Principal Product Manager, Platforms - JR0025249_TX

Yahoo Holdings • Richardson, TX

380d • $150,380 - $327,025 • Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Product Manager for Platforms at Yahoo is responsible for setting the vision and delivering an exceptional developer experience across various platform pillars, including Developer Productivity, CI/CD, Cloud, and Data. This role involves collaborating with engineering leaders to enhance business delivery and customer success through innovative platform solutions.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering/Statistics (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years of experience in product management working on cloud or developer tools
• 10 years of industry experience in software services
• 2 years of experience as a software developer
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of modern cloud services and architectural patterns

Nice To Haves

• Masters in Business Administration

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative platform solutions that reduce cognitive load, save costs, and improve the performance and reliability of engineering systems across the company
• Work backwards from internal customers across the company to understand product and feature needs
• Utilize various feedback gathering techniques, including surveys, interviews, product analytics, etc. to gain insight into customer needs
• Disambiguate customer problems and translate them into clearly defined minimum viable products
• Drive and improve key product metrics and business goals
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, procurement, and other functions to balance tradeoffs between costs, technical feasibility, timelines, and other constraints
• Partner with engineering to prioritize product capabilities and engineering needs
• Execute on go-to-market internally to drive adoption, usage, and closing the feedback loop
• Contribute to setting the strategic vision for the platform

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401K savings plan
• Company holidays
• Vacation
• Sick time
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree