Sr. Product Manager, Maps Platform at Outside

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ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR CAREER TO NEW HEIGHTS? ARE YOU SEEKING A NEW CHALLENGE IN A DYNAMIC SECTOR?

This is a very exciting and highly innovative time here at Outside.

OUR TRUE NORTH:

Outside Interactive, Inc., the premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, offers best-in-class content and experiences to more than 70 million of the world’s most passionate outdoor, wellness, and endurance enthusiasts every month. We inspire a broad and diverse audience to do the activities they love with greater enjoyment, inspiration, and knowledge and are dedicated to making real change in the outdoor and fitness industries.

As the Sr. Product Manager for Maps Platform, you’ll own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for our premier mapping platform. You’ll collaborate with engineering, technical product management, and product design to bring amazing mapping experiences to life. You’ll work with cross-functional partners across Outside to learn, iterate, and shape the direction of the product over time. The outcome of your work is a technical and experiential mapping platform that powers Outside’s mobile and web mapping products.

What you will do

Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the platform that drives Gaia GPS, Trailforks and Outside’s mapping efforts. Ensure that it aligns with the overall product and company vision of inspiring people to get outside.
Deeply understand external customer and internal product team needs.
Write product briefs and user stories, and collaborate with your partners in marketing, engineering, and design to ship features that we are proud of and that our members love.
Make tough tactical prioritization decisions, balancing short-term needs with long-term product direction for our brands.
Define and own the metrics of success. Evangelize those metrics throughout the company, and use them to drive insights and new product hypotheses.
Collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to effectively build, launch, and communicate new product features.
Discover and validate new product opportunities for Outside.
Provide strong mentorship, guidance, and leadership to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development while ensuring a collaborative and high-performing work environment.

This describes you

You have 7+ years of product management experience, working on consumer applications where you’ve demonstrated your ability to discover, define, and deliver products.
You have experience with map layer/data/technology providers and the tradeoffs of cost and effort.
You have a profound background in platform strategy and development with a significant portion of your career dedicated to taking products from inception to deployment and measuring their impact. Your expertise in this area is extensive, reflecting your deep experience and involvement in the field.
You have experience in managing the P&L for specific business units, negotiating annual contracts, and working through opportunity cost analyses.
You have experience with customer research and know how to get feedback at the right time from the right customers to help inform your product decisions.
You have demonstrated experience collaborating closely with product designers and engineers to ship high-quality products that delight users.
Your strong commitment to user experience shines through in your work, as you genuinely care about creating exceptional mobile and web experiences.
You have excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
You have experience with modern software development and delivery practices, including AWS:S3, Lambda, and Cloudfront.
You have experience with the sales and BD process and are a partner to our sales teams.
You’re entrepreneurial-minded and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You handle uncertainty with confidence. You are execution-focused and driven to ship great products to customers.

These are pretty great to have

You have hands-on experience with platform-as-a-service providers such as Azure, AWS, GCP.
You possess hands-on experience with OpenStreetMap, ESRI, or consumer/enterprise mapping applications.
You have a systematic approach to designing tech and experience platforms that combine technologies that help power our products.
Hands-on experience solving and understanding complex geospatial challenges.
You have a solid background in working with geographic content, including maps, trails, map layers, and mapping products. Your experience encompasses products where maps play a crucial role in delivering an exceptional user experience, particularly in the context of outdoor adventure.
You are able to effectively integrate and optimize map-related functionalities, enhancing the overall user experience and ensuring seamless navigation in outdoor settings.

What We Offer:

Entirely remote jobs that could be performed in Colorado: Employees can expect to be paid a salary of between $120,000 to $180,000. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission . Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, Flexible Time Away, sick leave, and more. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Outside Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristics. Pursuant to applicable laws, we also make accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We believe a diverse team is a strong team, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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