Lead Product Manager, Messaging

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. Own the jobseeker messaging product domain and its portfolio-level KPIs .

Posted 9/16/2026full-timeSanta Monica • California • United StatesSenior💰 $215,000 - $255,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management with a focus on messaging strategies that enhance user engagement and business outcomes. Proficient in SQL, A/B experimentation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize messaging products at scale.

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Product ManagementSQL ProficiencyA/B ExperimentationUser ResearchEmail Deliverability

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Hard Skills

Product StrategyMessaging OptimizationData AnalysisLifecycle MessagingMachine Learning ApplicationFeature ShippingEngagement MetricsUser Trust ManagementChannel OrchestrationGrowth Automation

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCollaborationAutonomyUser AdvocacyProblem Solving

Industry Keywords

Two-Sided MarketplaceSender ReputationCompliance RegimesOpt-In/Opt-Out SystemsEmail Marketing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the jobseeker messaging product domain and its portfolio-level KPIs
Decide which messages exist, their purpose, recipients, timing, volume, and channels
Optimize dozens of message types across engagement, retention, trust, and revenue outcomes
Monitor applications delivered, activation, retention, unsubscribes, complaint rates, and revenue from email placements
Design, analyze, and resolve experiments with attention to long-term business health
Partner with engineering teams responsible for the messaging platform
Collaborate with recommendation, matching, ranking, data science, machine learning, and marketplace teams
Protect deliverability, sender reputation, compliance, and opt-in/opt-out systems
Represent jobseekers for off-platform touchpoints through user conversations and research
Develop the product strategy and narrative for messaging’s impact on users and the business

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of proven success in product management, with a record of delivering results
Comfortable in SQL and fluent in A/B experimentation
Experience owning email, push, or lifecycle messaging products at consumer scale
Understanding of the tension between engagement volume and user trust
Understanding of leveraging machine learning to solve user problems
Experience shipping product features powered by ranking, relevance, or recommendation models
Passion for speaking directly with users and personally conducting user research
Clear written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate across engineering, data science, design, and go-to-market stakeholders
Highly driven and able to thrive with autonomy
Preferred: experience at a two-sided marketplace
Preferred: experience building message selection, frequency capping, channel orchestration, or growth/CRM automation systems at scale
Preferred: working knowledge of email deliverability, sender reputation, and compliance regimes including SMS/RCS

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Exceptional benefits package
Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
Employer-matched 401(k) plan
Medical, financial, and other benefits
Equity, bonuses, commission, or other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of a total compensation package