PayPal Director Product Management 

United States, California, San Jose 

119104296

Essential Responsibilities:

• Establish a shared vision across the company for one or more products 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.
• Leads a cross-function team, partnering with global partners including content strategists, data scientists, product designers and user experience researchers.
• Maximizes efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the standard.

Expected Qualifications:

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years management experience

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Observability and Dev Analytics product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the observability platform, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer needs.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, data science, and customer support teams to deliver high-quality observability solutions.
• Drive the end-to-end product development process, from ideation and requirements gathering to execution and launch.
• Analyze user feedback, market trends, and usage data to continuously improve the platform and identify new opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams.
• Ensure the observability platform meets high standards of reliability, performance, and security.
• Monitor and report on the success of product initiatives, using data-driven insights to inform future development.
• Build AI native product offerings with focus on removing consumer and merchant friction across various product portfolios
• Drive developer productivity measurements across various phases SDLC driving insights with AI and provide productivity improvement opportunities
• Influence executive leadership, drive cross organizational alignments, vendor management and provide industry standard mechanisms and research to shape roadmaps and optimize work streams to improve observability and developer productivity

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years focused on observability or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience with observability tools and platforms, such as Data Dog, Signal FX, and Splunk.
• Experience with cost efficiency models and optimization efforts across product lines
• Deep understanding of SDLC, developer productivity and optimizations
• Deep understanding of AI capabilities and features
• Demonstrated years of mentorship, leadership and influencing product roadmaps
• Demonstrated partnership with engineering teams for prioritization and problem solving goals with KPI and ensure goals across product work streams
• Strong technical background with the ability to understand and discuss architectural concepts, schedule trade-offs, and new opportunities with technical team members.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a customer-centric mindset.
• If you are passionate about observability, productivity and excited to help developers succeed by providing world-class debugging, investigation, and tracing tools, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our dynamic team and make an impact!

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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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