of UX principles around text input, layout, or editing experiences.
• Strong customer empathy with previous experience interacting directly with users.
• Data‑informed decision making skills.

Responsibilities

• Own one key area within our Canvas team for the Goodnotes application.
• Drive product vision and strategy to evolve the canvas experience.
• Collaborate closely with design and engineering for product requirements.
• Lead product discovery through user research and feedback.
• Drive product decisions through data and user insights.
• Prioritize features to maximize user value.

Skills

Product management experience

Improving typing systems

Deep understanding of UX principles

Customer empathy

Data-informed decision making

Excellent communication skills

Job description

At Goodnotes, we believe that every individual holds untapped potential waiting to be unleashed. By reimagining the way we interact with information, we’re merging human creativity with the breakthrough capabilities of AI. Our renewed vision and mission drive us to create the best medium for human and AI collaboration, empowering users to explore new dimensions of productivity, creativity, and learning. Join us on this journey as we transform digital note-taking into an inspiring and innovative experience.

Our Values:

Dream big
—Be visionary, strategic, and open to innovation

Build great things
—Work in service of our users, always improving and pushing higher

Operate as an owner
—Take responsibility with bold decision‑making and bias for action

Win like a sports team
—Be trusting and collaborative while empowering others

Learn and grow fast
—Never stop learning and iterate fast

Share our passion
—Share ideas and practice enthusiasm and joy

About the team

The Canvas team at Goodnotes is at the heart of our core note‑taking experience – used and loved by millions every day. We build and maintain the foundational components that turn any device into an endless, expressive digital notebook. This includes the drawing, writing, and typing tools, the canvas interaction model, content creation and editing flows, as well as our rendering engine. We value efficiency and focus, with minimal meetings and an emphasis on getting things done. You'll work closely with our product leadership, design team, and engineers to create exceptional experiences for our users.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Canvas team and lead the evolution of the typing experience in Goodnotes. In this role, you’ll define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for how millions of users type, write, and think digitally every day. You’ll also be responsible for delivery and execution, ensuring that the team’s efforts are focused on what matters most through clear, outcome‑driven decisions.

This is the role for you if you’re excited to work on the below:

• Own one of the key areas within our Canvas team which represents a central piece of the Goodnotes application and be on the critical path for future scale and growth of the company
• Drive the product vision and strategy and help evolve the canvas experience
• Collaborate closely with design and engineering to define product requirements and roadmaps
• Lead product discovery through user research, feedback, and market insights
• Drive product decisions through data and user insights
• Prioritize features and improvements to maximize user value

The skills you will need to be successful in the above:

• 5+ years of experience in product management, ideally within consumer or productivity products
• Demonstrated experience in improving or building typing, text, or input systems (e.g. rich text editors, note‑taking apps, document tools)
• Proven ability to own complex product areas end‑to‑end – from discovery, definition and strategy to delivery and iteration
• Deep understanding of UX principles, especially around text input, layout, or editing experiences
• Strong customer empathy with previous experience interacting directly with users
• Data‑informed decision making – able to define, measure, and interpret product success metrics
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a cross‑functional setting
• Solid understanding of technical foundations

Note: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks, including verification of employment, education, and criminal records.