Principal Technical Product Manager II

Summary

Join Life360's Horizons team as a Technical Principal Product Manager, II! This high-level individual contributor role focuses on defining and implementing the future vision of the Life360 platform. You will ensure the platform's scalability, resilience, and developer optimization, while driving the creation of valuable platform services for 70 million members. You'll define the technical strategy, focusing on critical systems like identity management and infrastructure. This remote-first position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Life360 is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Apply today!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years focusing on platform, identity management, infrastructure, or similar technical initiatives
• Experience managing large-scale consumer-facing platforms with over 10 million monthly active users
• Strong technical background with the ability to understand complex engineering concepts and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven track record of partnering closely with engineering teams to deliver platform solutions that are adopted by developers and enhance user experiences
• Deep understanding of platform services such as identity management, infrastructure, or related systems. Experience in defining and executing platform strategies that support scalable and reliable products
• Experience in leveraging data and analytics to drive decision-making, prioritize initiatives, and measure success. Understanding of the limitations of data and the ability to make informed decisions with incomplete information
• Proven excellence in defining a winning product strategy and driving its tactical execution
• Experience in effectively working with multiple teams for collaboration and company-wide project delivery
• Time management skills and ability to prioritize independently
• Personifies our values: Be a good person; Be direct, with respect; Members before metrics; High intensity, high impact

Responsibilities

• Use a deep understanding of our customers wants and needs combined with extreme attention to detail to deliver a world-class platform that is adopted by developers and pushes the customer experience and the business forward
• Have extremely high agency and do what it takes to ensure product changes land in the hands of our members quickly and at high quality
• Influence and drive the product roadmap for platform services such as identity management and infrastructure, balancing immediate needs with long-term scalability and performance goals
• Collaborate closely with embedded engineering teams working on platform initiatives to deliver scalable and reliable solutions that allow developers to meet user needs
• Work on a cross-functional team that’s responsible for creating a first-class platform experience. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team
• Work with Engineering and Design and act as an accelerator to bring new experiences to customers faster and ensure we develop feature platforms that are easily extended and expanded to new use cases
• Think about and understand the systems that power complex software and see how a symphony of systems working together create the experience an end user will have. Additionally, think about features beyond user value and how they can be created as systems working in concert with what already exists today
• Define the success criteria for initiatives, using opportunity sizing to prioritize initiatives and understand how audiences are responding to the experiences created for them. Leverage data and analytics to prioritize initiatives, measure success, and inform future platform development. Use data to understand how platform changes impact user experience and business metrics

Preferred Qualifications

• Bonus for having done so in complex consumer experiences
• You naturally gravitate to risk taking and big swings and are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products