Sr. Product Manager, Platforms

About the Role: Sr. Product Manager, Platforms at Yahoo

Yahoo is seeking a motivated, technically strong Sr. Product Manager to own the vision and strategy for critical platform pillars, primarily Cloud Runtime (Application Runtime/K8, Security Platform, Database Platform, Key/Value & Messaging, etc.). You will partner with engineering leaders and stakeholders across Yahoo to accelerate business delivery and ensure customer success for internal developer platforms that power thousands of services globally.

This role is crucial in connecting Yahoo's brands and partners with an audience of hundreds of millions. Your work will significantly impact the business and the world by contributing to massive ad tech stacks and data processing algorithms.

A Little About Us

At Yahoo, we operate thousands of services at global scale, reaching hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our internal developer platform powers these services and lets our developers build rapidly, securely, and with high quality.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative platform solutions that reduce cognitive load, save costs, and improve the performance and reliability of engineering systems across the company.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and thought leader, evangelizing the platform's value and future roadmap to executive stakeholders.
• Work backwards from internal customers across the company to understand product and feature needs.
• Utilize various feedback gathering techniques, including surveys, interviews, product analytics, etc., to gain insight into customer needs and a unified platform experience.
• Disambiguate and document customer problems and translate them into clearly defined minimum viable products.
• Define, measure, drive, and improve key product metrics to demonstrate clear ROI and accelerate business objectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, procurement, and other functions to balance tradeoffs between costs, technical feasibility, timelines, and other constraints.
• Partner with engineering to prioritize product capabilities and engineering needs.
• Execute on go-to-market internally to drive adoption, usage, and close the feedback loop.
• Contribute to setting the strategic vision for the platform.

Requirements

• M.S/B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering/Statistics (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of experience in product management working on cloud or developer tools.
• 7+ years of industry experience in software services.
• Demonstrated deep technical understanding of cloud services and architectural patterns, preferably gained through prior software development experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of modern cloud services and architectural patterns.

Work Environment and Culture

Yahoo offers flexible hybrid work options. While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, occasional in-person events may occur with prior notice. Yahoo is an equal opportunity workplace, committed to diversity and inclusion. The company provides an accessible environment for all candidates and employees, with support for disabilities available through their Accommodation Request Form.

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation for this position ranges from $120,750.00 - $251,250.00/yr, varying by location, skills, and experience. The package may include incentive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package with healthcare, 401k, backup childcare, and education stipends.

Key skills/competency

• Product Management
• Cloud Platforms
• Developer Tools
• Technical Strategy
• Stakeholder Management
• Roadmap Definition
• Agile Methodologies
• Data Analytics
• System Architecture
• Problem Solving