Senior Director, Product Management

About This Role

Strava is the leading social platform for athletes and the largest sports community in the world, with over 135 million athletes in 195 countries. If you sweat you’re an athlete, and Strava’s mobile apps and website connect millions of active people every day.

Strava is hiring a Senior Director of Product Management to lead part of our Product Management organization. Strava’s mission is to empower people to live their best active lives and this position will play an integral leadership role in bringing that mission to life. 

This role will be based in our San Francisco office with a hybrid in-office work requirement of at least 3 days per week

For more information on compensation and benefits, please click here. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Vision:
• Set strategic product vision and spearhead the product development cycle process to see that vision implemented and iterated upon.
• Drive the development of new distinctive features and experiences that engage and motivate millions of athletes that lead to quantifiable outcomes
• Develop and lead other product managers building the next generation of product leaders at Strava.
• Inspire cross-functional teams on an established product vision and set of priorities
• Cultivate an inclusive and high-performing team culture.
• Collaboration and Execution:
• Communicate cross-functionally and build trusting and influential partnerships with leaders across Business, Design, Engineering, and Analytics functions and customers from a wide variety of teams around the world
• Set the example and culture of how other product managers collaborate positively with design and engineering teams
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to launch A/B tests and other initiatives that provide valuable insights and drive key performance metrics.
• Excel in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly collaborative environment.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Maintain a growth mindset, always seeking ways to refine frameworks and processes.
• Build up product managers and our product development process with outstanding ways of working and collaboration
• Partner with team leads across functions to develop and implement effective product strategies.
• Utilize data and user research to develop deep empathy for Strava athletes.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of product management or related industry experience
• 8 years of experience hiring, managing, and developing both individual contributors and leaders
• Proven success in shipping features that delight users and improve key company metrics
• Expertise in a hypothesis-driven, iterative approach to product development, including extensive experience with A/B testing and other validation methods.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative data to frame problems and develop effective solutions
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, with a focus on empowering and encouraging your team

About Strava

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. And with billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and audacious vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. And just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community – we are continuously striving to hire and engage diverse teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

In light of the global pandemic, Strava is currently working in a distributed capacity. As always, we remain committed to fully supporting our employees, especially their mental health and wellbeing, through these challenging times. Despite challenges in the world around us, we are continuing to grow camaraderie and positivity within our culture and we are unified in our commitment to becoming an antiracist company. We are differentiated by our truly people-first approach, our compassionate leadership, and our belief that we can bring joy and inspiration to athletes’ lives — now more than ever. All to say, it’s a great time to join Strava!

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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