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| Product Manager, Yahoo! Personals (sunnyvale) |
| Personals |
| 03/15/06 |
Yahoo! Personals, one of the company's fastest growing premium services, seeks a Product Manager, with entrepreneurial spirit to take ownership of our extension and distribution strategy. Based on the market requirements and opportunities that you define, you will work with a talented team of engineers and designers to develop applications and widgets to extend and distribute Yahoo! Personals. In addition to leading the development process, you will track usage and customer satisfaction metrics. You will work closely with a highly talented team of marketing managers, designers, engineers, business developers and customer care representatives, who are passionate about delivering the world's best online dating and relationship experience as Yahoo! moves into the future.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Assume end-to-end responsibility for the planning and development of an extension, syndication and distribution strategy: identify customer needs, generate market and product requirements documents, and drive product implementation;
* Lead cross-functional teams (market and usability research, marketing, design, engineering, customer care, and data tracking & reporting) to launch and continuously improve features and functionalities;
* Define, track and improve key business and product success metrics;
* Develop deep understanding of online dating and relationship management landscape and identify areas for competitive differentiation.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Proven track record in building web sites or applications which have increased user engagement and interaction;
* Experience and understanding of Web 2.0, emerging technologies, social media tools and applets;
* Thorough understanding of what makes an experience engaging and interactive;
* A passion for building technology products that impact users' lives;
* Ability to innovate in a dynamic, fast-paced data-driven consumer marketing environment;
* Experience with rapid prototyping and the Agile process;
* Excellent product and business sense with experience in dissecting and modeling product analytics in addition to MRD and PRD development;
* Ability to prioritize among competing opportunities and articulate the financial and strategic impact of decisions;
* Outstanding and approachable team player and relationship builder with the capability to coordinate people and activities across multiple functional areas;
* Demonstrated organizational leadership in a matrix environment;
* Strong communication and presentation skills;
* Proven track record of developing, launching and marketing consumer technology products on time and within budget;
* Mobile and international experience a plus;
* Proven success in career path;
* At least 5 years of product management experience with 1-3 years in a high volume, web-based consumer product company or successful start-up;
* BA/BS required, MBA preferred.
Submit your resume to: http://careerportal.resumix.com/pljb/yahoo/yahoo_jobs/applicant/jobClick.jsp?count=1&id=5361
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