Meetup is seeking Product Managers who have an insatiable curiosity about community, with a passion for developing an online experience that supports face-to-face gathering. You are constantly questioning the status quo and have a passion for turning ideas into great products and experiences. You are your own biggest critic and are looking to channel your creativity into a product that provides millions of people with endless opportunities to form local community groups based on common interests.
As a Product Manager at Meetup, you will:
- Generate ambitious and well-designed product ideas based on member needs and company strategy.
- Drive a product through its entire development cycle, from concept to launch, with a strong focus on details but never losing sight of the big picture.
- Help your team work together smoothly and be its advocate to the rest of the staff; coordinate across teams and collaborate with management, customers, partners and other staff members when needed.
- Plan user testing and split testing, communicate with members to uncover their needs, get feedback on launched projects.
- Gather information and requirements, set and track the most relevant metrics to a product, track past projects and identify ways to optimize them.
- Always remain an expert on the Meetup web site and user experience.
To be a successful Product Manager at Meetup, you must have:
- Solid experience working in a product management capacity at a consumer facing web company (social networking and agile, start-up environment preferred)
- A strong understanding of current web technologies, standards and how the web ecosystem is evolving.
- Experience and success in using team-based software development concepts that drive to iterative launches.
- Strategic and holistic thinking to balance and prioritize short-term solutions with long-term vision
- A strong entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to rally internal support for ideas
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- A strong design and usability sense driven by the ability to step into a user's shoes and advocate for them
- Excellent writing, organizational, and time management skills
- Enthusiasm for working collaboratively on cross-functional teams and coordinating between them
Every member of the Meetup Team is expected to: be an Innovator; be a Collaborator; be a Champion for their ideas; be an Expert; have High Standards; be dedicated to the power of self-organized groups and our mission of A Meetup Everywhere About Most Everything ("MEME"); and most importantly, Get Stuff Done That Makes a Difference!
Want to learn more about how we work and our focus on usability? Check out:
http://www.slideshare.net/glusman/lean-usability And scenes from our latest hackathon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEb0C-IPyA If the above describes you and your passions, we want to hear from you!
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