Description

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and own the product strategy for Ziff Davis Shopping’s browser extension and mobile app, aligning with company goals and customer needs.
• Develop and manage a multi-year roadmap, prioritizing initiatives that enhance usability, engagement, and monetization.
• Lead a team of product managers, fostering a high-performing, data-driven, and customer-focused culture.
• Work closely with executive leadership to align product initiatives with business objectives and revenue growth strategies.

Customer-Centric Innovation

• Leverage user research, analytics, and experimentation to deeply understand user behavior, friction points, and opportunities for improvement.
• Drive innovation in automated savings, real-time deal discovery, and seamless checkout experiences within installables.
• Identify and execute on opportunities to increase retention, engagement, and daily active users through personalization and gamification.
• Lead the integration of loyalty program features into our installables, ensuring seamless and rewarding user experiences.

Execution & Delivery

• Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle, ensuring timely execution from ideation to launch and iterative improvements.
• Implement rapid testing methodologies, including A/B testing, MVP launches, and user feedback loops to validate new features.
• Partner with engineering, UX/UI, marketing, and data teams to deliver high-quality, scalable products that meet business objectives.
• Proactively manage risks, trade-offs, and dependencies to ensure smooth product development and delivery.
• Oversee the complete revamp of our mobile application, ensuring it aligns with evolving customer needs and business goals.
• Collaborate with the Loyalty Platform team to ensure backend development supports new loyalty-driven user experiences and capabilities.

Performance & Growth

• Establish and track key performance metrics (KPIs) to measure success, including activation, retention, and revenue impact.
• Drive a test-and-learn culture, leveraging experimentation to continuously refine the user experience and optimize conversion funnels.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive landscapes, and emerging technologies to ensure our installables remain best-in-class.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Experience

• 10+ years of product management experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role managing product teams.
• Proven track record of building and scaling consumer-facing installable products (browser extensions and/or mobile apps).
• Strong background in e-commerce, fintech, loyalty, or rewards-based products preferred.
• Experience leading major product revamps and launching loyalty-driven experiences.

Strategic & Analytical Thinking

• Ability to synthesize data, customer insights, and market trends into actionable product strategies.
• Strong analytical mindset, using data to drive decisions, validate hypotheses, and optimize performance.

Innovation & Experimentation

• Experience driving a culture of rapid experimentation, A/B testing, and iterative improvements.
• Strong understanding of growth strategies, retention mechanics, and engagement-driving features.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Experienced people leader with a passion for developing and mentoring product managers.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, design, marketing, and executive teams.
• Proven ability to coordinate with backend teams to align infrastructure development with product innovation.

Technical Acumen

• Understanding of modern software development practices, including APIs, SDKs, agile methodologies, and data platforms.
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams to deliver scalable and high-performance solutions.

Customer Focus

• Deep empathy for users and a relentless drive to solve customer pain points.
• Passion for crafting intuitive and frictionless experiences that drive user adoption and engagement.

 We Offer Great Benefits: 

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance (including domestic partner coverage) + pet insurance
• Flexible Vacation / Paid Time Off
• Charitable Giving Programs that include Paid Time off to volunteer and donation match
• Family Planning Programs like MAVEN Fertility Concierge
• Pregnancy and Paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
• 401K savings plan with employer match 
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Wellness Programs: Gym reimbursement, Lose It! and Calm subscriptions
• Hybrid, Remote and Flexible work arrangements
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can collaborate with teams across the company while making an impact in the areas that most excite you!