Senior Product Manager II

VSCO•San Francisco, CA

42d•$150,000 - $175,000

About The Position

VSCO is looking for an ambitious and high agency Senior Product Manager to bring to life new product experiences that help photographers build more sustainable businesses for their incredible work. Photography isn’t just an art form, it’s a business. Today, many photographers make a living through VSCO. We believe we should be a bigger part in enabling – and participating in – that economic exchange. This is where you come in: in this role, you will define what this future looks like. You’ll identify the right opportunities, validate the most promising ones, and lead the development of products that help photographers unlock more income through VSCO. In helping photographers better monetize their work, you’ll ensure VSCO shows up as a true opportunities platform for photographers, not just a creative one. We need someone ready to bring their deep curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, problem-solving skills, and authentic self to the job every day. As a member of our Product Management team, the company will look to you to drive economic opportunities and potential new business lines from the ground up. You’ll operate with founder-like ownership and lead close collaboration with our users, Engineering, Design, Data, Marketing , Finance, Trust & Safety and Legal teams to grow VSCO to the next order of magnitude, while deepening the love photographers have for our brand. This role is a mix of forward-thinking strategy and user-centered product development. You’ll work at both a strategic and tactical level, turning new technologies, research, data, and intuition into THE platform where photographers turn and grow as pros.

Requirements

5 -8 years as a full-time Product Manager with experience building for the creator economy
Strong systems thinking and 0 → 1 product experience that made a difference for your customer and drove business growth
Strategic judgement on monetization design and can reason through take-rate tradeoffs
Experience building payout infrastructure (Stripe Connect, PayPal Payouts, or similar), not just checkout
Delivered infrastructure heavy work, not just UI-layer features, and can go deep with engineering on payment infra reliability requirements
Previous exposure and understanding of KYC and the compliance side of payouts – you know what questions to bring to legal and finance and can deeply partner with them on possible solutions
A strong grasp of product strategy. You can define it, get buy-in from leadership, and motivate cross-functional teams to make that strategy a success
Superb spoken and written communication skills. You are a compelling storyteller that can digest a very complex product and problems and break them down to the entire company in easy to understand ways
You move fast, have high level of personal ownership, and are a natural instigator
You’re a strong partner to cross-functional teammates – understanding when it’s right to collaborate vs lead
You’re a great prioritizer, have strong instincts when it comes to what matters, and have experience making tough but smart trade-offs. You care about outcomes and output
You thrive in fast-paced startup environments where being comfortable with ambiguity and being resourceful are critical skills

Nice To Haves

A deep understanding of photography and/or creative tooling industries
AI native product practices - You use AI tools by default in your own workflow
Founder-like levels of accountability

Responsibilities

Set the strategic direction and roadmap for VSCO Economy
Deeply understand the workflows, businesses, and economic needs of professional and aspiring photographers
Oversee delivery of innovative products and workflows that ensure successful outcomes for our users and for VSCO
Identify high-potential opportunities and lead discovery efforts to rapidly validate problems, willingness to pay, and business viability
Regularly speak with existing and potential customers to gather insights and inform direction
Actively uses AI tools to accelerate research, spec writing, data analysis, and decision-making
Build lightweight prototypes or automations using AI-assisted no-code tools to quickly specify and test hypotheses
Create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces and influence executive stakeholders through strong strategic thinking and communication
Be ruthless about scope and priority, even when flooded from multiple angles
Help shape future business lines for VSCO
Collaborate with cross functional partners to ensure cohesion across the overall VSCO experience