A Little About Us
At Yahoo, we operate thousands of services at a global scale, reaching hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our internal developer platform powers these services and lets our developers build rapidly, securely, and with high quality.
A Lot About You
We are looking for a motivated Principal Product Manager who can set the vision and deliver a delightful developer experience for one of our platform pillars, which include Developer Productivity, CI/CD, Cloud, and Data. In this role, you will partner with engineering leaders across all of Yahoo to find ways to accelerate business delivery and customer success.
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
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
Preferred
Masters in Business Administration
The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.
Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.
The compensation for this position ranges from $150,380.00 - $327,025.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.
If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.
Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.