Program Manager, App Store Optimization - Contract

Sia Experience • San Francisco, CA

5d • Remote

About The Position

Sia is seeking a contract Program Manager to manage app store listings for a flagship consumer app. The role owns all listing content across the App Store, Google Play, and the Chrome Web Store from request intake through publication, while developing an operating model for app listing management based on practices used by leading consumer app teams. This is a temporary, remote contract position expected to run through June 30, 2027, at 40 hours per week. The stated rate is $80–$90 per hour; the posting also notes that the exact rate varies based on factors including skills, experience, and location.

The Program Manager coordinates content requests and creative development with Product Design, Production Design, and Product Marketing; publishes updates directly to app store platforms; and ensures release accuracy and timing. The role also manages weekly screenshot updates across more than 10 device and platform surfaces, coordinates localized assets for supported languages, supports strategic listing features intended to drive growth, and builds the resourcing model and operating processes for the work.

Requirements

• Experience managing app store listings, ideally for a high-traffic consumer app.
• Hands-on familiarity with App Store Connect and Google Play Console.
• Strong program or project management skills, including intake management, prioritization, and tight weekly release cycles.
• Ability to work across design, marketing, product, and international teams.
• Strong attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy and timing.
• Ability to work independently and bring structure to a process that is still taking shape.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout employment; employment visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with localization workflows.
• Experience with custom product pages, in-app events, or app store optimization.

Responsibilities

• Run intake for app store content updates, triage requests, and coordinate creative development with Product Design, Production Design, and Product Marketing.
• Upload and publish content to the App Store and Google Play, ensuring release accuracy and timing.
• Own weekly screenshot updates across more than 10 surfaces, including iOS, Android phones, tablets, Apple Watch, Android Watch, CarPlay, Android Auto, and the Chrome Web Store.
• Coordinate localization with the international team and submit localized assets for every supported language.
• Identify ways to improve the current manual localization process.
• Enable strategic listing creative updates, including in-app events, custom product pages, and new App Store surfaces that drive growth.
• Build the resourcing model and operating processes for app listing management.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed