Product Manager, Spectacles Payments and Cloud Services

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

28d•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles. Spectacles is home to our hardware products with a world-class research & development team. We are focused on pushing the boundaries of what a camera can be, specifically overlaying computing on the real world. We are looking for an experienced software Product Manager to join our Spectacles team at Snap Inc! What you’ll do: Leverage your product expertise to drive impact for multiple product areas, including a new payment platform and robust Lens distribution system to enable the Spectacles Lens Store Bring emerging cloud & cloud based AI capabilities to the Spectacles platform Deliver on a private and secure end to end platform including cloud, mobile, and on device components Prototype new concepts and capabilities, which will require a level of technical expertise and experience with software development environments Set, test, and validate our performance expectations across the full stack Use a strategic mindset to identify gaps and opportunities for the product and communicate those to leadership and your teams Manage ambiguity and turn high level direction into actionable plans with well-defined product milestones Work collaboratively and lead cross functional work streams Use an adaptable approach to problem solving that takes into account the variety of problems and challenges in a long product development cycle Use signals from your users, executives, peers, and teams to define clear and focused priorities for your teams to ensure optimal execution Act as a steward of the process of creating a product from the early seeds of an idea to designing, building, shipping, and maintaining a valuable product for your users rather than a gatekeeper with a focus on creating a highly collaborative environment Constantly edit and communicate the narrative driving the product purpose, scope, and priorities to ensure it’s cohesive and consistent enough to achieve focus, and clarity Scope projects in terms of engineering resources, and write out specs outlining how these software products will be built and how they would integrate with the existing/future hardware Work with core engineering to identify the most efficient way to build products that scale Write Lookr / SQL queries for data analysis and A/B testing Potentially write some code to get foundational prototypes both on device and on server side Work hand-in-hand with engineers to scope projects, identify problems, and efficiently develop solutions.

Requirements

Ability to define and lead cross-functional projects to completion with minimal guidance
Ability to communicate to others clearly and effectively
Ability to execute against defined objectives both tactically and strategically
A team player who can collaborate with engineers, designers, and other cross-functional teams
Experience creating integrated hardware/software products or platform/ecosystem products
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience in a technical speciality
4+ years of product management and/or related industry experience at a consumer electronics or technology company
Experience in payments systems and/or content distribution systems

Nice To Haves

1+ years of full product lifecycle experience delivering an AR/VR/XR device or related product
Bachelor of science degree in engineering or other technical discipline; i.e. Systems Engineering, Computer Science
Experience in cloud based platform services
Experience in platform security and approaches to privacy
Experience in emerging cloud AI capabilities
Knowledge of engineering first principles (both hardware and software engineering highly preferred) and knowledge of the software development life cycle that would be used in overall systems design for shipping Software Development Kits, User Interface/User Experience Design, and advancement of AR/Hardware integrations for future product releases and essential to assigning priorities to specific features / product launches
Direct engineering / system design experience to understand build complexity; this will greatly improve how we prioritize features to ensure we build a product that is quick to launch while also being scalable in the long term.
Being able to wear both a PM and an Engineering hat

Responsibilities

Leverage your product expertise to drive impact for multiple product areas, including a new payment platform and robust Lens distribution system to enable the Spectacles Lens Store
Bring emerging cloud & cloud based AI capabilities to the Spectacles platform
Deliver on a private and secure end to end platform including cloud, mobile, and on device components
Prototype new concepts and capabilities, which will require a level of technical expertise and experience with software development environments
Set, test, and validate our performance expectations across the full stack
Use a strategic mindset to identify gaps and opportunities for the product and communicate those to leadership and your teams
Manage ambiguity and turn high level direction into actionable plans with well-defined product milestones
Work collaboratively and lead cross functional work streams
Use an adaptable approach to problem solving that takes into account the variety of problems and challenges in a long product development cycle
Use signals from your users, executives, peers, and teams to define clear and focused priorities for your teams to ensure optimal execution
Act as a steward of the process of creating a product from the early seeds of an idea to designing, building, shipping, and maintaining a valuable product for your users rather than a gatekeeper with a focus on creating a highly collaborative environment
Constantly edit and communicate the narrative driving the product purpose, scope, and priorities to ensure it’s cohesive and consistent enough to achieve focus, and clarity
Scope projects in terms of engineering resources, and write out specs outlining how these software products will be built and how they would integrate with the existing/future hardware
Work with core engineering to identify the most efficient way to build products that scale
Write Lookr / SQL queries for data analysis and A/B testing
Potentially write some code to get foundational prototypes both on device and on server side
Work hand-in-hand with engineers to scope projects, identify problems, and efficiently develop solutions

Benefits

Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back!
We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms.
Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

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