Product Manager
Los Angeles or Remote
Product /
Full-time /
Remote
In a world where many social apps measure their success by time spent online, Raya is a technology company focused on providing utility. Our iOS only app is a tool for discovery of and access to exciting people, opportunities and recommendations globally. We believe that by marrying great software with a membership based community built around core values of trust, authenticity and creativity, we can provide solutions that have heretofore been impossible.
Raya product managers should have 3+ years working on consumer mobile products.
A great candidate is excited to lead and be accountable for initiatives in messaging, connecting, and local based maps initiatives. They are diligent and deliver products efficiently, with strong user empathy and deeply thoughtful product strategy. Finally, they believe in Raya’s vision, which is to enrich lives by fostering relationships through quality, in person interactions.
We offer comprehensive medical and dental coverage, $50 a day delivery budget, equity based compensation, a great culture, learning opportunities, unlimited vacation, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and we pay all employees $1,000 a year to go somewhere in the world that they’ve never been because of our values of human connection, empathy, and curiosity. You can see more at the bottom of our careers page: https://careers.rayatheapp.com/
What You'll Do
- Be a leader in your product area by deeply understanding our unique product and the needs of our members and utilizing that understanding to manage the development of impactful, high quality features
- Partner with designers, engineers, and data scientists to build technology, systems, and products that redefine how our community uses our app
- Manage the day-to-day aspects of the product development cycle for your team
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strongly versed in agile methodology and technical ticket writing
- The ability to clearly outline and execute the company’s product vision
- Strong product intuition and ability to motivate and inspire a team
- A team player who can collaborate and build trust with engineers, designers, data science and other cross-functional teammates
- Ability to independently initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
- Communicate concisely and influence outcomes
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience managing the roadmap and shipping consumer products
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- Track record of taking a consumer product to market
- Experience across the entire product lifecycle including: defining product needs, prioritization, pre/post-launch execution including A/B tests and analysis
- Experience running agile teams and processes
- Experience writing technical documentation
- Strong in projecting timelines and building roadmaps
- A passion for helping people meet using technology
- No task is too big or too small
