Senior PM — Core Experience

Francisco Partners; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Stock options

Job summary

NewsBreak is seeking a senior product manager to define the goals for experience work and lead cross-team delivery for the core NewsBreak app. You will own the For You feed experience and decide how local verticals enter the main feed, using data-driven analysis to predict churn and prioritize improvements.

You’ll manage one PM, run experiments, and decide what not to build as part of a disciplined product discovery process. Competitive compensation and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in consumer product with a solid shipping record.
• Ability to quote real post-launch numbers and explain gaps versus forecast.
• Preferred: feed or recommendation experience on a large-DAU product.
• Runs own analysis and designs experiments.
• Has killed features on purpose — deciding what not to build matters.
• People management experience.

Responsibilities

• Feature definition, PRDs, and cross-team delivery for the core NewsBreak app.
• The For You feed experience — including how and when local verticals enter the main feed.
• Rebuilding quality triage: rank experience issues by predicted churn impact, not complaint volume.
• Scaling directions the Lead PM has validated.
• Managing one existing PM.
• Produce a list of experience issues ranked by predicted churn impact.
• Replace “negative feedback volume” as the operating goal.
• Close the loop end-to-end on one or two high-priority issues.

Skills

Consumer product

Data analysis

Experiment design

People management

Post-launch metrics

Job description

About NewsBreak

Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, www.newsbreak.com/about

Why this role exists

The core product has no dedicated PM. Experience work is scattered across non-product teams and has long been aimed at “reduce negative feedback volume” — a defect metric with no established causal link to retention. This role is not just another shipper; it's someone who defines the right goal for experience work.

What you’ll own

• Feature definition, PRDs, and cross-team delivery for the core NewsBreak app
• The For You feed experience — including how and when local verticals enter the main feed
• Rebuilding quality triage: rank experience issues by predicted churn impact, not complaint volume
• Scaling directions the Lead PM has validated
• Managing one existing PM

What we’re looking for

• 5–8 years in consumer product with a solid shipping record
• You can quote real post-launch numbers — and explain the gap versus your forecast
• Preferred: feed or recommendation experience on a large-DAU product
• You run your own analysis and design your own experiments
• You've killed features on purpose — deciding what not to build matters as much as what to build
• People management experience

First 90 days

• Produce a list of experience issues ranked by predicted churn impact
• Replace “negative feedback volume” as the operating goal
• Close the loop end-to-end on one or two high-priority issues

The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training. At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents. Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.

Annual Base Pay Range

$200,000—$300,000 USD

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