Director, Product Management - WhatsApp India

Meta; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WhatsApp in India is seeking a Product Leader to oversee a new pillar, driving zero-to-one initiatives, and scaling payments features across the region. You will leverage extensive product management experience, work with ML/ranking teams, and partner across engineering, data science, design, and policy to push ambitious growth in a fast-moving mobile app environment.

The role demands strong analytical rigor, data-driven decision making, and a track record of delivering strategic outcomes in

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product management experience with at least 5 years leading PM teams
• Strong technical judgment and ability to partner with ML/ranking teams
• Experience managing a portfolio from 0-to-1 to billion-dollar scale
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership across engineering, data science, design, sales, partnerships, policy
• Experience applying analytical rigor and data-driven decision making to define and optimize product metrics
• Experience building and scaling early-stage growth efforts in AI-enabled products
• Proficiency in using AI tools as part of product development workflows
• Track record of executing strategy in the APAC region and payments infrastructure in emerging markets

Responsibilities

• Oversee the India pillar for WhatsApp as a zero-to-one effort
• Set ambitious long-term vision and drive product development from concept to launch
• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, data science, design, and partnerships
• Define and optimize product metrics with data-driven decision making
• Collaborate with ML/ranking teams on signal quality and delivery optimization
• Manage a portfolio of bets across multiple maturity stages in a fast-moving environment

Skills

Product leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Technical judgment

ML/ranking collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Metrics definition

Growth strategy

APAC experience

Education

B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About the Team

More than 3 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. In India, it is also where a great deal of everyday life gets done - people message businesses, coordinate their families, and increasingly send money as easily as they send a message.

About the Role

This PM and Market Leader of India will oversee the newly announced pillar for WhatsApp, treated as a zero-to-one effort so we can move fast, take risks, and build as we go. Staffed and prioritized, like every other WhatsApp pillar, from the very first day. Payments on WhatsApp aren't a bet on paper: live in India since 2020 and growing; the existing WhatsApp payments team moves across as the pillar's foundation.

As a Product Leader at WhatsApp, you will use your experience building products from early concept through launch in fast-moving environments and your full range of product development skills to produce intuitive, user-friendly features. You’ll be expected to push the boundaries of what’s possible in a mobile app, while sharing in our commitment to quality and attention to detail. This is a role for someone who can hold both the ceiling and the floor: sets an ambitious long-term vision for what WhatsApp can become in India.

• 15+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years leading PM teams (managing managers)
• Strong technical judgment and ability to partner with ML/ranking teams on signal quality, bidding systems, and delivery optimization
• Demonstrated ability to manage a portfolio of bets at different maturity stages — from 0-to-1 incubation to billion-dollar scaled products — simultaneously
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership: ability to drive alignment across engineering, data science, design, sales, partnerships, and policy
• Experience applying analytical rigor and data-driven decision-making, including defining and optimizing product metrics and data-driven decision-making, with experience in defining and optimizing metrics
• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science or a related field (Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Business)
• Experience in building and scaling early‑stage growth efforts
• Proficiency in using AI tools as part of day‑to‑day product development and general productivity workflow
• Track record of successfully executing the strategy in the APAC region
• Experience working with payment infrastructure in emerging markets