PayPal Director Product Management 

United States, California, San Jose 

893862689

The platform also unifies instrumentation and analytics across multiple domains enabling rapid experimentation and optimization of the user experience.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Establish a shared vision across the company for one or more products, or a platform product enabling development & scalability, with a deliberate and cohesive strategy.
• Leads product strategy development, and develops a clear, executable view of the product strategy with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Influences the architectural roadmap and balances innovative design and technical implementation, while balancing regulatory requirements, time-to-market, meeting customer needs and product profitability.
• Champions the customer experience and prioritizes customer needs in product requirements and decision making.
• Defines and uses metrics that inform the success of products including usability studies, research and market analysis.
• Standardizes workstreams to include analytics, customer discovery, market research and competitive analysis to drive data-driven decision-making.
• Responsible for product profitability, including budgetary decisions.
• Leads operational mechanisms that drive execution and accountability including Product Reviews, Operating Reviews, and Business Reviews. Interfaces with senior leadership as needed.
• Maximizes efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the standard.

Expected Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2 years of experience leading others

• 10 yrs of Product Management experience (ideally across Consumer and/or SMBs) with at least 3 years of people management experience. Product (10yrs) and People Management experience (3 yrs).
• Prior experience in platform-first growth experiences a plus.
• Core skills:
  • Technical : You can deep dive with engineering into architectural decisions, discuss the tradeoff between scope and requirements, understand when to invest in the platform vs. when to launch new features.
  • Data-driven mindset : You start your day by staring at metrics (that you have defined), your ideas may be shaped by your experience/instinct, but your decisions and rationale are grounded in data.
  • UX ‘spidey’ sense : You understand human psychology, empathizing with customers to solve their needs with the least friction.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills : PayPal is a heavily distributed and matrixed organization, and this role will work with BUs and Product teams across the organization. Clear, concise communication with compelling rationale (written and verbal) is non-negotiable to drive alignment and be successful in this role.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $188,000 to $323,950

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