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Sr. Director of Product, Performance & Reliability- Slack
Bring strategic leadership to performance
- Identify critical user flows, metrics, and codepaths to improve performance across desktop and mobile apps
- Build programs and tooling to make performance a core consideration across Slack product, engineering, and design
- Define and execute the long-term product strategy for performance optimization and system reliability
- Partner closely with product, engineering, and design leadership across Slack to ensure performance is a core consideration across teams
- Establish performance benchmarks and reliability metrics that become company-wide standards
Bring product excellence to your team
- Own the end-to-end product experience for performance-critical features and infrastructure
- Clearly tie performance and reliability improvements back to business outcomes
- Lead the development of monitoring, alerting, and diagnostic tools that keep our platform running smoothly
- Champion data-driven decision making through robust analytics and user research
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value propositions
Drive cross-functional alignment on performance
- This role involves close collaboration with engineering leadership to ensure seamless alignment between product vision and technical execution.
- You'll work directly with key technical partners to drive initiatives that span multiple engineering teams and product areas.
Experience
- 8+ years of product management experience, 2+ years experience in senior leadership roles
- Deep expertise in performance optimization, system reliability, and infrastructure products
- Proven track record of scaling products that serve millions of users
- Experience with SaaS platforms, enterprise software, or high-scale consumer applications
Technical chops
- Strong understanding of system architecture, performance monitoring, and reliability engineering
- Familiarity with modern observability tools and practices
- Ability to work closely with engineering teams on complex technical challenges
- Data-driven approach to product decisions with strong analytical skills
Leadership & communication
- Exceptional ability to influence and align cross-functional teams
- Track record of driving cross-company programs leading to meaningful organizational and technical transformation.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Experience presenting to both C-level executives and technical audiences
Why Join Us- Lead product initiatives that directly impact millions of users
- Work with cutting-edge technology and world-class engineering teams
- Shape the future of performance and reliability in a rapidly growing company
- Competitive compensation package including equity
- Comprehensive benefits and professional development opportunities
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to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $230,700 to $351,800. For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $251,900 to $384,100.