The Product Manager will lead a team in enhancing member recommendations, focusing on product quality and user experience through collaboration with business and technical teams.
Raya product managers should have 3+ years working on consumer mobile products. They are hands-on, diligent, and deliver products efficiently, with a focus on quality and an obsession with Raya members' experience. 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 meal delivery budget, equity based compensation, a great culture, unlimited vacation, an annual travel stipend, and 12 weeks and paid parental leave. You can see more at the bottom of our careers page: https://careers.rayatheapp.com/
What You'll Do
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the team responsible for our member recommendations.
- Develop deep, nuanced understanding of our unique product and the expectations of our global community, becoming a subject-matter expert regarding our recommendation philosophy and systems.
- Partner with business leaders, engineers, and data scientists to ideate, prioritize, plan, and ship impactful adjustments and improvements.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strongly versed in agile methodology and technical ticket writing
- The ability to clearly synthesize and execute the company’s product vision as it relates to recommendations
- Strong product intuition, deep understanding of our community, and ability to motivate and inspire a team
- A team player who can collaborate and build trust with engineers, 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 a product development roadmap and shipping consumer products
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- Track record of working on products with a high quality bar.
- Experience across the entire product lifecycle including: defining product needs, ideation, prioritization, development, pre/post-launch execution including A/B tests and analysis
- Experience running agile teams and processes
- Experience writing technical documentation
- Experience leading teams working with algorithmic recommendation systems and machine learning
- Strong in projecting timelines and building roadmaps
- A passion for helping people meet using technology
- No task is too big or too small
Top Skills
Agile Methodology
Machine Learning
Recommendation Systems
Technical Ticket Writing
Raya Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Raya is centrally located in Los Angeles. Our office is nestled among some of LA's best known sites, including LACMA and the Grove.
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