Senior Product Manager, User Growth

SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery company dedicated to delivering quality information to the people who need it. Thanks to our unique machine-learning technology and relationships with more than 3,000 global publisher partners, we provide news that matters to millions of users.

Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, SmartNews also has offices in Palo Alto, New York, Beijing, and Singapore.

If you share our vision and are passionate about our mission, we encourage you to apply!

The Team

The Global Product Team is responsible for broadening the global reach of SmartNews.  Primarily, we are focused on the US News market as a means to broaden our footprint and provide more people high-quality news that they find essential.  Presently, we are building a new application called NewsArc. 

Your Role

Understanding and working in the app in real time as well as being a part of the development and strategy of how features are developed and understood in our application.  You will also be responsible for traditional areas like customer support, product marketing, and growth, but in very non-traditional, blended, ways.  You will constantly be hands-on and very close to our readers, working side-by-side with design, product, business, and engineering. Some of your responsibilities include:

• User Growth
• Product and feature development, release, and operation
• Customer support and feedback
• 3 days a week in office

Minimum requirements

• Growth Strategist:
• You are not a traditional marketer or a copywriter. You have a broad, product-minded approach to growth. You know how to define, build, and execute user acquisition strategies from scratch—no playbook, no hand-holding.
• User-Obsessed:
• You believe user insights are the foundation of great products. You actively seek out early adopters and power users, talk to them, listen deeply, and turn what you learn into both actionable acquisition strategies and product improvements.
• Doer with Range:
• You are hands-on and comfortable wearing multiple hats—jumping between landing page setup, lifecycle messaging, campaign tweaks, and customer support. You move fast and care about getting things right end-to-end.

Nice to have experiences/skills

• Software engineering experience
• Worked in small, focused teams/companies with responsibility and experience in customer facing work–in other words, someone who has made or been a part of a consumer product.
• Product design experience

Benefits available at the SmartNews US Office

• Compensation range: $135,000 to $241,500 base salary, plus bonus and equity
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Up to 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Benefit plan with monthly allowances
• Complimentary lunch, snacks, and beverages in the office